#is he sewis's son

[l1li4n]

this is so sweet

[valeeeez]

cute

on a mission to stand next to his boyfriend

[milflewis]

1k. nigelio. sewis. a glimpse at a what if conversation at a what if silverstone grand prix 2023 ft. nigel mansell being a Gossip

“Nigel.”

Lewis pauses when he opens the door, faltering. It takes a lot to surprise Lewis Hamilton, Nigel knows. And even more to make him show it. He smiles.

“Hello, Lewis.”

“Uh.” Lewis looks past him and then back at his face before shrugging, a grin coming easy. He always did have a face made for smiling. “Hey, man. I heard you were around this weekend. How’s things?”

“Ah, alright. Your race engineer – Bono, yeah? – said that you weren’t scheduled to be out on track for a while. Thought I’d drop by for a minute. Have a chat.”

Lewis raises his eyebrows, tilting his head to the side. Nigel stands very still. After a long breath, Lewis steps back. He opens the door wider, arm stretching out behind him. “Sit wherever. You want a drink?”

“No, I’m okay. Thanks.”

Lewis’s motorhome is acres nicer than any of theirs back in the day, though that can be said for any of the new digs of the drivers nowadays. It’s tidy enough – no empty water bottles lying around, a racesuit thrown half folded over a massage table, a heavy looking shimmery jacket hanging off the back of the door. Cluttered but not dirty. Lived in. Nigel sits down on the couch. There is dog hair on the cushion.

The cross on Lewis’s smooth back stretches and relaxes as he pulls on his fireproofs. His waist is ridiculously tiny. The arms of his racesuit hang low on his hips.

All this pampering he does, Niki had said to him years ago, fond. For fun! He had sounded exasperated and, strangely, proud. Him and James would’ve been insufferable. Not a minute of peace – cut your hair like this, Niki. Grow it out like this, Niki. Why don’t you use conditioner or whatever, Niki.

Lewis sits down on the small chair opposite him, legs falling open at the knees. He’s barefoot. His nails are painted a familiar shade of green. Something in Nigel’s chest hurts.

“I’ve been talking to Sebastian,” Nigel says without any preamble. Lewis barely even blinks.

“I’d guessed,” he replies dryly, and Nigel wonders, not for the first time, how much exactly Lewis notices about what’s going on around the paddock.

“I think you should strike,” Nigel says instead, leaving that question for another day. “Sebastian agrees. He says it might be better if he’s the one to talk to Fernando.”

Lewis’s mouth quirks up at the corner, smile lines winking. He hums quietly. He does not ask why Sebastian isn’t here to tell him himself, or giving him a call. Nigel still isn’t really sure what’s going on there either. Niki was never much help, for all that he loved gossip, and Keke has been firmly staying out of Lewis’s business the past few years, especially when it involves Sebastian, because: “Do you want me to hate my son, Nige? Do you want me to hate you? This is what will happen if I have to listen to any of shit again.”

“Better if you get Jenson to follow up after.” Lewis doesn’t look away from him. “Fernando doesn’t like being told what to do. Jenson knows how to chill him out.”

Nigel isn’t touching that with a ten-foot pole.

Lewis watches him. “We do have Charles to play the piano.”

Nigel laughs. “You do.” The sound feels like it gets caught on a hook in the underside of his stomach. “I’ve heard you play too.”

Lewis scruches up his nose. It is interesting, Nigel thinks, the things that Lewis let’s himself be modest over and what he doesn’t.“Only a little.”

“A piano is a good distraction,” Nigel advises. “You’ll need to get rid of people’s phones. Or at least, have only one person keep them on hand.”

Lewis smiles wryly. “That’d be fun.”

“Probably.”

Lewis reaches down by the side of his seat and straightens up with a pair of thin white socks in hand. He unrolls them and pulls them on, foot by foot. Right. Then left.

Nigel isn’t sure what the right thing to do here is. Does he tell Sebastian that Lewis is, painting his toenails a colour that is strikingly like the Aston Martin green, or does he stay out of it?

Keke would tell him to stay out of it.

“I’ve been thinking of it too,” he says, leaning back. “Of saying no. Making a stand. Things are – things are getting messy.”

“They’ve been messy for a while,” Nigel offers. Lewis doesn’t take it. He only shrugs, slipping his feet into his boots.

Nigel wonders if he and Sebastian talk about that year. He isn’t sure what to hope for.

Lewis tucks his hands under his armpits as he sits back and waits for Nigel to continue. Nigel has said all he came here to say – or at least, all he knows for sure he can say. He looks rather tired. Weary. He should take a long hot bath. Nigel thinks about telling him.

“A piano is a good idea,” he starts. Or tries to. It’s not quite what he intended to say. Lewis’s shoulders relax minutely. Nigel hadn’t realised he was tense.

He looks at Nigel like he knows Nigel knows what he wants to ask.

“Sebastian will agree, I think,” Nigel tries again. He bites at his cheek. He’s too old for this. He doesn’t know how to talk like this anymore.

He thinks of Elio’s smile. He thinks of the swoop of his g’s and his y’s in his data notes that he’d swap with Nigel when they were both at Lotus. He thinks of the only proper way to cook spaghetti bolognese that Elio never got around to showing him. He thinks of how he is nearly fairly sure Sebastian hasn’t called Lewis once since last year. He thinks of Sebastian turning qualifying off in the background of their call a few weeks ago after Lewis had done his run.

“I don’t know if it was love,” Nigel lies despite himself. He has always been very English unfortunately. “Or – at least – that kind of love. We were friends. Very good friends. One of my best, I must say. You notice – when they’re there. And when they aren’t. It’s better – when they are.” He pauses, grimacing. He doesn’t speak on his championship. On how winning tasted faintly like losing.

“Sorry for the poetry,” he laughs and it only rings out slightly hollow. Lewis smiles at him, the lines around his eyes soft. He reminds Nigel of Elio for a quick breathless moment. That same kind brutality.

“Sounds like love to me,” Lewis says, quiet.

Nigel thinks of Lewis’s career. Of whose name is beside him in the history books. Of the Lewis-shaped pauses in Sebastian’s calls to chat that were not there before his retirement. Of how Lewis doesn’t say his name much anymore. Of the look on Sebastian’s face in that one photo from Monaco.

He wants to shake them both, suddenly viciously full of anger. His fingers feel like they’re full of fizzy drink, prickling away at the under-bed of his nails.

They’re so terribly, awfully — enviously — young.

Lewis looks back at him, face calm like a lake. It doesn’t feel like a dare. It doesn’t quite feel like it isn’t one.

He should learn how to ask, Nigel remembers overhearing Aryton complaining about Michael. Just fucking ask for what he wants. Being told no is not dying.

The irony, as it was wont to with Ayrton, was lost on him.

Nigel breathes.

“Yes,” Nigel allows himself – and Lewis. “I guess it is.”

[ghostwnby]

Okay here is what I've came up with for the sewis au or what I've been calling it the honeybee 🐝 au (also feel free to send me asks/request about scenarios about the honeybee au 😌):

● Lewis is a single father of 2. He has an 7 year old daughter named Isabelle and a 2 year old son named Leo.

● He was never a F1 driver in this au but instead he is a journalist who works remotely so he can safe money by not having to find a babysitter or daycare to take care of his children while he's working.

● Due to his recent divorce from his partner Mark Webber, Lewis decided to move out of Silverstone and into a more quieter part of the UK.

● Of course, as much as he would've liked too, he couldn't move too far away from Mark due to the fact Mark still has partial custody of Isabelle and Leo.

● Isabelle and Leo get to see their other father every other weekend. This is of course is hard for not only Lewis but for Isabelle as well. Isabelle has always been in tune with her father's emotions. Whether it be good or bad, Isabelle always seems to know what Lewis is feeling with out him even saying anything.

● After the divorce, Lewis swore to himself that he would stay out of the dating game for the rest of his life. Partially because he didn't want to put himself through the pain of falling in and then out of love again but also because he didn't want to put his kids through the confusion of a separation again.

● That worked for a while...until he met a certain retired f1 driver while at the park with his kids to celebrate Isabelle starting 1st grade.

● It was quite comical how they met. It was something you would see in a romance movie.

● What happened was, while Lewis was busy comforting a crying Isabelle who had just scrapped her knee jumping off the swings, Leo had wondered off out of his sight.

● Panic filled Lewis' body when he looked back after drying his daughter's tears only to find his 2 year old son to be gone.

● He didn't know what to do. What if someone took his baby? What if he wander out into the parking lot and got hurt? Should he call the police? A million questions raced through his mind as he searched all over the play ground.

● Lewis felt broken. Shattered. But just as he was about to give up hope, he heard a familiar giggle come from the community garden that was in the middle of the park.

● He grabbed Isabelle and raced to follow where the giggle was coming from.

• Once in the garden he was met with the sight of a smiley faced Leo sitting in front of a crouched blonde man who had his hands cupped and was holding to what looked like....a honeybee?

● "And this one is known as a worker bee. They are the ones that make the honey." The mysterious blonde man explained as he smiled at Leo.

● "Leo! There you are!!" Lewis exclaimed as he scooped up the toddler into the tightest bear hug he could handle. "Oh my god I didn't know where you were! What if someone took you??"

● Tears filled the toddler's eyes at Lewis' words. "S..sorry dada.." the toddler sniffled as he pressed his face into his father's neck. Lewis just sighed and rubbed his son's back, "Daddy's not mad at you. He was just worried okay?"

● Leo nodded against his father's neck, Lewis could feel the wetness of his son's tears soak into the collar of his shirt.

● "Um..pardon me but..I just wanted to say sorry for scaring you." Lewis' eyes snapped over to the forgotten blonde man. "I didn't know the little one had ran off without permission."

● Lewis shook his head. "No don't apologize. I'm just glad he didn't get taken."

● The man chuckled, "Rest assured, I would never do such a thing. I was actually just tending the apiary here and suddenly I looked down to see a curly haired toddler tugged at my pants."

● As much of a scare that his toddler had just put him through, Lewis couldn't help but smile at the man's words.

● "The poor boy was sobbing. I couldn't make out what he wad saying so to cheer him up I tried to introduce him to some of the honeybees I've been working with." The blonde explained, awkwardly scratching the back of his neck.

● "I guess it worked because next thing I know he was giggling and and reaching for the apiary as if he was telling me to hurry up and show him the rest of the bees."

● Lewis chuckled, "Yup, that sounds like my son. He's always been fascinated with animals and bugs of all shapes and sizes. We actually have a dog at home named Roscoe and ever since he opened his eyes, he's just been head over heels for him."

● Lewis didn't know why he was sharing such unnecessary details about his life to a stranger who he thought was about to endanger his child less than 5 minutes ago but something about the way the corners of the strangers eyes crinkled when he smiled made the air around them feel safe and warm, as if he could trust him with his entire life.

● "I'm Sebastian by the way but you can call me Seb if you would like."

● "Well Seb it's nice to meet you. I'm Lewis, this is my daughter Isabelle and my son Leo." Leo didnt move a muscle from his spot in his father's arms. Isabelle on the other hand, waved shyly at Sebastian from her spot behind Lewis' leg.

• Sebastian gave her a bright, welcoming smile that Lewis swears melted his heart just a little.

● Just as Lewis was about to try to come up with an excuse to continue the conversation, Leo started to sniffle again.

● "Dada..hungry.." the toddler whined. Sebastian gave Lewis an amused look.

● "I guess that's our cue to leave. Come on Isabelle, I think the Hamilton household has had enough adventures for one day." He said, patting his daughter's head. He turned his his gaze back up to the blonde man in front of him.

● "Thank you again for you know.." Lewis motioned towards the sniffling toddler in his arms.

●"No problem. I'm glad I was able to help reunite you two, even if it meant disturbing the bees for a bit."

● A warm smile bloomed across Lewis' face, "I'll see you around, goodbye Sebastian"

● "I'll hold you to it. Bye for now Lewis."

**Please ingore any grammar mistakes or anything like that 💀 this was literally just a brain dump bc I had to get this out of my system 💀💀💀

[heliads]

Formula One Ship Fics Masterlist

Britcedes

going down with the ship - There are two people left on a sinking ship. One is Lewis. The other is George. Oneshot

kill your darlings - Lewis is a world-class writer. George is the son of Lewis’ publisher. Neither of them will get what they want from this, but that won’t stop it from happening. Oneshot

Brocedes

i’ve got my eye on you - Nico Rosberg has moved on from 2016, the silver war, all of it. So he thought, at least. Lewis is still here, though, and that makes the forgetting so much more difficult. Oneshot

Charlos

mortifying ordeal of being known - Based on this request: "f1 soulmate au with charles x carlos? whatever a person writes on themselves shows up on their soulmate. they realize they're soulmates when one of them gets a podium and the other person sees their drawings" Soulmates AU

Galex

you always knew how to push my buttons - Alex Albon, long-suffering woman in motorsport, would really like to focus on her first year of racing for Williams. George Russell makes that difficult. Girl!Alex Oneshot

Sewis

i've been big and small (and big and small again) - The Ferrari news drops. Sebastian has to know. Drabble

Where I Can’t Follow - Lewis Hamilton isn’t sure that he wants to retire yet, but when the rest of the world seems so sure of the opposite, it’s hard not to feel his confidence shrink. In times of stress, then, is it really such a surprise that he would go to Seb for help Oneshot

Strollonso Masterlist

[mi-sona-lili]

Come O Come Emmanuel / o kama, kama Imanujel

——

toki Inli:

O come o come Immanuel

To free your captive Israel

That mourns in lonely exile here

Until the son of God appear

Rejoice, rejoice, o Israel

To you shall come Emmanuel

——

toki pona:

o kama, kama Imanujel

La sina ken awen e ma Isale

ona li pilin ike

taso lili pi sewi li kama

o kalama, ma Isale

Imanujel li kama e sina

——

Literal translation from toki pona:

Oh come, come Emmanuel,

he will be able to free Israel

They feel sad

But the Son of God will come.

Make noise, Israel

Emmanuel is coming to you

——

toki Inli:

I didn’t post the Latin lyrics, since I feel that the English ones were enough. Plus, it’s a simple verse that can be memorized easily, in case anyone wanted to sing it.

I did not find any official toki pona spelling of “Emmanuel” and decided to make one myself. I wanted to follow the toki pona rules for forming words but keep it as similar to the name sound as possible.

musi:

[whydoubleu]

No Seb,No Party

[ariadynamics]

😂😂😂 my plan to get you into f1 to write sewis fic has backfired. also I thought you were working on something!

but you've piqued my curiosity with the esteban/lance thirst follow au so I'll take a snippet of that

(love you!)

I was! But it just wasn't clicking. I'm very much in my head about writing Sewis, and I'm terrified I'm going to get their characterization wrong!

For now, here's my Esteban/Lance WIP! It's hockey player Lance, and still with RP/AM Esteban. I hope you like it 🙈.

--

Lance doesn't know what makes him do it. Maybe it's the third shot of awful tequila Nico had cajoled him into downing before they left the club. Maybe it's the string of losses, one after another, that kept coming their way. Maybe he's just so fucking lonely that he almost asked if he could crash on Nico and Siegs' couch.

It’s pretty depressing that this guy’s smile is the best thing he’s seen all week. His smile is warm and sunny, and for a second, Lance almost forgets it's March in New Jersey. He keeps scrolling through his photos, and for once, he doesn’t feel the same kind of rolling nausea in the pit of his stomach that he usually gets when faced with racing content.

They’d met before, at some gala, and Lance had known then he was boned as soon as he saw his chipmunk-like toothy grin.

Seeing the photos of this guy with a small sliver of his tummy peeking through? Lance hadn't stood a chance.

Fuck it. Lance hits follow. Whatever, Siegs follows Lewis Hamilton on Instagram. This is more or less the same if the team’s PR ever asks. 

Two minutes after Lance follows him, a DM notification pops up.

estebanocon: I'm pretty sure my employer's son following me on Instagram counts as workplace harassment.

Lance is still drunk enough to respond.

lance_stroll: how would that work I’m not even on the payroll

estebanocon: That sounds like something an HR Manager digging for dirt would say.

It’s a little bit of a surprise when he gets another notification.

estebanocon started following you.

He isn't sure what he expected after following Ocon, but Ocon following back? Sliding into his DMs? That hadn't been part of the equation. He types another message, anyway. He already lost 6-2 tonight; he can't embarrass himself any more than that.

lance_stroll: buddy I lost count of how many times I got rammed against the boards tonight my brain is incapable of thinking nevermind sleuthing

esteban_ocon: Kinky 👀, tell me more.

It startles a laugh out of Lance, and for the first time in a long time, the smile on his face isn’t something he’s had to affect. 

lance_stroll: I’m pretty sure that counts as workplace harassment bud

estebanocon: Well, good thing you’re not on the payroll then.

[effervescentdragon]

some cute things from the austrian gp '22:

- the little girl child that kept screaming "FERRARI" in the middle of an orange field;

- a grandpa w/ Kimi's alfa romeo hat being driven in a fucking mustang car;

- the dude in the Lotus shirt i went full heart eyes over;

- the dude with the huge #44 tattoo on his leg;

- the old rbr!dudes who agreed that charles' overtake on max was "damn good driving";

- the mclaren fans who applauded to us in ferrari hats in the middle of navy and orange stands;

- the ppl in navy and orange who stood up, sang the italian hymn and then applauded to the group of older dudes in full ferrari gear;

- the dudes who chuckled at me going insane and then let me pass to see Andretti's Lotus 😭;

- when I shouted "du bist WELTMEISTER" randomly and a Dutch dude made sure to try to speak german with me, obviously translating dutch to deutsch, to tell me he gets me and im good;

- like 8 dudes in Ferrari gear hugging me when Charles won;

- all of us in red randomly screaming FORZA FERRARI - FORZA at each other when we saw each other;

- the way everyone cheered for Mick during that 5-way battle 🤍;

- everyone cheering for Seb when he spun (both times) 💚;

- assholes who were booing being shushed and shut up quickly where i was standing;

- when I said "if I see Mattia its on sight, imma get thrown in jail" and a lady and her son turning and giving me a thumbs up;

- seeing Lewis and Seb at the back of the drivers' truck parade and just whispering "Sewis rights always" to myself;

- seeing Charles' overtake on Max live;

- seeing Mick's overtake live;

- that "Seb for president" banner;

- meeting @noope306 💚 and her confirming Seb's hair is perfect in person;

- CHARLES P1, LEWIS P3, MICK P6!!!!

[adrena-dine]

Hungarian GP 2021: a summary

we got (1) Lando and Yuki interaction and im thrilling to see more

Seb and Lewis saying "f*ck Hungarian government LGBTQ+ rights only" go off kings!!!!!!

Nicholas on a tank ??? what the hell

i can't help but laugh picturing seb going on amazon and typing "lgbt flag merch" and then just adding all the things he finds on his cart

fans literally mobbed drivers on their hotel parking, felt weird to see that much ppl

Seb was invited to a proposal and actually WENT and GAVE them a HANDWRITTEN letter with all his best wishes EXCUSE ME i am in LOVE with this man, definitely a character written by a woman im tellin ya

Redbull being ONE MORE TIME in a racist polemic, who's surprised tho

Old racist Helmut was back at it, with, this time, a wonderful exposé about how's Yuki not like other Japanese (don't ask me how other Japanese are supposed to be, i dont wanna throw up again)

and we also had Christian saying that last race, Max faced abuse such as Lewis. I think he's confused. Or dumb. Or a torry. Or delusionnal. Or all those things at the same time.

Mercedes accused them of wanting to ternish lewis' name, are they wrong ? not for me

Steiner saying that his drivers are crashing too much and our dear Jenson kindly reminded him that their car is R U B I S H

Mick's mechanic face after his crash, memeable/20 ?

Alpine being the cutest team and organising a toddler like bday party for Fernando, he looked so happy im crying

Seb taking confettis in press conference to throw them on Fernando, then popping the thing in the wrong direction which means on him, idk whether to laugh or cry

Esteban told children that santa isnt real sir please

Max and Lewis going out of the pits at the same time, and almost touching each other, netflix is already preparing their best slowmo

Lewis played mind games and got himself a pole, smells like drama

Pierre asking his team manager a freaking FERRARI for his good quali, you'd see that only in f1

Lewis' recipe to win: YMCA + crowd booing

Max went "you better stop” when asked about lewis and himself rivalry

was it a race start or a bowling game ????

anyway Valtteri and Lance yeeted Charles, Lando, Sergio and themselves

Christian is waiting for Bottas like 🙂🔪

George going ahead everyone just like that 🤷🏻‍♀️

Lewis on the grid like🧍

It was lights out and away we go but only for Sir Lewis Hamilton, is it nobility privilege ?

Pit lane was a mess

Things that are above imagination: mick and max fighting for a position

FERNANDO VS LEWIS, EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO WHERE IT COMES FROM big 2010s vibes i love the energy

anyway thanks fernando for doing the lord's work and being a legend, man of the day indeed

George was ready to sacrifice himself to make sure the team has the maximum points, what a lad

Carlos said a big no to Scuderia Ferrari about their hazardous strategy, continue like that hun you’re doing amazing

ESTEBAN OCON IS A GRAND PRIX WINNER 💙🤍❤️ (but doesn't know what he's supposed to do)

Why does his mechanic has a peppa pig plushy tho 😭

Pierre couldn't help but decided he had to leave his mark for Esteban's first win and got himself the fastest lap

BOTH WILLIAMS IN THE POINTS AAAAAAAAAAH

Seb p2 but FIA said "not on my watch" and got him disqualified

Both FIA and Aston Martin decided to go on a "who's the pettiest" game, the FIA is currently winning with their amazing decision to send the WHOLE DAMN CAR in FRANCE

Nando lifting 1m86 tall Esteban as he was his son, I’m in tears

Sewis right only ✋🏼😔

Daniel post race camera footage, i am not crying you are

Lando saying that it’s bottas’ fault and then Valtteri came for apologising, awkward

George's tears I- 🥲

Carlos' walking to the stewards as he was going to be beaten up, what the hell is happening there ?

anyway he had ANOTHER podium that he couldn't celebrate properly

Nico Rosberg spilled the tea and said that Horner refused Toto's apologies uuuuuuuuh ☕️☕️☕️☕️

Fernando held Lewis for Este, but also for Max ??????????

Honestly one of the best race, just iconic thing on iconic thing it was ✨wonderful✨

[or-did-i-dont-didnt-send-it]

My sister was all like “Seb said he see’s a lot of himself in Charles BUT Lewis said he see’s a lot of himself in Charles so what is the truth??” and the obvious answer is Charles is sewis’ son, send tweet.

[mickstart]

what do you think are some iconic/memorable schumi moments? i just got into f1 and would like to know more about him bc somehow i can’t really find anything like that about him.... just stats which are incredibly impressive but i can’t find anything about how he behaved or just anything about his personality..... thanks <3

:) Hi anon, thank you for unleashing the beast.

Ok I love you for asking me this thank you SO MUCH. Welcome to the circus I’m glad you’re here! Also yeah, Schumi is often talked about in terms of statistics and not as a human, Which is a shame bc like! Schumi is fascinating and the dynamics on the grid in late 90s F1 is so much fun! Also, this is mainly going to be late 90s -> early 2010s stuff bc I was born in 98 so uhhh I didn’t properly witness ANY 90s stuff and had to learn about it.

OK so I got super carried away but I’ve divided this into 3 sections: Drives/races that I think showcase some of his talents, human moments we need to talk about more, and Chaotic Little Bitch moments. The key thing to remember w/ Schumi is that he personally tends to be nice but as soon as you put him in a competition, Bastard Mode activates like a cat’s pupils going wide.

I am so sorry for the following short essay. Also some crashes are briefly mentioned but only ones with absolutely no injuries and there’s no details.

Chaotic Little Bitch Moments

Schumi debuted as a SUBSTITUTE driver for Jordan when one of their drivers was in police custody (yes. really.) The highest a Jordan had qualified all year was 10th and in his DEBUT at SPA, one of the toughest tracks, in the middle of the season, Schumi qualified that Jordan 7th! THEN his clutch failed before the first lap was even complete, but Benetton and Jordan WENT TO COURT to fight each other to sign him for their team before the next race in Monza. He couldn’t debut normally he HAD to cause a scene and set the tone.

The Red Strings of Fate: He qualified 7th, his iconic 7 starred helmet, his first victory next year was ALSO at Spa - his first complete race would be at Monza, Ferrari Holy Ground, and he finished 5th which 👀 1) he was immediately racing with The Greats. 2) Mr 5 Championships With Ferrari.

Winning a race by taking a stop and go penalty on the last lap, crossing the finish line in the pits, and making such a complicated argument about said penalty that in a hearing that was SUPPOSED to be Mclaren protesting the race result the stewards scrapped the entire penalty and the 3 who awarded it handed in their licenses??? Iconic.

Austria 2002 where Rubens was ordered to give the win to Michael. And then Michael fucking made him stand on the top step on the podium like “oh no no no RUBENS deserves this” and made a big SHOW out of it and its like “Michael stop you’re not making it heartwarming you’re making it WORSE Michael STOP” The Tension of germany 2010 podium VS the theatricality of THIS podium.

Team orders were banned because of this which also makes this indirectly responsible for Fernando Is Faster Than You having to be a coded message. You can’t escape him,

Blocking Alonso in Monaco qualifying and then, years later in 2010, overtaking Alonso technically illegally at Monaco (the race was ending under safety car, but the safety car doesn’t lead them over the line it pits and they’d crossed the safety car line and the regulations were NOT specific about the rules) and getting a 20 second penalty bc Damon Hill was a steward. Haunting FERNANDO specifically at Monaco like the ghost of christmas past? Getting a harsh penalty because ANOTHER driver he’d fucked over was a steward? Forcing the FIA to rewrite the rulebook to account for his nonsense when he was in his FOURTIES? I don’t know another chaos king.

Winning the 1995 championship by crashing into Damon Hill, getting AWAY with it for some reason, and then trying to do the same thing in 1997 to Villeneuve, failing to do so and simply rebounding off of him harmlessly, almost COMICALLY, and beaching his own car in a gravel trap at which point the FIA said “I have had ENOUGH of you Wacky Races Man!” and disqualified him from the entire championship

Forcing Mika off the track so bad at Spa 2000 that Mika realized the only way he was gonna be able to get past him was to re-invent the overtake and go for it whilst they were passing a backmarker. (The overtake itself is at 2:05 in the video but the build up to it is Important bc the key part it’s not just badass, it only happened bc Mika knew who he was dealing with.)

Spa 1998 was a Ridiculously Chaotic race it truly was the Mugello 2020 of its year, and after a crash at the start that took out almost the entire grid Schumi accidentally collided with Coulthard later in the race. (The teams used to have a spare car at every race then, so the race was able to continue after a restart.) This wasn’t a racing thing, Coulthard was getting lapped. So something in Schumi SNAPS, and he storms down the pitlane and tries to fight Coulthard while the mclaren and ferrari mechanics both hold him back and finally drag him away. He projected into the future, saw Coulthard was gonna talk non-stop shit about Seb, and acted accordingly.

Monaco 2012 Pole don’t talk to me about this I still can’t believe the audacity of this man to get the only pole of his comeback, at MONACO, at the ONE RACE where he had a 5 place grid penalty to take!!

In general, I know Cheating Bad but. I HAVE to admire the brainpower it must take to have the rulebook so memorized that whilst driving an F1 car Schumi could spot a loophole the size of the eye of a needle and then dance through it, forcing the FIA to add ANOTHER page to the rule book specially for him bc nobody else even REALISED that loophole existed.

Human Moments

A quick rant about Mika and Schumi’s entire friendship. After Spa 2000 Mika goes up to Michael, says something like “Don’t ever do that again” then they’re friends again. They had this mutual understanding that Racing was not Reality. This goes all the way back to their F3 days they were rivals AND friends for their entire career. They truly were the Sewis of the era if Sebastian was like 50% more evil. Their entire dynamic is “You’re the only motherfucker in this pit lane who can handle me”. Schumi would do some bullshit and every other driver would throw up their hands in frustration and Mika would just go “Okay” and drive better to put him in his place bc he was the only one who could keep up, and Schumi very visibly LOVED that he’s grinning after Mika owns his entire ass with that overtake at Spa. They were unstoppable force meets immovable object and I’m so sad their rivalry isn’t more talked about bc the way Mika is the only driver who can get him to behave like a normal human being is SO entertaining.

This is a sad one so I won’t link it but he started crying in the 2000 Monza press-conference with his brother and Mika when he equaled one of Senna’s records. The press kept trying to ask questions about it and Mika just has this death grip on his shoulder and tries to get them to stop or let them take a break and it’s so sad but also important to know about.

Once said he didn’t want Mick to race in F1 bc the pressure of his name would put Mick under so much stress and he wanted his son to be happy. (He fully supported Mick in his endeavors! But only after making absolutely sure it was what Mick wanted, and making sure he knew he could just race for fun if he wanted and it didn’t have to be F1)

This whole interview just after Mick was born with the Schumacher family. Special shout out to Gina on his head the entire video and also Corinna talking to the press while Michael is captivated by Mick. Me too Michael.

Once allegedly pleaded to take a stray kitten home from the track?

I reblogged this yesterday but. Sticking like glue to Sebastian at an F1 test and immediately being like “This is my new son he’s gonna go far”. There’s a lot of pictures out there also of Michael being a guest at the karting races Seb went to as a kid and baby Seb visibly losing his fucking mind at being given a trophy by his idol. Every day of my life I think about him trying to ruffle Seb’s hair through his helmet at Brazil 2012

WInning the championship in 2000. Him thanking the entire team individually and pausing mid-celebration to kiss his wife Corinna so tenderly it’s in the F1 opening. Also, the way it literally cuts from the rest of McLaren looking like they’re attending a funeral to Mika grinning at him and hugging him fucking SENDSSSSS me.

Schumi was a little shit in all the 2010-12 press conferences like, lowering Lewis’ chair, playing with a microphone wire, but ESPECIALLY corrupting baby Seb and getting him to mess with Nico Rosberg.

He’s just GOOFY! Like I refuse to let him be remembered as a terrifying force of nature he was so goofy kind of similarly to Seb. PLEASE watch this incredibly awkward interview he did with Coulthard on a golf buggy where they both had to pretend they hadn’t thought about murdering each other at least once. I think Sky F1 should force Brocedes to do this when covid’s over. “Do you mind if I drive?” “Yes.”

EDIT: I CANNOT BELIEVE I forgot the 1999 Canada press conference where Eddie Irvine and Mika Hakkinen get into a water fight and Schumi immediately grabs a towel and hides behind it and is like “I had NOTHING to do with it” 🥺 adorable, actually

A lot of people at Ferrari, including Rob Smedley (who was on the other side of the garage with Felipe Massa so not in his inner circle) have said that a lot of the success of the team came from Schumi’s LEADERSHIP more than anything, that he’d make the team get together to bond all the time. When Schumi moved to Ferrari in 1996 they were NOT dominant. He did the same thing Lewis did - went to a team that everybody said would be a huge mistake and helped build them up behind the scenes.

THIS bit of the Canada 2011 Rewind where his engineer gives him the strategy and he’s like “... OkaAaAaAay?” and then when it turns out to be the wrong strategy he cheerfully tells them it’s too late. Little shit.

Speaking of Mercedes I also wanna say that like. They were a MESS in 2012 and his car DNF’d because of a failing on their part MULTIPLE times. (In Canada qualifying his DRS was stuck open and they couldn’t close it.) He did not say a single bad word about them EVER even though the press used this to attack him non-stop as washed-up and bad without Ferrari to cheat for him. At Ferrari he was the exact same with the team, any bastard antics Schumi had for his rivals did not extend to the engineers and crew.

OK this one is soured bc Top Gear is trash BUT if you were like, a kid in England who followed motorsports? Schumi’s fake reveal as The Stig on Top Gear was like the coolest, sickest thing,

Please view this image of Schumi and Mika when they were young and stupid

Iconic Races

ok so I have limited myself to a few races that show off some of his key strengths!

Hungary 1998 / France 2004 - STRATEGY/SPEED - Schumi switched to a 3 stop strategy in 98 and a FOUR STOP strategy in 04 and won both races. In order for the strategy call to work he’d have to basically make every single lap a qualifying style ‘flying lap’ and you best fucking believe he DID THAT. God I fucking miss when Ferrari was the king of strategy.

Argentina 1998 -  has it all. Talent, battling Mika, pit lane mind games with mclaren, and bullying coulthard xxx

Spain 1996 / a majority of the wet races - RAIN - One of Schumi’s nicknames was Rain Master bc he was so fucking good in the wet. If it started raining and you were a Schumi stan you were cackling evilly before the red lights even went out. I single out 1996 bc it was his first win for Ferrari and it was unexpected but in most wet races, even Canada 2011 post comeback, you can see Schumi thriving.

Malaysia 1999 - Schumi missed pretty much the entire second half of the season with a broken leg, came back for the last 2 races with everybody murmuring about whether he would struggle, and immediately put the Ferrari on pole. Also worth noting is that he was the number 2 driver for these 2 races bc his teammate Irvine was fighting Mika for the championship and he went along with that without complaint, allowing Ferrari to win the constructor’s championship if not the driver’s.

Monza 2002, 03, 04, or 06 just because it has the energy of the tifosi kneeling at the feet of an idol to their red god.

Brazil 2006 - Fuck All Y’all - Schumi’s last race for Ferrari. He got a puncture and ended up almost lapped, and then drove his way back from that to 4th bc he couldn’t go out without reminding us he’s a bad bitch.

Monza 2012 - Defending - Don’t tell F1 Twitter that there’s actual footage of Lewis and Michael having a genuine lengthy battle on track but DO watch Michael defending like a motherfucker and Lewis breathing down his neck for half the race we need to talk about this more.

Valencia 2012 - This isn’t necessarily anything special but I cried in my living room over the only podium of his comeback so it goes on here. It doesn’t have the same impact if you haven’t been watching him struggle with the car for years, DNF-ing from car failure most of 2012, and having BBC F1 telling you he’s washed up every single weekend, but you can just enjoy one of the best drives of FERNANDO’S entire career as he DRAGS that Ferrari by its hair to a home grand prix win and then watch the crowds embrace him like jesus and also Schumi being happy on the podium. Also, the very start of this clip from the press conference: him forgetting what language he’s supposed to be speaking 

Basically, Schumi was a hyper-competitive ambitious bitch who turned into a goofball as soon as he switched the engine off. This is by NO MEANS everything if I was making an exhaustive best races guide I’d do more research and another post but I hope this is what you were looking for?? THANK YOU SO MUCH for letting me go MAXIMUM SPECIAL INTEREST and I apologize.

[babysdrivers]

So but Charles being caught in the middle of sewis, just living rent free in my head is Canada 2019, the cool down room, the meme of him being the son of the survived couple (sewis) which he liked and commented on, it lives rent free

this post i made after canada sums it up

he really was having a wacky weekend

[harryissuchalittleshit]

Percy and Audrey with their grandchildren:

Lucas Fredrick Jordan:

The first grandson!

He’s smart and funny and loves his Grandad Percy sooo much

Percy just loves his grandchildren, he cries every time he holds one of his grandkids for the first time

Lucas was born at the beach house (the birth from One Night)

As he gets older, he becomes more confident and sure of himself

He loves to spend time with his Grandad Percy though, especially at the joke shop

When he gets sorted into Gryffindor, Percy is so proud of him!!

They write each other every other week through Lucas’ Hogwarts career, Percy is very proud when he’s made prefect and later Head Boy

When he graduates he gets a job at the joke shop and comes up with a lot of great ideas for the business

Willafred “Willow” Lucille Jacobs:

The first granddaughter!

If Lucas is attached to Percy, then Willa loves her Nana Audrey

They are kindred spirits

Audrey teaches Willa how to sew just as she taught Molly and Lucy

She goes to everyone of her Little League Quidditch games and actually starts to like the game (as long as her grandchildren are playing)

Willa and Lucas get put together often and it was a big thing when Lucas went to Hogwarts first

But then Willa goes and is sorted into Hufflepuff like her nana and her parents and is soooo happy

She and Audrey send different design patterns back and forth and Willa will create clothes for her friends

She does get into a bit of trouble when she’s older, but it’s how she meets her future husband Dannie Bones!

Audrey is the first person that Willa tells about her boyfriend and she’s the first person to find out he proposed

Willa gets pregnant in her last few weeks of school and finds out the day of her wedding

She names her daughter after Audrey, Riona Audrey

Charlotte “Charlie” Caralynn Jacobs:

She’s sooo shy

But she opens up when she’s alone with someone

She always finds Percy, climbs into his lap, and will refuse to leave

Percy refuses to give her up!!

She reminds him so much of Audrey, she’s stubborn, she’s funny, and she always goes unnoticed except to a well trained eye

She’s an amazing flyer and Percy gives her to confidence to try out for Little League Quidditch

She’s an amazing Seeker, even if she’s taller than most, but she has long arms and thin fingers

When she goes to school and gets sorted into Hufflepuff, no one is surprised

She gets on the house team her second year and Percy is soooo proud of her

When she becomes captain her fourth year, Percy reminds her keep her head up and make sure to be heard

She gets signed on to the Magpies as a reserve, but then gets her shot during the second game of the season

And she wins it!!

The line up gets moved around while the main seeker is in recovery and she takes over for the next few games

And when she gets benched again, the Harpies offer her a starting position, which is unheard of

She takes it, and within two years is captain and married to one of the beaters

Lee Percival Jordan:

He’s a character

He’s fascinated by pictures and the Prophet and any publication

Percy and Audrey get him his first camera and the first time he develops a moving picture he nearly cries

He likes to just document the little things in life

A lot of his photos are just of the family having tea or playing in the shops or riding on brooms

Percy takes him to his first Quidditch game and one of his photos gets used on the stadium banners for the next year

And he was only four

He doesn’t like flying himself, but Quidditch is so cool and his dad likes it and his Grandad Percy likes it and so does his Grandpa Lee

(He also loves it whenever anyone points out he was named after both of his grandfathers)

He becomes a Ravenclaw at school like his parents, but he’s the Quidditch commentator like his dad and grandpa and makes prefect and Head Boy like his grandad

He graduates and starts writing books about the evolution of Quidditch and how it’s played

When he’s older he writes a book about his childhood and includes lots of those early pictures of the family

Penelope “Penny” Audrey Jacobs:

She is very sensitive

When Artie and Molly have the twins, she’s shipped off to Percy and Audrey’s a lot more

Audrey teaches her to knit and sew like she does with ALL of her grandchildren

But she also teaches her how to cook

All of the recipes that her mother and the grandmothers in the town she grew up get passed down to Penny

She is just soooo hard working and determined, a cut, a burn, nothing slows her down

When she goes to Hogwarts, not even her schoolwork slows her down

She graduates and goes to the Ministry??? And no one understands why

Until five years to the day, she quits and opens a restaurant of her own

Five years she spent trying out her food on her coworkers and saving her gold to put a down payment down on a building

She brings the food she loves and grew up cooking with Audrey to the world

She names her resturant Rey’s after Audrey

Michelle Molly Jordan:

She’s the baby of her family and the only girl

She is sooo spoiled by both of her grandparents

She’s a lot like Lucy, so very smart and very emotional and very loving

While her older brothers are very close to Percy, she is very close to Audrey

She likes to knit and sew with her and finds a lot of joy in working with her hands

By the time she’s ten, she’s helping design and make clothes for Lucy and Molly’s shop

She gets sooo homesick her first year of school and feels so isolated

Audrey writes her every week, but it doesn’t help very much, so Percy takes over, and they start to get really close

She makes sure to spend a lot of time at their house over the summer and she comes to realize that it’s the life she wants

When she’s sixteen, she falls in love

She gets pregnant halfway through her sixth year, but doesn’t let it slow her down

She has her son and gets married and leaves Hogwarts, but she studies and works hard at home and comes back to sit her NEWTs

She gets seven O’s just to prove it to herself and goes into business for herself as a tailor

And she gets the life she wants

Francine “Fran” Isabelle Jacobs:

One half of the twins!

She and Gwen love to dance and entertain

They aren’t the best flyers like their siblings, but they’re still great on a broom

Fran is the louder of the pair and often follows around Percy everywhere he goes

She loves to visit him at the shop and be in the middle of all the chaos

He does make her sit down and listen and learn about what he does for the shop

It’s boring to Fran, until she’s about 15/16 and having a bad day and she can just disappear into the numbers

When she goes to school, everything is so exciting and wild and she’s having so much fun!! But even with her twin sister and favorite cousin Michelle, she’s still lonely and misses home

Writing to her grandparents makes her feel better because she doesn’t think she can tell her parents how she feels

The summer before her seventh year she spends a summer working the register at the joke shop and flirts heavily with her co-worker, in a plan that Percy may have had a hand in

She goes to work at the joke shop after graduating and helps with the books, especially around inventory

And the boy she was flirting with? He becomes her husband a few years after graduating

Gwendolyn “Gwen” Bailey Jacobs:

She’s the second half of the twins

She’s the quieter of the pair, usually following behind her sister

She adores Audrey and makes a point to be by her side anytime she can

Percy and Audrey make the point to treat them as different people at all times, they are not a matching set

They make a point to go to all of their recitals

Gwen really loves knitting with Audrey and it becomes the time where she gets to speak and always be listened too

On Saturdays Audrey always comes around to take Gwen to craft shows

When she’s about 15/16, she starts setting up her own booth and selling the things she makes, most of it is just baby clothes that she had made for Willa and Dannie that they didn’t need

She goes to work at Molly and Lucy’s shop when she graduates, but her Saturdays are for craft shows with Audrey

When she gets married a few years later, Audrey makes her a giant knitted blanket for their bed and Gwen is so happy

Rachel “Ray” Dominique Jacobs:

The last girl!

She is sooo mean to her older sisters it’s a bit funny

She just carries a lot of anger around, and it would be more funny if she could properly manage it

She gets into fights with all the boys at her primary and can throw a punch that can knock anyone out

She just hates being the last girl and not quite feeling as if she’s part of the family

But you know where none of this matters?? At Nana Audrey and Grandad Percy’s house!

She’s often sent over by herself and given the opportunity to be the little kid she wants to be

She becomes so carefree and happy

She’s an amazing keeper and is at home on her broom and in the air

She gets on the Quidditch team right away at Hogwarts (with Charlie as her captain it was going to happen)

Being on a team makes her relax and feel a lot better and as if she’s a part of something

But nothing makes her feel better than carefree afternoons with her grandparents

When she graduates she gets signed on to play for the Falcons and she is ruthless

Her coach is rude and mean, but she’s the only girl on their team and she doesn’t back down from a fight

He bad mouths her in front of the press and she punches him out and it sends the message

Her old coach gets fired and they bring in someone new and she falls head over heels, they both do

But the only opinion she cares about is her grandparents and they approve of him 100%

Ignatius “Iggy/Gee” George Jacobs:

The baby boy!!

He’s seventeen months younger than Rachel, but it doesn’t matter

He is so happy-go-lucky and adorable and weird

He follows after his older sisters and cousins, but nothing is better than being shipped off to his grandparents by himself

Afternoons playing chess and listening to his grandad read?? Yes!!

Afternoons kitting and sewing with his Nana Audrey?? Yes!!

Afternoons in the kitchen cooking with both of his grandparents, or more so Percy watching from his perch on the kitchen counter and Audrey doing the real work??? Yes!!!!

He just enjoys spending time with them, sitting down and having a cup of tea, or knitting in the living room, or listening to a game on the radio, it’s everything he can ask for

Audrey and Percy’s next door neighbors have a daughter just a few days younger than Iggy and they become quick friends

When Iggy goes to Hogwarts, he writes his grandparents and to his “friend” next door

It’s really cute

When he’s older, about 16 he spends the whole summer with his grandparents and he starts dating the girl next door

It’s really hard not to tell her about magic, as that is his whole life and everything that he has always known

The next summer, he’s seventeen and he bites the snitch and just shows her his world

He starts with the little things, mostly the pictures around his grandparents house and all the other little quirky things that he loves and knows

Leaving her behind to finish school is the hardest thing he’s ever done, but he stills writes her every week

They both graduate and go to working at their respective governments, he works in the Muggle liaison offices and she ends up working as a secretary to the Prime Ministry

They name their first son after Percy, Adam Percival, and their first daughter after Audrey, Audrey Elizabeth

[schulotts]

Pierre liking sebs announcement post on Instagram is further proof that he’s sewis’ adopted son and I LOVE it

[ryder-s-block]

Jaig Eyes (Ch 77)

Jaig Eyes (77/?)

Summary:

Kida, a former slave who now thrives as a bounty hunter, finds herself sucked into the war she advised Jango Fett against. Now that she’s involved, she has to finally mourn the loss of Jango, seeing his face in the clones that man the GAR. What happens when she allows herself to get attached to one, not for his resemblance to her former mentor, but for his heart?

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Chapter Seventy-Seven: A New Hope

Meals on Kamino were usually pretty bland. Though sometimes Jango would bring back something from his travels. They were sometimes foreign treats, which were always cool. Cracknel from Dex’s Diner. Meiloorun melon. Kodari-rice. Sijjo Sewi. 

And then other times he would bring home basic ingredients from a marketplace he’d visited on some foreign world. The first time he showed me how to make it, he called it uj’alayi. I’d watched it cook with wide eyes, Jango humming gently while he cleaned his armor. Boba played on the floor at his feet. 

After a while, I tired of watching bread slowly bake, so I turned to watch them, my back against the warm oven. Kamino was damp as a whole, and despite the amazing air systems of the cloning facility, the chill seemed to always cling to you. I breathed in the warmth, listening to Jango hum a song I recognized. 

“I know that--,” I whispered, my voice still hoarse. I hadn’t been talking much yet. My eyes flickered up to see the bounty hunter watching me expectantly. Nothing about his posture was cruel. His presence was always powerful and firm, but never unkind. Not to me at least.

I wasn’t so sure his bounty targets felt the same way. 

I swallowed past the lump in my throat. “I know this song. From Jabba’s Palace.”

Jango’s eyes flickered towards the ceiling in thought for a moment before he nodded. “Yes it is. Good ear.” He went back to humming and polishing his armor.

“What does Jabba have to say about you rescuing me? Or am...am I your target? Are you bringing me back to him?”

The Mandalorian stopped abruptly, giving me a scowl. “I’ve told you that you’re free now. I’m just teaching you how to defend yourself before you go.” He gave me a stern once over before nodding once and returning to scrubbing his armor. “And Jabba doesn’t know. Doesn’t need to know. Not unless you get into hunting.”

“Hunting...as in your job or like….hunting hunting.” I was given another stern look. My eyes dropped to my folded hands. “Got it.” I shifted uncomfortably for a moment, giving the strong man a once over. “I know that...I am a companion for your son. But...but why--”

“Why did I rescue you from Death Watch?” Jango interrupted me again. His brows were furrowed, shadowing his serious eyes. “I have no respect for them, nor those that take advantage of those weaker than them. Especially... “ he cleared his throat. “Taking advantage of women.”

I knew he was trying to politely nod towards the slavery I’d been subjected to. I guess neither of us were brave enough to say it aloud. Or maybe he was being polite, knowing I was still trying to process it all. To cope.

“Why me?”

Formatting’s a bitch

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13221379/77/Jaig-Eyes