A nice shiny gold watch. Well, not a 24
carat solid gold time-piece, that would be too heavy for rallying.
Instead, 9 times World Rally Champion
Sebastian Loeb treated his right-hand man (quite literally,
actually), Daniel Elena, to a nice new co-driver's watch, with a
gold bezel! Well, a gold-coloured bezel, it would be a shame for a
real gold piece to get scratched with all the dust and abuse rallying
would throw at it.
Elena was actually gifted two watches
by his 'work-mate', so to speak, but, according to Elena, maybe Seb
should have kept one for himself!
“Actually it should really be Seb
having these watches because he is the one who is always late -
especially in the mornings! But thank you - I am very happy to
receive these presents, although I’m not retiring yet. We’re
already back in Monte Carlo next year, after all...” he said.
A nice semi-retirement present, with a
gold watch being traditionally given to a long-standing loyal
employee/boss, incorporating quality, consistency and reliability.
Three qualities well seen in the Monegasque co-driver.
After all, he's only gotten Seb lost
once and missed only one pace-note in their 11 years in the WRC.
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