2010 Nurburgring 24-hour – Chris Harris update 2...
"CHRIS HARRIS: PORSCHE TEAM-WEAR AND THE SHOE CONUNDRUM"
(12 May 2010)
I don't like clothes and my shabby personal appearance pays testimony to the fact. Art Ed Paul Lang finds my appearance hilarious, which is a good thing because so do I. His work recreating my old brown jumper for the column illustrations in the mag is exemplary.
There is one thing about people who don't care about personal appearance that grates even more than fashion though: team-wear. I come out in a rash just thinking about the stuff.
This week might just be an exception for me though, because for last time ever, I am a factory Porsche driver. And even a concerted thread-hater can fall-into-line for that.
The Ring 24 is all about uniforms. Everyone has a uniform. It's like an inter-school competition, with horsepower.
So, I have the jumper, which is actually perfectly bearable:
I also have a very warm coat, which is useful because it's effing freezing here just now:
So, for the reasons listed above, I can do the jumper and the jacket and, at a push, I might manage a short stint in this 'smart' shirt thing:
But what in the name of Ferry Porsche's sainted buttocks am I supposed to do with these things? So far as I can make out they're a kind of fashion dap: a sort of leisure plimsole for mooching about paddocks. I think I'll look ridiculous in them:
And therein lies my problem. Does the event warrant me breaking my personal code? Can I wear the fashion daps?
Sod Schwedenkreuz and the Foxhole, this stuff is far more difficult to judge. Porsche could get the right hump if I pitch for the press conference looking like Wurzel Gummidge.
Really, I'd just like my old shorts and my comfy, hole-ridden, manky old jumper. But I'll keep the coat for now.
Advice, please.
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