Will Power's Double Middle Finger Highlights a Wild Weekend in Auto Racing

Here’s the slow-motion video of the double-bird. Power seems to be walking off the track calmly when he decides that he was screwed over by some officials, and turns to them in a fit of rage.

Power was contrite afterward:

"“I should not have behaved the way I did and I am sorry,” Power said after cooler heads prevailed. “It’s definitely no excuse, but I was just very frustrated because our car ran so well and our team had worked so hard to put ourselves into a position to get a good finish. I thought it was just ridiculous to restart the race under dangerous conditions that existed on the racetrack.”"

Flipping – flicking? – someone off seems to have gone out of style in the 80s. Or maybe 5th grade. I haven’t done it in so long that I’ve forgotten – do you you bend the other four fingers so that the middle one is fully extended, or do you just curl the other four fingers into a ball in your palm, resulting in a less erect middle finger? Either way, I still find the action funny. If you’d like to know the origin of the middle finger, read this.

Power’s salute came with verve and flair – knees bent, mouth agape, and instead of merely holding up the middle finger, he pumped his arms for emphasis. Well done, Will Power.