Will Macintyre, 18, has been inundated with messages of assist from the motorsport world after he was identified with mind and lung most cancers earlier this month
British teenager Will Macintyre has shared the touching assist and messages he is acquired from Method 1 stars following information of his most cancers analysis. The motorsport hopeful, aged simply 18, introduced earlier this month that he had been identified with mind and lung most cancers.
Macintyre, who has achieved exceptional success in junior racing sequence, broke the information of his sickness on social media and was met with an awesome response. On the time of writing, his authentic submit asserting his analysis and confirming he should take time away from motorsport has garnered over 88,000 likes.
Greater than 2,900 feedback had been additionally posted beneath the announcement, providing the younger racer very important assist throughout his darkest hour.
Amongst those that reached out had been Sky Sports activities F1 commentator David Croft, British Touring Automobile Championship driver Nicolas Hamilton – Lewis Hamilton’s youthful brother – and Williams racer Alex Albon.
Macintyre has now revealed he is additionally been contacted immediately by different main figures from the motorsport sphere. “Even folks I’ve by no means met earlier than: Max Verstappen, Kimi Antonelli and Susie Wolff, all wishing me nicely,” he instructed the BBC.
{The teenager}, who got here second within the 2023 British F1 championship, has been present process therapy at Milton Keynes hospital. He described how his mates have been popping spherical with sweets, snacks and leisure – together with a VR headset that is allowed him to play digital golf to assist go the time.
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“I’ve bought as a lot sorted to make this as homey and as enjoyable as potential,” he stated. “I imply, we have simply bought to make the time go by faster and at any time when I am speaking to anybody, time flies by.” He was additionally pictured sporting a Liverpool soccer shirt whereas laid in his hospital mattress.
For now, his precedence very a lot needs to be on following his medical doctors’ orders to present him one of the best probability of a profitable battle in opposition to his illness. However in the long run, Macintyre stays adamant that he shall be again racing vehicles sooner or later.
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He stated: “When? Not a clue. If it is going to be in two weeks’ time or 4 years’ time, I do not know. I do not know once I’ll be again however I shall be again… I adore it an excessive amount of. I will be again to successful at some stage, that is for certain.”
