#podiums poles and a win this season ❤

[watercolor-hearts]

First home race podium for Maserati since 1957.💙🔱

[landosmilkyway]

Hiya! I'm tagging you for the 2021 Carlando Favourites challenge! Feel free to answer or ignore, whatever you wish! :) **What's your favourite 2021 Carlando: 1. ON-TRACK MOMENT; 2. OFF-TRACK MOMENT; 3. GIF; 4. QUOTE; 5. FIC; 6. FANART. Some bonus ones: 1. FAVOURITE 2021 CARLOS MOMENT & GIF; 2. FAVOURITE 2021 LANDO MOMENT & GIF; 3. YOUR HOPES FOR 2022 FOR CARLOS & LANDO.** Tag or send this to other Carlandians if you wish! Merry Christmas! xoxo

Ohh thanks for tagging me on this!!

2021 Carlando Favorites challenge

1. On track moment

🤙❤

and also when Lando got pole position and Carlos’ team radio was “Que cabrón” 😂

2. Off track moment

okay I have LOTS but these ones are over the top

It’s the admiration, the softness, the excitement, the love for each other.

And a special mention to golf dates and birthday reunions AND THE WHOLE SAO PAULO WEEK

3. GIF

As I've already used my fav gifs in the previous question, I'll leave you my favorite pictures from 2021

4. Quote

Carlos: “Yeah yesterday we had dinner together and that’s enough Lando for one night. He doesn’t want to get that close (to me) now.”

I also loved this post from Lando when they got together on the podium “Look at us, hey. Look at us”

5. Fic

I don't read any:(

6. Fanart

From @ferrarifwiends <3

7. 2021 Carlos moment & gif

Carlos’ last team radio in Abu Dhabi “a smooth fucking operator” “how cool is to finish like this” which is a great summary to his extraordinary season

Gif:

it’s way too funny every time I see it I crack kasjandsds

8. 2021 Lando moment & gif

It has to be his pole position in Sochi. 

Gif: 

I couldn’t choose but.. he is looking proud here and the way he stares at people cheering for him, it’s very pleasant💗

9. Hopes for 2022 for Carlando

Honestly... I only wish they keep their relationship the way it is now. Profesionally, I want them to win a race each one and have more podiums together, or the peak would be one being in the other's first win podium. That would be amazing.

Merry christmas to you as well anon🥰🥰

[Feel free to do this tag]

[maranello]

another thing charles is "underrated" or not spoken about imo is the fact he is the one who carried this ferrari "resurgence" since last year. Like people often talk about how carlos (and/or lando) has done it for mclaren in only two years (or even seb 2015-2016 seasons) but nodoby even mentions charles having experienced the worst ferrari season in years, having had to drive a slow AND dangerous car (albeit i think ferrari 2014 was more dangerous - the "death trap" - but it wasn't as much as slow) and bringing it the back at least to top midfield in only one year, when development on the car was extremely limited compared to the past. Like hello??? Obv i think drivers aren't the main reasons for this kind of resurgence, that's a team effort and manly thanks to whom knows how to design a car lol but charles gave the feedback which made this possible, since seb was out of the picture already for his situation. And it's pretty mad people don't talk about him like that when they do for other drivers

i meant to reply to this earlier in the day but I was sleepy and had gym once i woke up but !!!!! yes!!! I don't know how Charles manages to be one of the most hyped yet most underrated drivers on the grid,,, it drives me crazy if I think about it

I think people tend to overlook that aspect of Charles since it's not exactly known to be his strength compared to say, someone more data-driven and meticulous like Seb, and during interviews, he's always been quick to give the credit of the improved SF21 to the team (as he should!) But I agree that sometimes it's a bit overlooked how he does put in the work of providing feedback, not just from races, but also on the sim! I think it was also significant for the team that, despite the SF1000's limitations, he was always performing above and beyond, and managed to give a lot of scraps of hopes to the team to be able to sustain them throughout a difficult year. I don't think people understand how quickly this turnover was for Ferrari to go from having a bad year and, despite limitations on developing the car, still be able to come back in 2021 and be able to get poles, podiums, and at some points, fight for wins. That's by no means insignificant. Perhaps it's that the "resurgence" isn't complete or had turned over so quick that people don't necessarily appreciate it as much.

Plus, I also think Charles is still comparatively young, and perhaps he hasn't been able to show as much how he can lead a team in the way that Michael did. But then again, Michael was already a 2 times world champion by the time he was in Ferrari. And this respect, I believe that Charles can has room to grow into that role. And Ferrari believes it too, judging from how Binotto speaks of him:

“[Charles] is very supportive,” said Binotto. “He understands when it’s time to support the team, when it’s time to push, when it’s time to… really improve. He’s aware that results of the future are somehow depending as well on his contribution. I think in that, he’s really a leader; not only as a driver, he developed himself quite a lot this season.

As with many things about Charles, I think there is a lot more than people tend to appreciate/see/talk about, and this aspect of leading the resurgence of a team is also overlooked. But those who are looking can see the sparks already, and when all that comes into full force, I don't think any of us will be surprised to see him shine ❤

[leqclerc]

just dropping by to say thank you for all the sebchal content. you have opened my eyes. now i dread how with every race we're getting close to the end of season. and yes, i used to be a brocedes fan too back in the day (what does that say about us huh? lol) anyway hope you gave a great day (and a great weekend)!!! ❤❤❤

Hello! 😊💕

First of all, thank you so much for your kind words! 🥺👉🏻👈🏻 All of you wonderful people, on and off anon, are definitely keeping my motivation high! I seriously just grin like an idiot whenever I get a Sebchal anon in my inbox. I feel like I could talk about them forever, lol

Not you reminding me that they’re existing on borrowed time 😭

Gosh, the dread is so real. I literally feel sick just thinking about it. I guess Nico’s departure was... quite a shock, but at least you didn’t have that dread building up throughout the season? I was talking to someone else about this and I compared it to getting a tooth pulled with no anaesthetic, no warning, no anything. Yeah it hurts but at least you didn’t have the time to really think about it and fear it because it’s so sudden. But this... ugh the countdown is kind of killing me, ngl. Yes, I’m dramatic, sue me.

I guess I feel like I would’ve gotten more closure and just allowed myself to maybe be a little more accepting of their teammateship coming to a close if it weren’t for, well, all the circumstances beyond their control - the car being a nightmare this season, not allowing them to fight for poles/wins/podiums as they could and should have been able to do, based on their performance last year; all the restrictions and changes that have been brought in as a result of the pandemic, etc. I’m still hoping against hope that they’ll organise a proper send-off for Seb during their last race together but, idk. Ferrari this year has sort of been a PR nightmare - mainly Binotto, of course, who’s incessantly trying to alienate Seb and drive a wedge between his drivers with his inflammatory remarks. That’s just...not a viable business model, sir, but okay.

As for my content... again, I’m so happy you’re enjoying it 🥺👉🏻👈🏻 It’s become my little self-appointed mission to infect as many people as I can with Sebchal worms before the end of the season. Hopefully we can keep this tiny but precious ship afloat post-2020! I’ve got more content sitting in my drafts, I’m trying to sort of... stagger it. I was actually supposed to post a gifset today so stay tuned I guess! 💕✨