#Michael Italiano

[feraltwinkseb]

June 4, 2023 - Montmelo, Spain Source: Joan Valls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto via Getty Images

[blamemma]

not michael having fea on the palm of his hand before hi-fiving daniel at his last race :(

[thissying]

Laughter in the RBR/AT hospitality, GP Netherlands, 2023

[ilovejevsjeans]

2021- Italy- Post race celebrations

[oconist]

The tenderness of his muscle would be beautiful to eat.

— Michael Italiano yuki tsunoda & michael italiano + this post

Rainer Meria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge / Sarah Rose Etter, The Book of X / Ellen Bass, Indigo / Michael Bazzett, Inside the Trojan Horse

[dannielricciardo]

i wanna know the tea re: michael/daniel. how did michael go from having FEA on his hand as he was high fiving daniel for the last time in abu dhabi to daniel not even acknowledging his existence. im a messy bitch who lives for drama!!!!! you dont just go from bringing your friend of 15 years to private vacations to literally pretending he doesnt exist unless something happened

[princemick]

YUKI and MICHAEL -- BEHIND THE VISOR, JULY 3RD

[skitskatdacat63]

Legally unable to disclose what emotion this clip made me feel

[glysraya]

Michael: You know that fried potatoes don't fit in Yuki's diet, right? Pierre: It's a treat Michael: A treat would be a scoop of ice-cream as desert Pierre: Michael: Michael: You gave him ice-cream, didn't you? Pierre: Technically it's very cold yoghurt

[blamemma]

👀

[l-arlo]

I left a comment on italiano’s post saying “the decent thing to do is include the person who actually started it all for you ” and he blocked me lmao

[ilovejevsjeans]

2021- Zandvoort- Hanging in Amsterdam after the race

[blackandwhiteflag]

this daniel and michael thing is just very sad tbh what the fuck could have been major enough to ruin and end a life long friendship? i know we all have our theories but it’s just sad. not even thanking the guy who gave you the opportunity of a lifetime? specifically naming the team HE brought you to but not him? thanking the guy you spent a year with versus omitting someone you’ve known practically your whole life? not even looking in the other’s eye? what the fuck man it’s cruel

[dr3smile]

The whole Daniel/ Michael situation is going to be so awkward. To me it’s clear that something happened with them since last year. With that whole rumour about Daniel having to go to the fia about his weight and Seb getting involved?

They’re of course going to be professional about it all but it’s probably going to be awkward. I mean Michael wasn’t invited to Scottys wedding and they were close friends and did a bunch together.

Just my opinion though. I could be completely wrong, something just feels off with them. 🤷‍♀️

[fourmula1]

1,178 words below, about how there is something so tasty about the dynamic of Daniel / Michael / Yuki right now.

The idea that Daniel didn’t have a 2023 contact which left Michael without a job, so he’s moved on to working with Yuki. And whatever’s happened between Daniel and Michael is still painful for both of them but it was alright, because Daniel was out and they wouldn’t be seeing each other anymore.

Maybe. Maybe Daniel and Michael were more than client/friend/hook-ups. Maybe there were feelings. Maybe there was Something More there and then Daniel didn’t have a contract and assumed both he and Michael would go back to Australia and they’d figure their lives out there.

Except Michael… Michael got the job at Alpha Tauri to train Yuki and that blew up any remaining hope Daniel had had about their future.

He thought they’d actually start building their life together away from F1. Move in together. Be together. Tell their families.

But Michael was thinking about his career and the opportunity presented to him this time. He got into F1 because Daniel asked him to be his coach. He got into F1 because of Daniel. And now he’s staying and Daniel is out and the tables are swapped. Michael has the opportunities. Michael has the bartering power here. Michael is in demand.

And Daniel had probably the worst season of his career and is going back to Australia with his tail between his legs and his boyfriend isn’t going with him.

So they break up because Daniel feels so fucking betrayed and heartbroken and devastated that Michael isn’t coming home with him. Michael is staying to continue doing the job that broke Daniel.

Daniel gets the Red Bull 3rd driver job so he’s sometimes around the paddock and he does some marketing content with Yuki but Michael and he are able to avoid one another fairly easily and it sucks when they catch glimpses of each other in the Paddock when Daniel goes to races but for the most part it’s okay because there’s distance and no need to talk.

And then Daniel gets swapped in mid-season.

And he’s back in the same fucking garage with Michael again.

And he’s alone. He doesn’t have Michael. He doesn’t have a trainer. His boyfriend. No one.

His ex boyfriend, ex trainer, ex best friend, is just twenty steps away working with someone else and paying Daniel no mind. He’s moved on and is focused on the job at hand: developing Yuki into the best driver he can be.

It sucks and it hurts and it’s hard to see Michael be so good with Yuki; so strong and attentive and good to him. So supportive and gentle when Yuki needs it. So firm and driven when Yuki needs that extra push. Between him and Michael it was always good, fun, they worked well together. But Daniel can see that Yuki is young and more emotional and can see how fucking good Michael is with and to Yuki when he needs that confidence boost or reassurance or praise. He can see how good Michael is to Yuki and that hurts, because Daniel’s been on the receptive side of that himself. It fucking sucks.

He misses it.

So Daniel breaks his hand and he’s gone again and that’s actually a relief. He gets to rehab his hand and his heart and figure shit out.

He gets back to racing and you know what? He’s fine. It’s fine. They broke up and it’s fine, he’s moving on and he’ll keep it professional and everything is going to be okay.

And it is! It is okay. He races and he does alright, but most importantly he’s feeling good about it and his abilities and he’s getting his confidence back in line really well because he is driving this car and he can tell and feel and know that he is fine. He can drive at the level he knew he could. Last season was not his fault, in a lot of ways.

2023 is going well – he’s ignoring Michael and they’re not interacting at all. He’s healthy again. He’s driving well. He’s feeling great about himself and his career and his life. He’s not seeing anyone new or anything but it’s okay. He’s learning to love being on his own and learning what he really wants and needs.

And one day he and Yuki are having to do some marketing content and it’s between set-ups and they’re sat around doing nothing much, scrolling their phones, and Yuki is like, so is there anything I should know about why you and Michael don’t talk anymore…

And Daniel supposes Michael hasn’t told Yuki the details, and why should he, it’s no one’s business.

So Daniel is like: nah mate, just things happened and we changed and we got on with it.

And Yuki nods a little, and sets his phone down, and looks at Daniel with those endlessly deep, earnest, pretty dark eyes of his and says: I just wondered because we… me and Michael are… you know…

Daniel frowns a little, eyebrows knitted together as he looks back at Yuki, and asks: you’re what? No, I don’t know.

‘We’re… him and me. We haven’t talked about labels exactly but we are maybe boyfriends I think.’

Daniel can’t hear anything else. He can only stare, confused, until it really registers. Michael is sleeping with Yuki. And Yuki has feelings to the point he thinks they’re a couple.

And that cracks Daniel’s heart apart all over again because is this just who Michael is? Does he just fuck his clients into thinking they’re in a relationship? Because he sure did that to Daniel. And Yuki is eleven years younger that Michael; still young and inexperienced in the world.

So he says: what, are you sure? It’s not just hooking up?

Because like, it has to be, right? He and Daniel had spent a good four and a half years together, exclusive, not seeing anyone else, and they’d still be like that if 2022 hadn’t blown Daniel’s life up.

Right?

And Yuki says: No, it’s more than that. I don’t want to tell you weird stuff about your old trainer so I’ll keep it simple but it’s more than that.

And Daniel laughs. He laughs, and pushes himself back from the table to get up, and Yuki is so young, and sweet, and innocent, and cute, and earnest, but Daniel can’t help himself because his heart is cracked open again because Michael moved on so fucking quickly and it’s with his fucking teammate. So Daniel grabs his phone, and starts to turn away because he can’t see what Yuki’s reaction will be because he doesn’t deserve this at all, and says:

‘Nah, mate. He was fucking me for the last five years. I guess fucking his clients seems to be his thing.’

[gabriel19900]

nothin’ better than yuki’s dumps :)