#just carlos the person

[notyourmusebby]

Tom Clarkson: “You've been with carlos now for 4 years what will you miss about him?”

Charles: “I think just Carlos, the person.”

“The reality of things is that we always had a really good relationship. There's been many moments where inside the helmet, I hated him and he hated me because we didn't view the situation in the same way, but everything was fixed after a discussion between us two.”

“... we have a lot of memorable moments that i will remember forever.”

[guardian-angle22]

This or That: Tarlos Edition -> Babe or Baby

[alexturntable]

Teamwork in Brazil | São Paulo Grand Prix Preview

[justc2world]

Charlos moments in Bahrain GP full access

[leclercskiesahead]

HIS DANCE MOVES

[formulaocean]

Helmet Swaps

Just because this interests me here's a list of what I could find about who on the current grid has swapped with who. I'll try to link the sources as I go (one's which feature the text if I can) as there are just too many pictures and lengthy quotes to include.

Some drivers have extensive collections (read Fernando Alonso) and others are a lot more discerning, Lewis Hamilton described it as "the ultimate sign of respect" and that he "doesn't look upon it lightly".

Note- this is only for those involved in motorsports and does not include celebrities or tribute helmets, only direct swaps. Also bear in mind that not every swap would be publicised on social media so this is by no means exhaustive!

Max Verstappen: Fernando Alonso 2015 , Daniel Ricciardo 2019, Sebastian Vettel 2022. He has also given a number of helmets to his team including Christian Horner, Helmut Marko, and Jonathan Wheatley.

Sergio Perez: Jenson Button 2015, Sebastian Vettel 2020, Daniel Ricciardo at some point. Likely more but he's a lot more private online.

Lewis Hamilton: Fernando Alonso 2012, Sebastian Vettel 2018, Michael Schumacher, potentially a few more.

George Russell: Fernando Alonso 2021, Antonio Giovinazzi 2021, Daniel Ricciardo 2022, Sebastian Vettel 2022.

Charles Leclerc: Marcus Ericsson 2018, Fernando Alonso 2018, Daniel Ricciardo 2019, Sebastian Vettel 2020. Also Fabio Quatararo.

Carlos Sainz: Lando Norris 2020. All I could find but likely more!

Lando Norris: Carlos Sainz 2020, Fernando Alonso 2021 , Daniel Ricciardo 2022. Also Fabio Quatararo and there were rumours with Valentino Rossi.

Oscar Piastri: Fernando Alonso 2023, Zhou Guanyu 2023.

Fernando Alonso: Literally has a museum. Practically every driver is involved in some way and is linked elsewhere, there are rumours that he has one of every driver that he has raced against from Michael Schumacher to Nicholas Latifi.

Lance Stroll: Very private online and thus can't find anything! He likely has a couple.

Esteban Ocon: Fernando Alonso 2017, Mick Schumacher 2022. All I could find but maybe more!

Pierre Gasly: Fernando Alonso 2022, Antonio Giovinazzi 2021. All I could find but maybe more!

Alex Albon: Nicholas Latifi 2022. All I could find but maybe more!

Logan Sargeant: Very private online and thus can't find anything! I hope he gets a couple by the end of the year at least.

Yuki Tsunoda: Fernando Alonso 2022. All I could find but maybe more!

Daniel Ricciardo: Fernando Alonso 2014, Jenson Button 2015, Marcus Ericsson 2018, Max Verstappen 2019, Charles Leclerc 2019, Nico Hulkenberg 2019, George Russell 2022, Lando Norris 2022, Zhou Guanyu 2022. Sergio Perez at some point.

Zhou Guanyu: Daniel Ricciardo 2022, Fernando Alonso 2022, Valteri Bottas 2022, Oscar Piastri 2023.

Valteri Bottas: Fernando Alonso 2015, Felipe Massa 2016, Jenson Button 2016, Zhou Guanyu 2022. He also gave Lewis one of his in 2021 and I choose to believe that he has one of Lewis's too.

Nico Hulkenberg: Daniel Ricciardo 2019. All I could find but likely more!

Kevin Magnusson: Romain Grosjean 2020. All I could find but likely more!

Sebatian Vettel: Lewis Hamilton 2018, Nico Rosberg 2018, Charles Leclerc 2020, Sergio Perez 2020, Fernando Alonso 2021, George Russell 2022, Max Verstappen 2022. Kimi Raikonen 2018

[labelledamesansraisondetre]

Leaving it all in the tags, baby

[desomniis]

Charles is so whipped.

[sainzinnorris]

carlos to redbull.... carlos to mercedes.. carlos to audi...carlos to williams. how about carlos to a team where they appreciate his efforts, don't call his wins gifted, somewhere he feels respected and cherished both by fans and the team? somewhere he has some sort of say in his decisions? where he can be happy and thrive at his own pace even if the car isn't necessarily the best?

[presdestigatto]

just saw someone call charles' career 'common successes' the pole to win ratio agenda is too severe because in no way is 26 poles without a championship winning car common at ALL

every time he wins it's after ten thousand trials and tribulations and his wins this year mean so much more to me than if he had a dominant car. i said it last year and i think so doubly now that he impresses me with every race like he is him and i truly think he is the best.

[funkyplantguy]

consider: scarian night vale au. scar as cecil palmer and grian as carlos the scientist

[wimbledonstrawberry]

Holger unfollowing Carlos for like 5 minutes and then following him back is the most Holger thing to do

[rainesjupiter]

Freed from our strings.

[guardian-angle22]

Tarlos Wedding Celebration Event [Week 6] -> favorite outfit(s)-> Carlos

[p6to]

What the fuck is going on?

I was in the process of typing out several essays worth of thoughts in the tags of @tsarinablogs's lestappen 2024 manifesto, because what else is new. Since I am uncannily similar to Max in all aspects of his public persona (except his driving abilities and his apparent need to come out as bisexual in every third interview), including the 'tism allegations and the certified "parent has a very weird sense of seeing their child as their own person" experience, in this essay I will be yapping about Screwderia Ferrari, shady business and of course: Charles Leclerc.

Charles has given his life and a large part of his career in f1 to Ferrari, leading to six wins, including his own home race Monaco and Ferrari's home race Monza, but also ten gazillion strategy fuck ups and now a (likely) second failed championship battle.

How much is too much for a person to handle?

Ferrari has not won a championship since Kimi Räikkönen in 2007. That much was known when Charles went through the ranks in the Ferrari Driver Academy, so he knew they were not suddenly going to dominate the way Red Bull did the last few years and Mercedes before them. He still had faith in them, made promises about his achievements to his dying father when he must have known that they might be impossible to ever reach.

His devotion and his talent have made him into an (almost) religious figure to the tifosi. Charles Leclerc is Ferrari, and Ferrari is Charles Leclerc.

Or is it?

Time and time again, we have witnessed Charles getting fucked over in favour of his teammate (see "it looks like they're going to sacrifice Leclerc" - George, or the entirety of the SF-23, maybe even today). While a team principal and a good number of other employees were fired in 2022 because things were going horrible and Charles insisted on it, and things were looking better when competent personnel and even Lewis Hamilton were signed by Fred Vasseur, it seems like the actual problem is still there.

Based on what we saw with the Barcelona upgrades and Carlos' interviews, we may have to expect the car to be developed to suit Carlos' understeer-y preference once again, which is wild considering that he is a driver who is leaving at the end of the year, has been outperformed by Charles pretty consistently over the time they were teammates, and has shown very clearly (alone this season!) that he is (in the words of a friend) not driving for Ferrari but for Carlos.

How can it be that Charles has mechanical and technical problems every second race weekend, while his teammate does not, and not only does nobody from the team leadership say anything about it but they also let Carlos downplay Charles' very severe brake issues in Bahrain?

Silverstone has marked the third race this season where Charles did not score points due to either inherent issues of the car (tire warm up in qualifying), mechanical issues (engine), damage (front wing in Austria) AND very questionable strategy calls. Three races of the twelve that have passed is 25%, a figure that is much too high for any top team, let alone Ferrari who were very close to catching up to Red Bull in the WCC just four races ago.

Of course, problems in car development and maybe even a higher lack of reliability in mechanical parts can happen to any team. However, we will now come to the area where I see the biggest problem.

This entire triple header, Fred Vasseur has been giving unacceptable statements about BOTH of his drivers. In Barcelona, he downplayed the issue between Charles and Carlos at the start, positioning himself directly against the driver he should be supporting since he was objectively (data-supported) correct. In Austria, Sky Sports had to make him watch the moment Charles sustained the damage to his front wing, because he could not be bothered to watch it during the actual race.

And now in Silverstone, he blamed both Carlos and Charles for not performing miracles with this shitshow of a tractor during qualifying, let his drivers be fed different information regarding the incoming rain leading to one of them making the wrong tire choice, ruining his race, and then had the audacity to lie about that and Charles position during this incident, making it look like he was still behind Lance when he had actually already overtaken him and was now behind Carlos after starting four places behind him, EVEN THOUGH there were radio transcripts and of course the fucking broadcast that showed the truth.

Us Chirlies have to preface our posts about conspiracy theories with statements about tinfoil hats and "for legal reasons this is a joke", but I will not do this here.

I fully believe that there is shady business going on at Ferrari, including but not limited to potential blackmailing, software sabotage and bribery. I will not pin these onto specific people/groups, because there are too many options. I also think that there is shady business going on at every team, but not to this extent.

The way things are going, with Charles already being on an actually not so subtle PR warpath, I expect some form of news in the next three weeks, including either announcements about people being fired or a Charles-to-Red Bull announcement, although Charles to Mercedes would not surprise me either.

Merc fans joined in on criticising Fred yesterday, and hardcore Max fans are saying Charles should leave Ferrari and join Max at Red Bull. This issue has breached containment, as it should.

Either things are changing at Ferrari or Charles will be exchanging Ferrari for a different team. There is no other solution.

(You have made it to the bottom of this yap-fest. Congratulations! I wish you a very nice day/week/month/year/life without Ferrari-like fuck ups and thank you for reading my stuff :) )

[leclercskiesahead]

Their faces in those cutouts are sending me