“Needles scare me enough” – McLaren CEO Zak Brown has revealed that Toto Wolff is primarily responsible for his Monza tattoo and not Daniel Ricciardo.
The tattoo was part of the Industry Leaders’ Challenge run by the Grand Prix Trust. This is how Toto Wolff nominated Zak Brown to do something that terrifies him. The choice was easy for Brown – his fear of needles.
The McLaren CEO cleverly combined this challenge with Daniel Ricciardo’s first McLaren podium in Monza. As you can see below, the American got a tattoo of the Monza racetrack map.
Not that Monza would forget anytime soon… 
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– Zak Brown (@ZBrownCEO) October 23, 2021
“Sometimes you have to face your greatest fears, which is what I’ve done.
“It actually came about through the Grand Prix Trust with Sky, where a team principal is nominated every year to do something that scares them.
“Toto nominated me last year, and needles scare me enough. When I was trying to think through what would be kind of funny and real and really terrifying, I got the idea of getting a tattoo.
“Then obviously, since Daniel is a fan of tattoos himself and he recently won, I thought, maybe we can get the two of them together and come visit him and hold my hand!”
The challenge can also include drivers and team crew
Zak Brown has nominated the next person but is not allowed to reveal them publicly. He added that in addition to team bosses, drivers and team crew can also take part in the challenge.
“I know who it is, I did it.
“It’s about nominating someone of importance, a personality in sport. It’s been three team bosses in a row so far, but it’s not limited to that. It could be engineers, it could be drivers, it could be other people with great personalities, if you like within the sport.
“It is up to each individual to come up with their own plan and I think it will be rolled out shortly who I nominated. I’m not allowed to say that. It’s an embargo. “
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