#charles to anywhere but ferrari

[hollandwhore]

UM HELLO??????

[lizablackthorn]

Charles and Arthur Leclerc Monaco Gp 2024

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[millleti]

13/7/2021

there is a video on THE photo of charles and carlos??

[scuderiamint]

all of our problem can be resolved with 3 simple steps if Newey is actually joining ferrari:

1. fia gives one of red bulls seats to ferrari so the team can run 3 drivers (red bull is self imploding anyways as a team so why not)

2. have max verstappen join that third ferrari seat

3. profit

negative outcomes: none

positive outcomes:

max gets to leave before rbr self implodes and still gets a fast car to defend wdc properly

charles leclerc gets to drive a newey car and potential go for a wdc

max and charles get to go head to head in equal machinary

we get to witness the hilarity of 443316 pr content

i wont want to kms after potentially seeing max go through a repeat of lewis' 2021 to 2022 seasons :)

and Many Others

[monacodive]

this. this is the reason why charles won't leave ferrari.

bc he may have gotten a dnf last week but today he's in an eyewear store and thousands of people came out to see him, to get something signed, to chant "portaci il mondiale". he loves this and the tifosi love him.

ferrari may screw up his strategies, but he's getting so much love and it's only wednesday.

[ferraris-gf]

explaining f1: safety cars

this is a rewrite because i accidentally deleted this post, yay! anyway, i was going to include a section on abu dhabi 2021 (because its essentially the most famous safety car ever) but i thought maybe it deserves it own post. so i was thinking maybe after i get through the rules and regulations, i might do a series on like notable and famous races?

usage

the safety car is a vehicle deployed to the track in order to control the field for recovery work.

safety cars can be used before the race even begins, during the formation lap, in the case of wet weather. to signify this, orange lights are illuminated on the starting gantry 10 minutes ahead of the race. in these instances, drivers must fit full wet tyres (read more about tyres here).

fia regulations dictate that during the race, safety cars will be used "only if competitors or officials are in immediate physical danger on or near the track". the introduction of safety cars is signified on track by yellow flags and 'sc' boards.

when safe, lapped cars will be instructed to overtake the field and rejoin in order at the back. one further lap will then be undertaken behind the safety car before it then returns to the pits. the race will then begin in what is called a 'rolling start'.

the current safety cars are provided by both mercedes and aston martin

virtual safety cars

in this system, no physical car is deployed, instead driver reduce their lap deltas by 30-40% off normal pace. this is signified by yellow flags and 'vsc' boards. this system is usually used when recovery work is deemed to be safe with drivers lapping at this reduced pace.

the main differences this produces when compared to full safety cars is that it doesn't bunch up the field, and cars remain lapped.

pit stops

at most tracks, a pit stop during green flags will see drivers lose around 20-25 seconds. with cars lapping at significantly reduced paces during safety cars, though, this time loss is reduced to around 10-15 seconds (read more about pit stops here).

[c2-eh]

Charles Leclerc during qualifiying in Hungary // June 30, 2022

[dhufflebee]

everyone going "omg rbr lestappen will never be brocedes 2.0" yeah that's because it would be martian 2k24 edition instead, bffr i beg you why do y'all want that

[balaclavacharles]

Charles Leclerc's Q3 Lap, Jeddah 2023

[i-am-church-the-cat]

Is it racism? Is that what’s happening?

[leqclerc]

Am I the only one who can’t see Lewis to Ferrari happening, like, at all? Hear me out...

It’s not just about the money, or the duration of the contract. Mostly, I think they clash too heavily in their respective philosophies. Lewis is a seasoned, established figure at Mercedes, and as such, he enjoys a lot of freedom regarding his commercial and personal image. He plays a role in the creative decision-making in the team. He says what he wants, he wears what he wants, he’s involved in several ventures and he generally has Mercedes’s support to do all those things. And then you have Ferrari, where The Brand always takes precedence, where maintaining a very specific kind of image is of paramount importance. Even now, when they’ve crossed the threshold and embraced 21st century internet culture and are seemingly actively committed to appealing to a younger social media audience, some things just don’t change. It’s undesirable and inconvenient for Ferrari to have a driver whose star power overshadows The Brand itself (a problem they’re arguably close to facing with Charles and his ever-growing popularity.) I mean, hell, they apparently had the power to pump the breaks on his fledgling leisurewear fashion company after he’d registered it as a business and started making and test-wearing prototype ‘fits. Allegedly because of the Ferrari x Puma sponsor deal that’s in place (I guess they let him design, or at least contribute to the design of the Monaco GP 2023 special merch line as a consolation prize but still.)

Second of all... it’s Ferrari. Contemporary Ferrari, who has endured a whole slew of disappointments and bizarre decisions and mishaps that have turned them into a meme. They seem to be unable to maintain consistency throughout a season (never mind a regulation cycle). There’s a lot of turnover at the team. There’s a lot of internal politicking, different factions pushing and pulling in different directions, often to the detriment of the racing team (something Seb himself has spoken about.) When Mercedes produces the third fastest car, they act like it’s a disaster. We’ve had Toto outright apologizing to Lewis for “what he has to drive.” You don’t get that at Ferrari: you drive the car available to you and you do so with minimal complaining. Sometimes, depending on who is in charge on the pitwall at the time (hello, Binotto 🙄) you might even get told that the car is fine, the strategy is fine, and you are probably the problem.

Ultimately it takes a lot of patience and a fair amount of brainrot to willingly subject yourself to that by getting on the Ferrari struggle bus. Charles and Seb for example always talked about how it was a childhood dream to one day make it to Ferrari. It was always a goal, the main goal, and not just a random career stepping stone. And even they often got chewed up and spit out and endured heartbreak and disappointment and betrayal. For drivers who don’t have a team bucket list... contemporary Ferrari probably isn’t worth the trouble tbh.

The latest batch of rumours that has been swirling in the midst of a slow news week suggests that Lewis would be signed to work alongside Charles, and not, as previously assumed, replace him (in what perhaps could be a direct Mercedes-Ferrari driver swap.) Even so... we’ve seen how they mismanaged Charles and Seb, and then proceeded to let Seb go arguably too early, so now we’ve got a lineup where technically nobody is an outright number one, nobody is an outright number two, and we lost a massive source of motivation, internal competition, and knowledge for Charles. Having to go through yet another cycle of “who gets to be number one” or, alternatively, boxing Lewis into a support role from day one (seeing as the latest Gazzetta article suggests Elkann still plans to build the team primarily around Charles as the lead driver), is hardly going to go down well imo.

We’ll see how this situation develops in the coming weeks/months of course, but I wouldn’t put much stock into the rumours. At best it would be a lateral step for Lewis—at worst, a downright downgrade.

[petit-papillion]

"The renewal? I think the negotiations will start towards the end of the summer. I think he will renew even if he's not happy. But many aren't at the moment: do you think Hamilton is? Russell? Sainz?"

Italian journalist Robert Chinchero

Source: formula1.it

📸 Bitdefender/Scuderia Ferrari

[lizablackthorn]

“there’s something with my eyes when i’m happy”🥹❤️

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[okbluejays]

honestly surprised that hitting carlos’ endplate didn’t make charles’ car just explode or something. such is his luck here

[silverstoneddd]

death, taxes, ferrari

[magical-oppas]

Ferrari we knew he would re-sign we wanted to know for how long HOW LONG FERRARI TELL US