#sf23 is NOT my friend!!

[maranello]

Barbenheimer (2023)

[dreamauri]

Hey girl, if you have the time please could I get charles x fem. Maybe she’s going through a phase where she’s not sleeping very well and exhausted and the Ferrari boys literally find her passed out in the weirdest places 🏎️ thank you x

♪ — 𝗦𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗭 charles leclerc x fem! reader (fluff) “. . . You gain a reputation for your unusual sleeping habits as you travel.”

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Imagine the excitement of Formula 1 world, a chapter filled with adrenaline-fueled action and constant competition on the track. On the other hand. You, amidst the fast paced weekends, are snoozing around the track, catching Zzz.

Your playground is the Formula 1 paddock, and while others are engrossed in the chaos, you find comfort in the most unlikely of locations.

Being the cheeky pair that they are, Carlos and Charles decide to keep track of your peculiar sleeping locations and turn it into a game of "Where will we find you next?"

And taking it to the extent as your self proclaimed "best friend" ( he's crushing on you hard please take the hint ), Charles Leclerc has a designated Instagram highlight, just for you sleeping around in the weirdest places possible.

"Mate!" Carlos called, trying to hold in his laugh. Charles, who has been avidly searching for you for the past thirty minutes, is at loss for words when he sees you sleeping on a random table face down, top half hanging off.Charles looks away trying to hide his smile. "Oh, Mon Dieu." [my god]. "I have to take a picture." Carlos laughed, taking his phone out. In attempt to save you from any further embarrassment, Charles walked towards you, trying to nudge you awake. but to not avail. "I got this, I got this." Carlos ran up to them with an air horn. "Mate dont-" it was too late. Charles was not quick enough o stop Chili. They both watched you stumble and fall forward off the table in shock. "Whered you even get that." Charles looked up at Carlos sighing. You looked up at the two boys, with tired angry eyes. "Run." You said simply making the two Ferrari boys run away immediately, fear stricken in their eyes.

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But it doesn't stop there. Throughout the season, your knack for finding peace in the most unconventional places becomes legendary. You're discovered snoozing in the engineering office, leaning against the SF23, or even draped over a folding chair in the media centre.

Each time, Charles manages to capture the moment, sharing it with his fans on social media, much to everyone's amusement.

As the paddock becomes your bedroom, Charles becomes your self-appointed sleep guardian. He's always on the lookout, ensuring you have a comfy blanket to enhance your slumber. It became his mission to create a haven for you amidst the chaotic world of racing, a place where you can find serenity.

"There you are." Charles mumbles as he finally found you, sleeping on piles and stacks of tires, like it was the most comfortable thing in the world. He disappeared for a second before coming back with a pillow from his drivers room.He crouched down beside you, gently cupping the back of your head and lifting you up to place the plush material under your head. A groan emitted from your mouth, making Charles freeze in panic. Last time he woke you up, it did not end well for him.Once he was sure you were back to sleep, he gently lowered your head onto the pillow, taking his rain jacket off and draping it over your body. "Rest well, Mon amour." He mumbled, wiping a few droplets of rain of your cheek.He was sitting beside you on the floor when you woke up, going through his phone. "Bonjour." [good morning] He hummed, his green coloured eyes crinkling with a smile when he looked at you. You let out a tired hum in acknowledgment, playing with a random string from the jacket. Charles held up a cup of your favourite drink, which he was waiting to give you since he found it. You looked up at him, only meeting eyes with his loving gaze.

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"I found Miss Snooze!" Charles shouted over the radio, it was FP2 and you were passed out on a random chair beside a camera man. Like the gentle man he is, Charles went back to the garage, got you your favourite pillow and one of his Ferrari jackets ( he could've gotten you a blanket but he wanted you to have something from his, it made his heart flutter when you wore it ). Once he reached you, he parked his car and jumped out, jogging to your side and giving you the premium comfort you deserved. Giving the camera a thumbs up before jumping back in the car.Although he didn't have his phone to take a photo this time, the camera man made sure to capture the whole thing for him.

Charles' dream finally came true when he found himself taking a nap beside you on a pile of race suits. Carlos was the one to snap the photo, a picture to keep for the blooming relationship.

[thearchercore]

I’m not saying Charles fumbled the qualis, I just rate him so high and expect more from him. I have rooted for him since 2013, he became my favorite after he signed with FDA. No doubt SF24 handles the soft tyres in Q trim very differently from last two cars, but he has the ability to handle it better and I believe he can do it.

Also I always have some concerns about this ground effect regulation cars, they naturally tend to have tonnes of read DF with lower front DF causing much understeer (F175 is an exception TD39 just destroyed all possibilities) . Although sf24 have a relatively strong front end compared to sf23, it has showed some tendency towards performing better with some understeer set ups (you could ignore this bc it’s just my observation and some discussions with my insider friends)

i get it! but sometimes the "i rate charles high" mindset can get more negative because getting two front rows out of 3 qualis was a great & consistent stat that charles has. like, it's obvious even charles believes everything other than pole is a fumble but also expecting him to get pole after pole when red bull are still so incredibly competitive may be a reach on our end so it's better to keep the expectations realistic and not press him too much just to end up being disappointed because one out of the past 8 qualis didn't work out

also @tsarinablogs mentioned an interesting thing that many people "basically expect him to pull a Max (who doesn’t even get all the poles of the season) while driving an inferior car"

[theemporium]

early on in the season my friend and i were talking about the situation at ferrari. like i think the fundamental problem at that team is they regard themselves as “the most successful team in f1” and they were still riding on their success from the past when they haven’t won a championship since kimi. in present day they have nothing to show for themselves as a team who should be top tier. there’s such a huge ego vibe from ferrari in general as a company. they have two good drivers going to waste because it’ll take a miracle for charles to start saying enough is enough and carlos does seem to want to continue with the team.

i honestly had such high hopes that fred would come in and sort everything out after seeing the shitshow of last season and knowing what everyone was gonna say about it as well. but it's like they just refuse to admit the problem? like i know it sucks to fire people who have been a part of the team so long, but if they cannot do the job you hired them for and have consistently botched said job, why keep them?

someone needs to smack some sense into them over the winter break and maybe do a manifesting ritual as they burn the sf23

[petit-papillion]

Please read all the way to the end before panicking.

A friend of mine showed me this article a couple of hours after the race ended:

Translation:

Misery Leclerc continues; fifteen place grid penalty for GP Canada

Charles Leclerc was forced to start the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Spain from the pits, but in the next race, the GP of Canada, he also starts almost at the back.

After Charles Leclerc's problems in qualifying for the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Spain, Ferrari chose to renew almost the entire rear of the SF23. The Energy Store (ES, the third of the season) and the Control Electronics (CE, fourth of the season) of the engine were also replaced.

With that, he uses more of those parts than are allowed per season and that in only the seventh race of the season. It comes with a grid penalty of 15 places in total, to be added to his qualifying result in the next race, which is the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Canada.

Source: racingnews365.nl

Note: the article was posted 20 minutes after the race start.

Needless to say, post-race depression was about to hit rock bottom levels. BUT... even Ferrari is not that stupid, I thought. No way did they make all those changes now if they would get a grid penalty next race as well. The whole point was that they had nothing to lose. Thus I reasoned with my friend. He was having none of it.

I don't know what kind of publication this is, but I'm calling out Mr. van der Burgt for sloppy journalism.

Exhibit A: the FIA document outlining Charles's penalty

Yes, it says the penalty shall be applied to the next race the driver participates in, but it was issued at 11:40, with the race starting at 15:00. So the next race is Spain, not Canada.

I have yet to win this argument though...

[lleclercism]

p5 no bad strategies no bad pit stops just this fucking ugly ass sf23 tractor we have as a car can't wait to burn it down with my personal best friend charles leclerc

[ravelintherain]

i just went thought a huge thing on my internship that triggered TONS OF SHIT and need to vent, so here we go

sometimes i feel in a "leclerc" situationship (bear it with me) (that's why i like him so much)

seeing your peers flying high with all the resources available while you seem to be stuck with skills that never seem to be enough to catch up with them

you fly, but you're never high enough, you conquer, but never what you dream of

you know you can do it, but you never seem to be able to give enough of yourself due to n factors external to you

x external factors that end up becoming y internal factors

people have high expectations of you, but you never seem to reach them, no matter how hard you try and strive

it feels like I've been driving an SF23 for almost two years (since I graduated and started a second degree because I couldn't cope with graduating and being the only one of my friends without a job)

why am i so unlucky?