#Monday’s checo pic

[selfishpresley]

There are no words to describe how good he looks. This is the dilfiest, most toe-curling pic of him I’ve seen.

[watercolor-hearts]

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[landinrris]

In your personal universe, how did the Norrix t Shanghai situation play out?

Just like the weekend in general? My personal universe (that I'm turning partly into a "little" blurb in response to a couple of prompts) basically goes like:

Lando flies out of Monaco Monday morning most likely following all of his friends leaving from the previous few days Sunday evening. Rather than flying straight to Shanghai, he flies into Tokyo to spend a few days with Martin (and Louis and Menno tbh). He shows up and kind of surprises Martin because he's early by a day or two and a city. They spend a couple of days then lowkey in Tokyo under the radar. They do some cool touristy things and eat some amazing food, and it's a perfect little hideaway where they don't really run into anyone.

Martin's got some plans for work in Tokyo before the weekend officially starts though, so Lando finishes making his way to Shanghai alone and starts in on the weekend with the team and his obligations. They share a very nice phonecall Friday evening following Lando's Sprint Pole, and they both lament how close and yet how far they are from each other right now. Come Saturday morning, Martin and Louis make their way to Shanghai and sneak into the back of McLaren's garage to be there for whatever happens (especially in case anything substantial happens). Lando probably didn't go to the gig that night (and maybe for the best) because he needed to get as much asleep as possible, but Martin crawled into bed later fuming and ready to pass out as well. Lando probably lets him rant fully in the morning when they wake up.

Fast forward to the race, Martin and Louis practically sneak into the paddock and start the race in Red Bull's garage. They say hello to and hang out with Max a bit in the build-up, taking some photos and documenting some things for sponsor-related purposes (I'm specifically thinking of Louis' few insta pics). A little before half race distance, when the first virtual-safety car gets tripped, Martin tugs Louis towards the exit and they make the short trip down to McLaren. They flash their McLaren-specific tags (that Lando snagged for them) to whoever is sitting out front and then blend in with the background. A tiny part of Martin's brain settles, and he feels less guilty cheering for the way Lando is able to jump Checo because of Red Bull's double stack. And then Lando stays quicker than Checo, and that's pretty cool that he gets to cheer for him as well for the real first time while at a race.

Following the race, Lando runs into Martin in McLaren's areas where they've stuck around until the last possible moment before he has to run to the post-race gig. It's one of the first races Martin's been at where Lando actually has something to celebrate, and the bear hug he gives Lando is certainly reflective of that. Lando, Martin, Louis, and Max end up back on Max's plane later that evening heading back to Europe for a week off wherein Lando and Max take their selfie, and Martin is in their comments within like five minutes. Because he can, because what is subtlety anymore, because they're happy.

[lestappenforever]

Mona hiii :D

tomorrow is gonna be my last day of holidays because on Monday the new semester starts. i'm gonna be a third year student already, i'm so excited!!! Czechia is trying to drown and idk how i will go to uni because the storm hasn't stopped for days ://

Vltava is overflowing, the small cities are evacuating, one of the metro stations is closed because it's flooded and some people started a theory that it all is a government conspiracy because the storm cloud is concentrated only above Czechia. so tin foil hats are on and humor is a way to cope 🤣🤣

let's hope that the storm will end soon and while i'm trapped in my room and still have some free time (it won't be the case from Monday so expect me asking for Nadja pics for emotional support every other week) i wanted to ask!

you once mentioned "Mercedes has always been at the very bottom of my list of teams, so you can imagine I wasn’t having a very good time during the years they were dominating." so, what's your personal team ranking? is it permanent, or does it change from race to race, from year to year? on what does it depend?

did you always support Red Bull? if Max for some reason will go to other team, would you start to support them instead? are you more of a team or driver supporter? do you have a soft spot for anyone else (from any F1 era) than Charles, Max and Kimi??

and just how are you and Nadja doing? i hope everything is great. love you very much, happy race day!!!!! 🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤

Denis! How are you?

Best of luck with the new semester - I'm sure you're going to do brilliantly! And I'm so sorry to hear about the storm going on. I really hope it ends very soon and that the damages aren’t too disastrous. ❤️

I don't really have a ranking list of teams? Red Bull is the only team I actively support, and the other teams are all just meh to me. (I grew out of my dislike for Mercedes quite a while ago.) I'm driver-over-teams always, though, so if Max goes to another team, I'd still support him above all else, while I would still want Red Bull to do as well as possible without him, as long as it wouldn’t negatively impact Max, of course.

So with Max in any other team, I'd support the team solely because they would need to perform in order for Max to perform.

I've had a lot of soft spots for numerous drivers over the years in addition to Max, Kimi and Charles! From past drivers I loved Button and Kubica, and as for current drivers, I'd say I have the biggest soft spots for Oscar, Valtteri, Zhou, Checo, Alonso and Yuki.

Both Nadja and I are doing good, thank you! I hope your Sunday is beautiful despite the race. I love you! ❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️