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if pierluigi is really leaving ferrari to continue working with carlos then it’s truly like those hallmark movies where the ambitious female lead (an italian man) leaves her dream city job (ferrari) after discovering the true spirit of christmas (carlos) and settles down in a small town (williams)

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you see these 2 on your karting track wyd

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How does this even happen 😭

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here we go again

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Charles in his nest

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usually i would crop the pic but this is the most "3 apples tall" pic of max i've ever seen and cropping it feels like a crime against humanity. he's just a little boy.

📸 Mark Thompson, Las Vegas. 2024

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can you tell me something about rubens barrichello? i know that wikipedia exists but learning information from people on tumblr is more interesting

oh rubens barrichello, the greatest second driver in the history of the sport. he was michael schumacher's number two (and apparently michael literally had it written into his contract that rubens would have to give up wins to help him win the championship, and rubens did not know about that) and the two of them are (i think, don't quote me on this) the second most successful driver pairing in the history of f1 (after brocedes of course). rubens was apparently exceptional at setting up a car, jenson button once said that he was the best at setting up a car that he had ever seen (and i think jenson also once said that rubens was his favourite ever teammate).

in 2002, rubens was absolutely dominating at the austrian grand prix. michael was well ahead in the championship and ferrari were dominating the season. towards the end of the race rubens was ordered to let michael past so he could win the race, which rubens did (unhappily, obviously). it caused a massive scandal, i think michael refused to take the top step or pulled rubens up there with him, and afterwards the team was fined something like a million dollars for breach of proceedings (not for the team orders but because of the podium stuff with michael and rubens. Later that year, at the US? grand prix, michael was leading but slowed down supposedly to try and finish in a dead heat with rubens, but rubens was awarded the win because he finished slightly ahead (it is thought that michael did this to pay rubens back for the win that was taken from him). because of the ferrari team order situation, the fia actually banned team orders from the 2003 season (although this move was reversed years later, also because of ferrari and the fernando is faster than you order given to felipe massa).

after being replaced at ferrari by felipe massa, rubens went on to drive for bar honda, and was teammates with jenson button. in 2009, after honda pulled out of f1 following the 2008 financial crash, both of them were retained by brawn. many people were critical of brawn retaining rubens, with some saying he should have been replaced by bruno senna (nephew of ayrton) but both jenson and rubens won multiple races that season, with jenson winning the wdc, and brawn winning the constructors. when jenson won the wdc in brazil he had to go back to the uk to do stuff for sponsors etc. as a sort of victory tour, but there were problems with his flights, so rubens lent him his private jet to take him back (i think rubens also has a pilot's license).

in addition to his achievements in f1, rubens also has the honour of being the very first person to beat the stig on british top gear, something that many f1 drivers had previously tried and failed (seriously i don't know if you have ever seen british top gear but it was one of the biggest shows in the world and when this happened it was a legitimately extraordinary moment).

i believe he now occasionally does commentary/media work for brazilian f1 broadcasters, and at least one of his sons has competed in the lower formulas. he is widely regarded as an incredibly nice man, and is deeply underrated as a driver

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thumb war loser, max verstappen 👍🏼🚫🥶🙅🏼‍♂️

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im sorry the karting charity race that marc participated in with vale the week before the ranch date was organized in relation to marco simoncelli. like it was the Sportlèda58 Kart Race. and then the next week marc says vale started to pull back and that their relationship was never quite the same. hello.

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VCarb’s special race suits and livery for Las Vegas

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Jenson having a certified old man moment™ in his old man sweater™ ↳ 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Williams Fan Zone

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"film my shoes" and his smile 🥹

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real f1 journalism is back

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Lando is so genuinely bad with words and needs to stop answering questions because😭😭😭

Like, stop telling us Max isn’t your friend, it makes you look bad. He’s also very vague and making pseudo disses at Max which is off putting. If it’s not meant to be a diss, just don’t say it, because it’s so vague and weird.

“If someone treats me like shit on track” this implies Maxs’ racing style is him treating Lando like shit? Huh ?

We also just need to stop asking so many questions about the drivers interpersonal relationships. It’s okay if they aren’t friends. I don’t care. Most of them are not friends, they are coworkers.

But to say you aren’t friends with a competitor so many times, and for that competitor to be so nice back to you… feels so awkward. Max is wayyy too nice about this and to Lando for this… and either they need to have a friendship chat or we need to stop talking about it completely (or honestly both).

Im saying this as someone who does not hate either of these people and wants the best for them!! I want to see them both succeed and be their best on and off track but I can’t help but feel off put by Lando’s wobbly opinions on Max…