Robert Shwartzman The headlines was last Sunday after becoming the first rookie to win the pole for the Indianapolis 500 since Teo Fabi did it in 1983. The 25-year-old Russian-Israeli driver had never competed in an oval race, surpassed veterans of veterans and toucha.
But Schwartzman not only stands out on the track.
A well documented music lover, Inydcar’s rookie is a more remarkably published composer who dropped his rap song “Active” in 2023 under the name “Shwartzy”. According to a previous interview, hey with “Autoweek,” he developed his love for his father’s music.
“The music came a long time ago from my father,” Shwartzman said in the interview. “My dad was educating me a lot in the music, mainly classical. Today, it is rare that you can see any teenager or a young man listening to classical music, where at some point I also realized,” what is this? “It’s boring.” But at some point I put my ear. As a mixture “.
While Shwartzman is new at the Indycar, he has been at the Formula One radar for years. Has driven at almost all levels of European sesoros, winning the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Prema in 2019. Two years later, it was the runner -up of the current Formula One points leader Oscar Piastri In formula 2 (also for prema). He has been a bone F1 Reserve driver for Ferrari In recent years, he tested a Formula E car for DS Penske and CODVE with Robert Kubica In the World Resistance Championship.
While he is the only driver in this year’s field that has released a song, he is not the only athlete who has a rap race. Below is a list of several family names that have entered the cabin:
- Shaquille O’Neal
- Damian Lillard
- Dion Sanders
- Kobe Bryant
- Dana Barros
- Lianangelo Ball
- Roy Jones Jr.
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