Formula 1's paddock runs on horsepower and mischief. The sport's greatest pranks trace to Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger at McLaren, where Berger filled Senna's hotel room with 50 frogs and convinced him a snake was loose. Berger also threw Senna's "indestructible" briefcase out of a helicopter. Senna eventually hit back with shaving foam in the shoes.
Modern teammates keep it going. Charles Leclerc spent 15 minutes hiding in a cupboard to surprise Carlos Sainz on his birthday, bursting out with confetti that landed in Sainz's coffee. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel cranked Nico Rosberg's microphone during a 2012 press conference until his answers distorted. Sergio Perez faked an engine failure on Suzuka's final lap in 2011; his engineer lied about Kamui Kobayashi's finishing position in revenge.
The newest battle pits Kimi Antonelli against race engineer Bono—water guns, hot sauce, deactivated security passes. That war's just getting started.
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