#brazil sprint race 23

[agentstarkid]

I respect so much George's commitment in putting all his Russy to be a nightmare every time he has a Red Bull near him 🤝

[valyrfia]

*insert michael jackson gif*

Let it go with the excuses already, today was on him he couldn't even beat his teammate today how you people expect him to fight max?he will put it in the wall in the last lap, oh wait it already happened, my bad

also max recommended devries lol let's not take those guys words , charles is currently fighting fraud allegations, unless his 2019 or 2022 start is coming it's only going downhill

Okay, fine, I'll bite. Let's compare Charles's and Carlos's perfomances in order to try and determine with as little bias as possible.

In order to constrain our parameters of our investigation to their current abilities as drivers, let's take the our period of investigation to be the whole of the 2023 season, plus the first three races of the 2024 season. We'll exclude the following races for Carlos due to circumstances beyond his control: Qatar 2023 (fuel leak leading to DNS), Las Vegas 2023 (10 place grid penalty due to track not being properly maintained), Jeddah 2024 (appendicitis). Likewise, we'll exclude the following races for Charles due to circumstances beyond his control: Bahrain 2023 (DNF due to technical issues), Jeddah 2023 (10 place grid penalty due to exceeding allowed quota), COTA 2023 (DSQ), Brazil (DNS due to faulty hydraulics).

There are cases to be made for other races for both of them, but these are races where they were either involved in a collision leading to a DNF or where grid penalties apply, so there's argument for driver error there. With regard to grid penalties, we're going to go by the final decisions made by the stewards regardless of whether the penalties were appealed or not. Races where they suffered technical issues in race but they still finished are not counted, as it shows a driver's ability to handle an unpredictable car.

Before we discount the races listed above entirely, let's have a look at where the driver who didn't have difficulties finished.

So we're discarding pretty much the same number of points between them, so I feel happy discarding the following 7 races entirely from this analysis: Bahrain 2023, Jeddah 2023, Qatar 2023, COTA 2023, Brazil 2023, Las Vegas 2024, Jeddah 2024. Furthermore, in Las Vegas, Carlos finished 6th and in Jeddah, Charles finished 7th. This brings their points total across the discarded races to 46 for Carlos, 45 for Charles. However, Charles managed to score those points over fewer points-scoring races, and with a higher average finishing position, so for the sake of not convoluting ourselves we'll call it even and commit to just examining the points and stats of the remaining races not excluded from our investigation. The table below shows those stats. For simplification, sprints are not considered.

So I think there are a few key things we want to consider: overall performance, reasons for retirements and driver reliability over our chosen time period. So we'll go one by one for each and examine in a little more depth.

For overall performance, it's easiest to see in a quick head to head. Carlos wins in race wins, Charles wins in poles, they tie in number of retirements (although Carlos was classified in ABU23 due to finishing 90% of the race distance), Charles wins in higher average finishing position, Charles wins in higher points total.

Next, we move on to reasons for retirement. Charles retired twice, once upon collision with Lance in Australia 23, and once in Zandvoort due to a damaged floor. Carlos retired once in Belgium 23 due to a collision with Oscar Piastri and once in Abu Dhabi 23 due to being lapped and running last without pitting.

For driver reliability, I want to consider the variance in Charles and Carlos's race finishes for reliability. A quick recap for the non-STEM people who may be reading this: the variance measures the spread of numbers in a dataset, and how far away they are from the dataset's mean. Thus, a smaller variance indicates less spread in positions that a driver has finished in, in turn indicating higher reliability. Charles has a variance of 6.46, Carlos has a variance of 8.25. It is therefore possible to conclude that Charles is the more reliable driver of the two. While on the subject of reliability, it is also worth noting that Charles has not dropped outside the top 5 since Monza last year.

So overall, anon, I'm afraid I have to reject your notion that Charles is washed or even approaching becoming washed. The data show otherwise. The only category where Carlos is superior to Charles in our time frame is race wins, race wins where Charles deliberately adhered to Ferrari strategy in order to help Carlos, and Max Verstappen was out of commission for the win for one reason or another. Carlos wins in luck, but for driver reliability, points scored, finishing position, Charles is the clear winner and the numbers show it.

[paddockbunny]

Don't Blame Me - Part 4

Summary : You had it bad. You had it so damn bad for a man that was not your boyfriend. And when you arrive in Brazil and find out all the drivers were staying in the same hotel…what happens when it’s suddenly all out there to you, on offer, and boyfriend approved? Rating : 18+ Pairing : Daniel Ricciardo x Reader (Max Verstappen’s GF) Word Count : Multi-part imagine - part 4 is 4,000+ words Trigger Warnings : 18+, NSFW, adult language, fantasising having sex with someone who isn’t your boyfriend, sexual themes, graphic descriptions of sex, mention of Christian Horner & Jos Verstappen Images : curated from Pintrest Authors Note : Ok housekeeping. 1. I am sorry this has taken so long to put out, I apologise! I've had some pretty shit health news and I am struggling a bit with it so I hope this doesn't disappoint 2. I realise theres a little plot hole in terms of sprint races and quali etc but for the purposes of the story just go with it please. 3. There are two flashbacks in this chapter. The first flashback takes place AFTER the second. Both are denoted by *** and are labeled by the month so I hope that it helps / makes sense haha. Thank you for reading!!!

Brazil ’23

Qualifying

The chatter over the headphones was mixed with the low rumble you felt as Max’s teammate pulled his Red Bull into his garage next door. Over the radio you heard him being told that he had a hydraulics issue and to come in immediately which set you on edge for Max. He had been doing so well (he had been all year) and this was a total steal of a weekend for him after topping every practice session and round after round of qualifying. Surely they wouldn’t let something go wrong for him. Christian wouldn’t let that happen to him, would he? You looked over to where the pit wall was and you saw Horner turn in his chair and glare into the Perez garage. You tried not to smirk as you thought about how you (and Max) would pay some good money to find out the inner workings of Christian Horner’s mind – especially as all the journalists were constantly asking questions about Perez’ place in the team next year. But that didn’t concern you. Max was your only concern. Right?

Q1 and Q2 went by in the blink of an eye and as Q3 begun you felt yourself get nervous. You turned your head in time to see your boyfriend pull his blue rocket ship out of his garage at the direction of the pit crew who was flagging him on. You watched as suddenly he came to an abrupt halt and he was held with the car half in, half out of the box. Fuck! You have to be kidding?!  Your brain went to the worst and you thought that he was going to be given the same orders to retire as his team mate had received when suddenly you realised it was just to allow another car passed to go in front. The white and blue car of Daniel pull past quickly in front of him and you took a steadying breath. Daniel had been on for a phenomenal weekend himself. He had put solid times in just like Max had and you nervously bit the inside of your cheek wondering if there was a possibility that the pair of them would get into a scrap for pole position as Max shot out into the pit lane behind him. As each of the cars made it out on track – their relevant drivers all trying to put in the best lap times, jostling each other out of position every few minutes – you couldn’t help but keep one eye on your boyfriend’s timings and those of the man whom you dreamt of on a regular basis.

Just as Charles Leclerc topped the timing board with a lighting fast lap you found your fingers moving to ghost over your bottom lip. They acted off their own accord and you had no control over them. The tip of your first finger pressed to your lower lip and you had to take an immediate inhale as your lungs became hungry and desperate for air when the memory flooded back to you simultaneously. Daniel. His lips. The kiss.

***

Monza, Italy

September ‘23

The loud audible gasp that absconded from your open mouth came so quickly you weren’t even able to attempt to cover it up. It had been loud enough for others to hear. In fact it had been stupidly loud enough that Max’s father Jos (who was not your biggest fan) turned to glare at you as soon as it had escaped you. You felt his eyes remain on you but your own were transfixed to the screen before you. Desperate to know he was ok. Please be ok. Just get out of the fucking car. You screamed inside your own head – not daring to do it aloud in front of the elder Verstappen. You were hypnotised by the action on the screen as yellow flags were shown all around the track. The safety car was deployed and you realised you were holding your breath waiting to know he was ok.

“I’m fine. Sorry guys. I couldn’t do anything, the prick ran me wide and then I locked up.” Daniel explained. The “prick” he was referring to was your boyfriend. As they went round neck and neck into turn 2 Max stole all of the available space from Daniel and it all happened so fast you couldn’t work out what exactly had happened. Within seconds, Daniel’s car was flying off track into a techpro barrier at speed. Parts of the car went flying. His wing was broken and two tires had flown clean off. His race was over and it was Daniel’s fault. You couldn’t help but feel upset for him. He had been doing so well this weekend and upset had been caused amongst fans yesterday when Max denied him the chance of his first pole of the season. Your big stupid boyfriend scoffed at you mockingly when you had suggested he could have at least given him the glory of pole this one time. Which ok, it went against everything Max stood for and you were sure Daniel wouldn’t want a pity pole but it would be good for Max to allow others a chance sometimes. At least show the media he wasn’t some Dutch Ogre. Eyes glued to the screen you watched as finally Daniel got out of his crumpled race car and into the medical car that had gone to collect him. He didn’t look hurt. Thankfully. But from his body language you could tell he was pissed.

The decision to exit the garage and go find him came upon you before you had thoroughly worked out exactly what it was you were doing. Your feet seemed to carry you away from Red Bull and outside into the paddock without you telling them too. Ever since that night in Monaco when he said what he did – y’know, the whole what he would do to you if you hadn’t been Max’s girlfriend thing (which still made your stomach tighten into a knot just thinking about it) - you had formed a sort of weird little friendship with him. It didn’t really go anything further than what you would expect of a best friend and his mate’s girlfriend friendship to go like but there certainly was tension – sexual chemistry perhaps, it wouldn’t be that much of a stretch. There were glances and burning looks at each other. The odd smutty remark and compliment flowed freely from his lips. It only made you think of him more (of fucking him that is) and in your head you had been replacing Max with him every single time the pair of you had sex. You kept it all to yourself and played it close to your chest. You didn’t want anyone knowing you wanted nothing more than to be split in two by him. But he was flirty by nature and you knew he was most likely just trying to make you feel comfortable with him seeing as he was such a good friend to your boyfriend.

The other thing that happened to play on your mind and perhaps influence your decision to go find him was the fact that Max had told you last night Daniel’s family was supposed to be at the race weekend. As the pair of you lay in bed Max sympathised with Daniel’s disappointment – Max had always been incredible open with you about how much he struggled growing up and the poor relationship he had with his own family so it touched you he was so considerate of his friend (it even made you feel a bit ridiculous that you had been having so many dirty little thoughts over him). He seemed to genuinely care that Daniel had been saddened that an emergency had taken place back in Australia and they wouldn’t be able to make it and even though you weren’t sure how Daniel would react to the fact you knew, you wanted him to know he had an ear if he needed one.

As you walked in the direction you thought the Alpha Tauri garage was you were pleased that you had been so correct as unexpectedly he sauntered from the back of the garage. When you saw him, with his race suit pulled down dangerously low in his hips (what was it in these men walking around practically oozing sex and giving girls the fodder for totally impure thoughts about them? Your boyfriend included) you could tell from his body language he looked rather pissed. You thought this would have been a totally fruitless pursuit and he would have been tangled up in talking to those in charge of his team – or throwing your boyfriend under the bus perhaps – so you had a moment when it dawned on you that you actually hadn’t been expecting to see him at all. But now, you were committed. Even if you mind went completely blank and you couldn’t think of any sympathetic words at all.

The knock upon his driver’s room door that came from your knuckles was gentle and soft. As you stood there, growing more and more anxious, you realised that it was probably too quiet for him to hear and the idea that you could just abandon your silly little apology now before he knew about it entered your head. But as quickly as it entered your head and flew straight back out again. Instantly, the door was pulled open. The first (and only) thing that you could register in that moment was the fact that he was now topless. Daniel was sans shirt. He was half naked. His race suit remained but slung exceeding low on his exposed hips. Good fucking Lord. His warm golden chest was staring at you. The defined ripples of rock hard abs popped and bulged. Your mouth salivated. For fuck’s sake! A deep, dark throb ripped through your lower half. An ache that you knew was linked to your unforgivable horniness for this man. Self control. Don’t be fucking stupid. Max. Think of Max. You groaned internally at yourself but you knew that if only you were single this would be playing out very differently.

Just then - as you were considered the very real possibility that you were about to have an aneurism or stroke from the pure sight of Daniel semi dressed - he moved aside. The tiny head tilt he gave signalled to you that you were welcome to “come in” to his private drivers room (away from prying eyes and sharp ears). Daniel held the door open and moved aside a little for you. You almost completely blanked and if the law questioned you on the state of his room you wouldn’t be able to recall one single thing.

“I’m sorry.” You squeaked out. Play it cool. Come on. Get your shit together. “For Max. He ruined your race.” You explained. Desperately hoping it would give him the reason as to why you were there invading his personal space in such a bad moment. Daniel’s thunderous face seemed to soften right in front of your eyes. His taught muscles relaxed and eyes neutralised. A smile spread across his softened lips.

“You don’t have to do that.” He replied. “It’s just racing. There’s no harm done.” He shrugged. His neck looked even bigger, thicker than it did when he had a shirt on. You couldn’t help but admire his physic, as it was so different to what you were used to. Max was strong, broad and what you would describe as meaty. He had a bit of something to him that you could grip hold of and you loved that. But you were a woman and there was something about a man who was so well defined and ripped that just got you going. Stop it! Stop thinking about the abs! If you don’t stop now you’re going to think about him naked! FUCK SAKE!!  You couldn’t control your brain and you completely failed to control yours eyes. They flickered down. They wasted no time going straight to his crotch. He’s fucking seen that you creep. You gritted your teeth together before letting a shaky sigh leave your lips as you really didn’t want to have to look back into his mesmerising eyes now he had just seen you checking out the bulge in fabric south of his naked abdomen.

“All the same, Daniel. I’m sorry he acted like a dick out there.” You didn’t realise how soft and low your voice had gotten. Nor how strangely intimate this moment felt. Regardless of how you were feeling you didn’t feel as awkward as you thought you were. As he took steps toward you – slowly but somehow all at once – you stayed rooted to the spot and didn’t move. You let him close the small gap between your bodies and couldn’t break the bewitching spell of his gaze. The burning, intense look in his eyes made you feel weak. You almost felt like a lamb that had led itself to the slaughterhouse. The thought was still bouncing off all of the ignited neurons in your brain when you finally piped up; “I probably need to…”   

Then, as your words were cut short and the oxygen was sucked right out of your lungs, you felt yourself go lightheaded and it was as if you were falling from a 20-story building. The fact you were pressed into something cool and metallic behind you never registered. Neither did the feeling of something hard and warm pressed flush against your front. The only thing that you suddenly could think about – the only smidgen of brain function you were able to comprehend – was the fact Daniel’s mouth was on yours. His big, pouty lips embraced your own as if they had been searching for them his whole life. Then they began to move against yours and a shaky, unsteady breath flowed from his parted mouth. It was swallowed in its entirety by your own as a barely audible gasp snapped out of you. With your mouth now open – your lips parted to him, granting him unspoken access – Daniel’s tongue ran over yours in a testing, teasing motion. A moan slipped from your throat. His hands gripped at your waist before one of them trailed up and pushed its way through the hair that you had worn down because he had complimented you on your long flowing locks the last time you had seen him. You realised this was what you had been dreaming about. This was fantasy that had been playing over and over in your head for the past few months. You were getting what you wanted.

Because of all the things I would do to you, if you weren’t his. His words he had dared to speak in Monaco repeated in your head while his tongue glided across yours. He ground himself against your core and you could feel the effect you had had on him. He wanted you. It was painfully obvious he did. But the last part of the words he had spoken to you that night reiterated them self to you. If you weren’t his.

Max.

You suddenly remembered Max.

Your hands were suddenly pushing against the flesh of Daniel’s warm chest. While you tried desperately to fill your lungs with air your eyes flicked open and you were instantly staring into confused, yet still affectionate eyes.

“I can’t.” You stated plainly.

“Max.”

The next however many minutes were all a complete, total blur of which you couldn’t recount any of them at all. Your mind kept going back to Daniel and it didn’t help you could taste him on your tongue as you stomped back into the back of the Red Bull garage. What had happened was wrong. It was fucked. He had no right to kiss you like that – he had no right to kiss you at all. But you had kissed back and you only stopped because you suddenly remembered your boyfriend, not because you wholeheartedly wanted too. Fuck. I hate myself. I went too far. You slipped the headphones back on to catch the last remaining few laps of the race and reprimanded yourself while doing it. Why did I go looking for him? Did I give him the wrong signals? Fuck why couldn’t I have been single? He would have been fucking me right now if I were single. God, he’s such a good kisser. Fucking hell, he’s probably ridiculous at eating you out. The feeling of your wet – no soaking – panties that were now clinging to your dripping wet folds only helped stoke the burning desire that was growing inside of you to run back to him. You forced your attention to the screens to try quashing all of the disgusting thoughts running through your mind. As Max’s car flashed up on the screen you really did feel insurmountable guilt begin to build inside of your body. You kiss one of his best mates. You kissed someone he respected and loved like a brother. Someone he cared for. You knew Max was open-minded and he was forgiving to a fault, but you didn’t want to tell him and destroy what you had. So as you watched him cross the finish line and clinch a win in Monza, you swore never to tell him.

***

Budapest Hungary 

July '23

The scene was set. Max observed Daniel grow weary and head to their prior reserved table in the dimly lit corner of the private members bar. This was his chance, his one moment of getting him alone - away from all of the hangers on Daniel was surrounded by - to finally ask the burning question that had been playing on his own mind for months now. 

As his feet began carrying him in the direction of his favourite Formula One teammate he swallowed his own tiredness. The body aches and drained feeling from a tiring race were rippling through body and he knew Daniel would be suffering too but it didn’t distract him from what he had to do. Like a lion stalking its prey, Max stalked over to the corner and reminded himself this was what he wanted. 

Max flopped down on the plush dark cherry red velvet sofa with a low but steady sigh. He situated himself against the opposite arm to Daniel - just in case this question wouldn’t be as well received as he suspected it would be - and wondered if he should have informed you of his decision first or pushed for you to have attended this weekend so you would now be present to make things easier as he pitched the idea to his friend. But as the thought of you flooded his memory (specifically the sight you lying naked in his bed the morning he had to leave to catch an early flight) he found himself swallowing again. This time with a strange excitement that he couldn’t place but he wasted no time in dwelling upon it. 

Max felt Daniel’s eyes on him and he relaxed into the sofa. Head rolling back against it before falling in the direction of his old teammate and catching his gaze.  “I have a proposition for you.” The words came freely from Max’s lips. He found it surprising how easily they managed to flow from him. Daniel’s head tilted and his eyebrows raised. Max wondered what he must have been thinking but he was sure there was zero way it would be what was next to leave his mouth. 

“I want you fuck my girlfriend.” 

The passing seconds for Max felt light, carefree and completely relaxed while by the unsuspecting, blank look upon Daniel’s they were clouded in surprise, confusion and total shock. But the longer Daniel remained silent it only confirmed to Max what he had already known all these months. The lack of carefree laughter, quick mocking or jesting gave Daniel away. It was clear to Max that Daniel desired you in the exact same way that you desired him. He had known it for a while. He knew you harboured some dirty little fantasies (like so many other women did toward the handsome, smiling Australian) and after dwelling upon it for a few weeks he had come to the realisation he wanted you to have exactly what you wanted. He had no reason to feel intimidated or threatened by Daniel. He knew you belonged to him and he wouldn’t grudge you something you craved. And even now, as the question hung in the space between them, he was confident Daniel would give in to his obvious lust and attraction for you too. 

Just as your hidden sexual fascination had been completely obvious to him, Max noted Daniels unmistakable reciprocation. His whole behaviour and attitude around you changed and he always seemed to be trying to be careful with his words and making sure he wasn’t going overboard with his flirtatious conduct toward you. But his staring got more intense and Max couldn’t help but clock it each and every time. He noted how Daniel seemed to like being near you whenever he realised Max was just out of reach, how Daniel was always whispering in your ear when he was out of earshot and how he would bite his lip as if he was trying to hold himself back each time you would laugh. Any other man would probably have been annoyed, pissed and angry at how his best mate was hot for his girlfriend but Max wasn’t like most men. He loved you. Wholeheartedly and irrevocably. And most importantly, he trusted you completely. 

“I know you know she likes you and I’ve seen you with her, I know your moves Daniel.” It was true. Max did know all of Daniel’s moves. He had practically studied them, learned them and used them himself to pick up women.  “Mate….” On a quick, sharp exhale Daniel let out a nervous, uncertain laugh His eyes looked impossibly large as if he was concerned and worried he was about to get punched.  “Don’t worry, I’m not pissed…” Max smirked “In fact, I’m glad it’s you she’s been fantasising about and not someone else that couldn’t satisfy her. Imagine if it were Charles or worse, Lando.” Max playfully scoffed and for a moment it set Daniel at ease. 

Daniel wasn’t sure his heart had ever beaten as fast as it was since Max had asked his question. I want you to fuck my girlfriend. Those were his exact words and they kept going round and round like a funfair ride in his mind. It seemed utterly inconceivable that Max would ask a question like that. He was head over heels in love with you. Any fool could see it. 

“It’s your girlfriend….” Was all Daniel could choke out because suddenly his mind was flooded with the image of you. At first it was innocent. He simply remembered you laughing at a joke he made the last time he saw you; then what you were wearing and how good you looked in it; then how glowy and soft your skin looked as the warm sun beat down upon it; then how glossy and kissable your lips were; then he pictured you naked and then FUCK! That made it game over. 

He mentally tried to scold himself but it was no good. The sheer thought of actually getting to fuck you was too strong and if Max hadn’t suddenly begun speaking to him he would have been trying to hide his very obvious semi growing in his jeans. 

“I know and that’s why I want her to have what she wants.” The thought of his lips trailing down your chest, his tongue flicking over your pert responsive nipple, made his throat tighten. But as badly as he wanted to know what you tasted like or hear the noises you made as he made you squirm in pleasure he wasn’t sure he actually could do it. He wasn’t the type to fuck his friend’s ex let alone current girlfriend – even with permission. “Max, I couldn’t…” Daniel tried to protest and reject the idea but he was cut off mid sentence.  “Tell me you haven’t thought about it?” 

God, had he thought about it. He had thought about you. Ever since the first time he met you when you had slammed right into him, he had thought about you. He had long gone past thinking about you naked. He had already spent many nights with his hand working up and down his pulsating cock to the THOUGHT of you bare and exposed in front of him. He had got himself off in the shower when he THOUGHT of his tongue tasting the glorious wetness that pooled between your thighs. And he quickly made himself come before a race at the sheer THOUGHT of you pulsating and clenching around him as he made you come. Daniel had THOUGHT about fucking you. He THOUGHT about it a lot.

Another nervous laugh came from him as he tried to make sense of Max’s sudden, rather out of character behaviour. He was convinced Max was going to burst into a fit of laughter and expose it as only a prank but he didn’t. Max actually glared at him across the sofa as he awaited an answer. It crossed Daniel’s mind that perhaps Max was getting off on the thought of his girlfriend screwing another man and it was some sex thing – cuckholding, he thought – but Max never seemed the type.

“What’s the catch?” He finally piped up. “There isn’t one. Well, it can only happen once but other than that.” Daniel watched Max’s shoulders move up and down in a shrugging motion while Max kept a watchful eye upon Daniel’s eyes to try determine if he was interested in his smutty proposition or not. “It won’t make it weird between us?” Daniel added and Max shook his head. “Not at all.” He was so carefree about the decision to offer up his girlfriend that in the moment Daniel couldn’t believe how cool Max had become – even if it passed him only fleetingly.

“Well…” Daniel paused and thought of his word choice in how to agree to all this because he seriously thought he was actually in the twilight zone and Max had lost all of his marbles.

“Take some time. Think about it. It’s not like she’s going to go unsatisfied” Max’s voice oozed with cockiness. He knew how good he was in bed and he ALWAYS made sure she came. “If you don’t want to, if you think it’s too weird then fine, whatever, it’s cool.” Daniel once again watch Max shrug “You would regret it though….” And Max knew fine well Daniel was someone who lived without regrets.

Part 5 Here

[livetogether--diealone]

OSCAR, sprint race reaction - BRAZIL GP 23

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Meme/thoughts/recaps masterlist

Looking for quality shitposting? Here’s three years of locally-sourced tomfoolery, classified by GP.

Mostly this is for my own archiving purposes!

Austin ‘22 🇺🇸:

Race recap

Interlagos ‘22 🇧🇷:

Max did not let Checo through

Race recap

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Winter break ‘22-‘23

Another Lewis selfie hits the tl

Ferrari meme starter pack

Ferrari meme booster pack

DTS insanity

Charles’ questionable fashion choices

Alfa Romeo is Ferrari light

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Saudi Arabia ‘23 🇸🇦:

Fernando’s p3 journey

Lestappen midfield date

Australia ‘23 🇦🇺:

Quali slay

Goddamn it

Race recap

Azerbaijan ‘23 🇦🇿:

Meme recap

Spain ‘23 🇪🇸:

Triple header from hell is over

Canadian ‘23 🇨🇦:

Live slug reaction

Lance points

Albon and his DRS train

Race recap

Austria ‘23 🇦🇹:

State of the Austrian GP

Charles winked at Max

Tifosi experience live

Monaco ‘23 🇲🇨 :

Charles releasing MON23

Dutch ‘23 🇳🇱:

Hopium

Singapore ‘23 🇸🇬:

George reporting for the slay duty

Japanese ‘23 🇯🇵:

Yearning for Seb hours

Qatar ‘23 🇶🇦:

George at the scene of the crime

Slayful chal post

No clear angle of charles congratulating max

Austin ‘23 🇺🇸:

Austin/Pain

Rip 1644

Mexico ‘23 🇲🇽:

Charles rawdogging the race

Brazil ‘23 🇧🇷 :

Penalties for everyone

Charles’ steering is gone

AAAAAAAAA

Vegas ‘23 🇺🇸:

Minor slay for the horse team

Free practice will not resume

Abu Dhabi ‘23 🇦🇪:

Quali demon Charles

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Winter break ‘23-‘24

Overtake of the year win

Girlies of f1twt are fighting

Farewell Guenther

Farewell Guenther 2.0

Charles sledding adventures

Fred Vasseur devious moves (that day Lewis moved to Ferrari

Rookie nando strikes back

Charles’ gift of prophecy

DTS darth chal

Car launch

Slayful fireproofs

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Australia ‘24 🇦🇺:

Nobody’s happy

Lecfosi/piastrination in the trenches

Charles so-so quali and bad luck

Japanese ‘24 🇯🇵:

Chacha’s fever dream

Yuki’s points

Charles’ raggedy mediums

China ‘24 🇨🇳:

We finally have the Chinese GP back

DRS train!

Lap 17 sprint

Miami ‘24 🇺🇸:

Max saw his life flashing

Lando drowning on the podium

Rest in pieces nowins

Monaco ‘24 🇲🇨:

Race recap

Canadian ‘24 🇨🇦:

Montreal’s fugly AI trophies

Copium

Spain ‘24 🇪🇸:

Charles demon hours

Hungarian ‘24 🇭🇺:

Race week post that triple header

Scenes at the Hungarian gp

Ferrari for once not in the drama

Spa ‘24 🇧🇪:

Charles steel chair pole

Azerbaijan ‘24 🇦🇿:

Baku pole

Singapore ‘24 🇸🇬:

Bye bye Lando’s grand chelem

Austin ‘24 🇺🇸:

Charles’ turn one triple overtake

Mexico ‘24 🇲🇽 :

Lift and coast hell

Brazil ‘24 🇧🇷 :

War flashbacks from interlagos

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Yearly heritage moments recaps:

2022 [X]

2023 [X]

2024 [tbc]

Random 🎲:

Lecfosi club meeting [X],

Charles blue suit slay [X],

Lance Stroll lululemon olympics [X],

Ugly HP livery [X],

Cage fight in wind tunnel [X],

Charlos live slug reaction [X],

Charles cursed fade haircut [X],

State of the Scuderia ‘23 [X],

Explaining intra-team gossip [X],

Charles Leclerc F1 holiday palette [X],

Not a thought in drivers’ heads [X],

Old Charles to Aston/to Red Bull rumours [X],

Charles is a strange man [X],

Red Bull Charles [X],

Evil Max Verstappen [X],

[axerocknroll]

My thoughts on the triple header:

I don’t even know where to begin, I think we all got overdosed by lestappen content in the last three weeks. Starting with Charles’ Pole in Austin and with him and Max talking before doing their interviews and clicking the picture for the top three in qualifying. 

Mexico was a total banger with lestappen being posted and mentioned on RBR socials, F1 socials, Max’s inchident tiktok (that man knows it by heart, obsessed he is). And we also got lestappen podium. The smiles they had on their faces during that podium. 

Brazil qualification, fantastic (although extremely chaotic!)

Lestappen P1-2 and not to forget, Charles’ Austin 2022 sunset lap finally got a parallel, with Max’s Brazil 2023 storm lap (he was sunshine, I was midnight rain- these two are so Taylor coded). And the post qualification debrief? All that chit-chatting, Max ignoring the interviewer cause he was busy talking with Charles. Charles after finishing his interview, immediately walking towards Max, who was literally staring at him and not to forget that when Max was getting interviewed, Charles was just three feet away from him. Charles reaching out for Max’s waist during the top three qualification picture?? I can’t believe Charles initiated it this time. Poor Lance though, he now understands what third-wheeling is. Let’s all welcome to the third-wheel group with Checo, Lewis, Carlos, Lando and whoever else has faced it. 

RBR having Charles’ data on their pitwall? What is going on? Lestappen being mentioned on F1 official page again? Ferrari posting the inchident meme on their socials. MAX CALLING CHARLES, “CHARLIE?” I always knew that Max is the typa guy to call Charles, “Charlie!” It’s one of my headcanons. “Charlie, I have some space for you,” this is gonna be ingrained in my brain forever.

Also, when Charles came in the top three for sprint in Austin (I think), Max had his arm wrapped around Charles’ waist and today when Lando and Checo were in the top three, Max held his trophy instead of resting his arms around them. SUS IF YOU ASK ME. 

Now, as a Charles fan first and foremost, this triple header was not at all good. The disqualification cause of the plank issues, FUCK YOU FERRARI. The only good thing out of the disqualification was the rise of 1644 nation. I absolutely love the development in their relationship. With the collaborative post and with Charles’ weird ass blue filter on it too. Lmao. And then the picture of Lewis took of Charles in Mexico, WHICH HE POSTED ON HIS MEXICO DUMP. Insane! And Charles even said that him and lewis have to definitely play chess together someday. I’m gonna cry, I like need a pic or video biblically of that.  

And now the booing that Charles faced in Mexico, absolutely disgusted by that behaviour. It was not Charles’ fault. He didn’t deserve the booing. He couldn’t even celebrate it properly on the podium. 

And Brazil today, did I mention, FUCK YOU FERRARI?? I’m literally one more vein popping away before I fly to Maranello, Italy and stab the people responsible for today’s disaster. What has Charles ever done to you? For him to receive this sort of treatment? Honestly, half of their team should be fired, ASAP. 

Out on formation lap is just embarrassing from Ferrari’s side, why the fuck didn’t they check the car?? “We’re checking” is not a good answer. 

I’m literally writing an email to Piero Ferrari after this rant. Strict action has to be taken at Scuderia Ferrari, starting with firing Xavi and everyone who created sf-23. I don’t give fucks at this moment. Happy to know that Charles has stopped wearing those ugly ass fuck red quail pants though. I’m loving him in the non-ferrari merch. 

I am happy that we only have two more races with this tacky, ugly, motherfucking, shit ass of a car. BURN SF-23 after Abu Dhabi. 

[bunnytalksf1]

We're in Austin, baby!

We're back in the states, for the beginning of a USA-Mexico-Brazil triple header that could cause chaos. So here's some things to look out for ahead of this sprint weekend.

McLaren are still clinging to the last remnants of their underdog narrative. Norris has repeatedly said that he'd prefer to be in Max's position, and there's definitely doubt over who is going to be stronger. Reporters have been asking everyone and their mother about the title fight, and there's been a couple of comments made regarding mclaren/norris that I've found interesting. The first is Leclerc's, when asked who he backed out of Verstappen/Norris, he said I think Lando for the car and Max for the points. At the end of the day it’s going to be a tight battle until the end and I hope we can join that battle if they do a bit of mess in front. Which is hilarious because he was asked to pick between mclaren and redbull and still picked ferrari, somehow, but he also has made clear ferrari's thoughts, and perhaps even those of most on the grid: McLaren is now the clear fastest car. Then Russell joined and said “Arguably they could have won every race since as long as I can remember really – they’ve definitely had the car to do so." It's interesting to see other drivers now outright saying to the press that McLaren and Norris are underdelivering with their current package.

So, it's the general feeling that McLaren are going to be fastest, but in my opinion, Leclerc, Verstappen, and both Mercedes drivers have the ability to put a spanner in the works of what could be a neat and tidy one-two for the team with a good performance. Leclerc's tyre management was so good last year that it made his own team put him on the wrong strategy. With a car that now manages its tyres much much better than the sf-23, and barring any drama with the ride heights (remember that gem?!) Leclerc could be in the mix, and Verstappen is Verstappen. Mercedes are close too.

Coming into the weekend, there's been some drama about the Red Bull being illegal, and having a ride height bib that means that they can be more aggressive. Interesting because this part has been public for a long time and is in another legal "grey area" as such, like McLaren's flexiwings, and will b adjusted from this weekend onwards. Verstappen has said that the fundemental problems with the RB20 have still not been fixed, so honestly this could go either way. According to some hearsay, the part was already taken off at Singapore, where RBR didn't look that bad at all. Unsure what Austin holds for RBR, but Verstappen is going to drag them at least somewhere close to the podium, which is realistically all he needs to do to keep Norris at bay in the championship.

Other bits: watch out for Colapinto! He's fast, and doesn't have a seat for next year, and might outperform Albon, or at least challenge him. This is also a new track for Liam Lawson, who will be looking to score points and try and earn that Red Bull seat for 2025.

The internal drama in McLaren is worth keeping your eyes peeled for, too. Piastri is STILL not a no2 driver, and he'll only pull over for Norris if its worth it. Verstappen said if he were Piastri he wouldn't accept being a no2 either, stirring the pot (lmao).

Anyway, FP1 in an hour and a half, and sprint quali much later! Let's all have fun together guys

[bohnsky]

Brazil 23

My feelings about Brazil are extremely torn. There are things that I’m really happy about, things that I’m obviously sad about, and then there are things that I feel both happy and sad about. That being said, here are my favorite drivers 6 months into liking F1 (or rather my thoughts on the lates GP, because my favorite drivers barely change anymore): 

1. Alex Albon 

What a weekend to forget. After Charles I didn’t think it could get any worse, but then Alex had the great idea to continue the saga of my favorite drivers crashing in turn one. Lewis in Qatar, Checo in Mexico and now Alex in Brazil. I know it was a racing inchident, but fuck you Haas. 

But thankfully they’re all okay. 

2. Sergio Perez 

You can imagine that this is one of the things I’m both happy and sad about. He drove so well, I mean podium in the sprint and almost podium in the race. And that battle with Fernando was great, but my poor little heart! The battle went on way too long for my liking and it was sooooo close. We really were 0.053s away from another podium. 0.053! I want to be happy for Nando, but 0.053! Anyway, Checo had fun and gained valuable points.

3. Charles Leclerc/Lewis Hamilton 

Charles my beloved. I was devastated. The poor man just can’t get a break. 

My mom recently asked me about my favorite drivers and decided that she likes Charles the most. 

I don’t know, but Mercedes lately start off great and then drop down towards the end and it’s kinda hard to watch. Also sometimes I think they should just let George through if he’s really faster than Lewis. 

4. Lance Stroll 

I cannot express how happy I am for Lancey boy. Actually both Astons, they’ve grown onto me. He had such a good weekend. Sure you could argue that he only started on 3rd because Q3 was cut short, but idc. He drove well, even though the start for both Astons sucked, but he did well defending and I’m just happy.

5. Lando Norris 

I’m tired of Lando being 2nd, I need him to win! 

Honorable mentions: 

Fernando. The battle was just so intense and I’m freaking happy for him. Also him telling Checo to not put him under such stress anymore because he’s old was so adorable. 

Max. Him saying that he almost went off track because he was watching Checo’s and Nando’s battle. 

That’s it for Brazil, because I’m late and thinking about Vegas now. 

[chussyracing]

Wins in 2022 and 2023 seasons in f1 so far:

TLDR: out of 37 possible races counted with sprint races, Ver won 26, Per won 5, Lec won 3, Rus won 2 and Sai won 1.

That means: Red Bull won 31 out of 37 (about 84%), Ferrari won 4 out of 37 (about 11%) and Mercedes won 2 out of 37 (about 5%).

Bahrain 22: Ferrari (Lec)

Saudi Arabia 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Australia 22: Ferrari (Lec)

Imola Sprint 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Imola 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Miami 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Spain 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Monaco 22: Red Bull (Per)

Baku 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Canada 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Great Britain 22: Ferrari (Sai)

Austria Sprint 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Austria 22: Ferrari (Lec)

France 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Hungary 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Spa 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Zandvoort 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Monza 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Singapore 22: Red Bull (Per)

Suzuka 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Cota 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Mexico 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Brazil Sprint 22: Mercedes (Rus)

Brazil 22: Mercedes (Rus)

Abu Dhabi 22: Red Bull (Ver)

Bahrain 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Saudi Arabia 23: Red Bull (Per)

Australia 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Baku Sprint 23: Red Bull (Per)

Baku 23: Red Bull (Per)

Miami 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Monaco 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Spain 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Canada 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Austria Sprint 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Austria 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Great Britain 23: Red Bull (Ver)

Yet, some people insist we are not in the Red Bull domination era.

Note: this is counted starting with 2022 season, it doesn't take into account 2021 season for which Red Bull received "penalty" for going over the budget cap.

[russilton]

I wanna watch some of George’s and Lewis’ nice races. Which ones would you recommend? Thank you!!

Ooooo! Fuck yeah I can do that- these are all basically my favourites (only from 2020-23 bc those are the years I’ve been actively watching and can remember on cue)

Note: they obviously don’t win all these races, or even most- it’s about the JOURNEY

Lewis and George both have good races

- France 2022! My favourite!

- Brazil 2022 sprint and feature race

- Spain 2023

- Hungary 2022 - the vibes are mixed but the result isn’t bad

Good Lewis races

- Brazil 2021 sprint and feature, THE iconic Lewis race, best race ever.

- Silverstone 2020

- Turkey 2020

- Silverstone 2023

- Russia 2021

Good George Races

- Hungary 2021

- Spa 2021 (Quali)

- Spain 2022

- Austria 2022

Im probably missing tonnes but this is what I can remember rn- Have fun!

[agentstarkid]

HE WAS SO FUCKING CLOSE

ONLY 0.2 SECS AWAY

[forelsketparadise]

Pierre Gasly Season Summary

Barcelona Testing

Day 2 P2 

Day 3 P14 (Didn’t drive day 1)

Bahrain Testing

Day 1 P1 

Day 3 P12 (Didn’t drive day 2)

Race 1 Bahrain 

FP1 P1 

FP2 P13 

FP3 P13 

Qualifying P10 

Race NC DNF

Race 2 Saudi Arabia 

FP1 P5 

FP2 P12 

FP3 P7 

Qualifying P9 

Race P8

Race 3 Australia 

FP1 P14 

FP2 P9 

FP3 P12 

Qualifying P11 

Race P9

Race 4 Imola 

FP1 P12 

FP2 P9 

Qualifying P17 

Sprint Race P17 

Race P12

Race 5 Miami 

FP1 P5 

FP2 P7 

FP3 P16 

Qualifying P7 

Race NC DNF

Race 6 Spain 

FP1 P8 

FP2 P11 

FP3 P20 

Qualifying P14 

Race P13

Race 7 Monaco 

FP1 P6 

FP2 P7 

FP3 P5 

Qualifying P17 

Race P11

Race 8 Baku 

FP1 P9 

FP2 P6 

FP3 P7 

Qualifying P6 

Race P5

Race 9 Canada 

FP1 P11 

FP2 P6 

FP3 P2 

Qualifying P16 

Race P14

Race 10 Sliverstone 

FP1 P17

FP2 P18 

FP3 P15

Qualifying P11

Race P NC DNF

Race 11 Austria 

FP1 P16

FP2 P12

Qualifying P10

Sprint Race P15

Race P15

Race 12 France 

FP1 P5

FP2 P7

FP3 P13 

Qualifying P16

Race P12

Race 13 Hungary 

FP1 P13

FP2 P15

FP3 P19 

Qualifying P19

Race P12

Race 14 Spa 

Didn’t drive in FP1

FP2 P14 

FP3 P10

Qualifying P12

Race P9

Race 15 Dutch 

FP1 P14

FP2 P16

FP3 P15

Qualifying P11 

Race P11

Race 16 Monza 

FP1 P13

FP2 P14

FP3 P12 

Qualifying P9 

Race P8

Race 17 Singapore 

FP1 P9 

FP2 P14

FP3 P13 

Qualifying P7 

Race P10

Race 18 Suzuka 

FP1 P16

FP2 P19

FP3 P20

Qualifying P17 

Race P18

Race 19 Cota 

FP1 P8 

FP2 P9 

FP3 P10

Qualifying P13

Race P14

Race 20 Mexico 

FP1 P9

FP2 P10 

FP3 P15 

Qualifying P14

Race P11

Race 21 Brazil 

FP1 P10

FP2 P7 

Qualifying P12

Sprint Race P10

Race P14

Race 22 Abu Dhabi 

FP1 P11 

FP2 P19

FP3 P15 

Qualifying P17

Race P14

Total Position Finished P5 1 P7 P8 2 P9 2 P10 1 P11 3 P12 3 P13 2 P14 4 P15 1 P18 1 DNF 3

Total Points- 23

[f1]

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[livetogether--diealone]

CHARLES, sprint race reaction - BRAZIL GP 23

[race-week]

It’s quite likely that more drivers will need to take engine penalties before the end of the season, as 23 races + 3 sprints is hard to accomplish on just 3 engine assemblies.

If a driver doesn’t look strong in practice or qualifies out of position there will likely be a choice for the team to take a new engine and the subsequent penalty.

This race definitely isn’t going to be the last penalty filled one, Turkey or COTA could potentially see some but I’d place bets on Mexico or Brazil.

[leanpick]

Brawn: Six sprints and promoters want more

Brawn: Six sprints and promoters want more

Every Formula One grand prix promoter wants to hold a sprint race but no more than the six agreed ‘in principle’ are likely next season, F1’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said on Monday. Next year’s F1 calendar is due to feature a record 23 rounds. Britain’s Silverstone, Italy’s Monza and Brazil’s Interlagos were the three circuits chosen to try the format this year- Brawn did not say which would…