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isawthesainz · 3 months ago
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Race Recap 14: Belgium
Sunday 28th July 2024
Build-Up:
On 23rd July, it is announced that former Ferrari chief Mattia Binotto will join Audi to lead their F1 project
On 24th July, it is announced that Max Verstappen will take a 10-place grid penalty after having to replace his ICE for the fifth time
On 25th July, it is announced that Esteban Ocon will join Haas for 2025 on a multi-year contract
Also on 25th July, it is revealed that Bruno Famin, the current Alpine principal, is expected to leave the team after the Belgian GP weekend
On 26th July, Alpine announce that team principal Bruno Famin will leave his current role by the end of August
On 26th July, it is announced that Yuki Tsunoda will take a 60-place grid penalty due to a new power unit
In FP3, both Tsunoda and Oscar Piastri run wide over the gravel due to heavy rain, briefly bringing out the yellow flag. Practice is red flagged after Lance Stroll’s aquaplanes and hits the wall at Eau Rouge, breaking the front suspension. After the restart, the session is interrupted by a second red flag due to a large amount of standing water on the track. The red flag is removed with just two minutes left on the clock
Despite setting the fastest time in qualifying, Verstappen will start from P11 due to a grid penalty, with Charles Leclerc taking pole position
Race Highlights:
At the end of Lap 3, Zhou Guanyu reported that he was losing power. However, by Lap 4, his Race Engineers managed to fix the issue without a visit to the pits and the Sauber driver was able to continue the race
On Lap 7, Zhou enters the pits and retires the car due to a hydraulics issue
After the first round of pit stops, Carlos Sainz (who is yet to pit) leads the race with Lando Norris (also yet to pit) in P2
A brief yellow flag is shown on Lap 15 as Sainz runs wide over the gravel in Sector 3
Norris pits on Lap 15, with Sainz pitting on Lap 20
Mercedes call Lewis Hamilton into the pits on Lap 26. Meanwhile, George Russell asks the team to consider a one-stop strategy
During the second round of pit stops, Oscar Piastri pits on Lap 30, overshooting the box and hitting the crew member holding the front jack. The pit stop takes 4.4 seconds and he rejoins the race on P4
By Lap 33, Russell is leading the race, having only had one pit stop. Hamilton is in P2, followed by Charles Leclerc and Piastri
Piastri overtakes Leclerc on Lap 36 to take P3
By Lap 41, Hamilton is within DRS range of Russell, who’s tyres had now completed 30 laps
By Lap 42, Piastri is closing in on both Mercedes drivers, whilst Russell defends agains Hamilton
Sergio Perez pits on Lap 43 to set the fastest lap time from P8
On the final lap, Hamilton locks up into Turn 1, dropping back from Russell
Russell finishes the race in P1, followed by his teammate Hamilton for a Mercedes 1-2. Piastri finishes P3
However, shortly after the race, it is announced that Russell has been disqualified from the race after his car was found to be 1.5kg below the minimum weight requirement. The decision means that Hamilton inherits the win from his teammate, to take his second victory of the season
Race Results:
1st Place: Lewis Hamilton
2nd Place: Oscar Piastri
3rd Place: Charles Leclerc
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l-norris · 4 months ago
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This is it - the last race before the summer break (thank fuck, God knows we all need it) is underway, and I have once again decided to bless your feed with my random yapping about what happens in the race :)
Have fun!
DISCLAIMER: Remember that this is just for shits and giggles, I'm not trying to actually hate on any of the drivers cuz all (most) of them are very dear to me!
As always: Numbers in brackets = lap number
- I stopped building my Lego Mercedes for this
- Formation lap starts
- Almost everyone is on Mediums
- it's not raining for once btw
- Sunny day in Belgium, what a shocker.
- Yuki 60 place grid penalty
- Mans is starting from Hungary
- Max 10 place grid penalty
- It's lights out and away we go!
- Lando bottled the start pt. idk (boy pls😭)
- George and Alex go wide
- I think Hungary damaged McLaren as a whole😔
- Went from a top contender team to a middle field team in a matter of days😨
- Charles is still first
- Max is already in 8th
- Behind Lando
- I am in despair
- Alex noted for leaving the track and gaining an advantage (2)
- Lewis overtakes Charles (3)
- Now leads the race
- Guanyu has no power (3)
- "He is destined for another race of misery" BROTHER😭
- Calling it now Max will win the race.
- "This might be a strategic masterplan of Ferrari" Crofty please don't lie to yourself
- Guanyu got the car running again
- "Something is moving down by my legs"
- Okay Lewis
- sounds familiar
- Guanyu retires (7)
- Hulk pits (8)
- Alex, Danny and Logan pit (9)
- Lewis is told to lift and coast
- Pierre pits (10)
- DRS train without Fernando... how weird
- Max and George pit (11)
- Mum pick me up I'm scared
- So many people pit (12)
- Including Lewis, Oscar, Valtteri and Checo
- Ferrari strategists bottling it once again
- Lewis almost crashes into Oscar in the pitlane omg (13)
- Oscar fastest lap (14)
- "Straight line speed is a fucking joke"
- Duh Lance, you're driving a fucking Aston Martin. The hell do you expect?
- Lando pits (15)
- Carlos in the gravel
- French civil war reenactment (Esteban overtakes Pierre)
- "Don't worry about it, Lando."
- War flashbacks
- He did, in fact, need to worry about it.
- Oh btw Carlos leads the race (19)
- I keep mixing up Alpines special liveries with Haas
- Anyone else? No? Just me? Okay.
- Checo parks the bus to keep George in front of Max LOL
- Carlos FINALLY pits (20)
- Alpines are faster than Aston Martin🫣
- Ferrari try a 1-stop...?? What the hell??
- George finally passes Checo (21)
- Max now behind his teammate
- Checo pits...? (22)
- indirect teamorders mayhaps?
- Lando in Max' DRS window
- "We are very slow on the straights"
- No Checo that's just you🙏🏻
- Lando is NOT catching up to Max (24)
- I'm praying for another Miami atp
- Ferrari fuck Charles' pitstop (25)
- Lewis pits (26)
- What was that camera angle on Lewis' pitstop😵‍💫
- Oscar leads for now (27)
- "Beware the quiet man" So true Crofty
- Carlos pits again (29)
- Do you reckon Oscar can bring it home in a one-stop?
- Lando pits (29)
- teamorders @ redbull
- Oscar pits (30)
- and hits the jackman🫣
- Lando overtakes Checo easily (31)
- George is really doing a one-stop
- Madman
- It's getting spicy between Max and Lando
- Nevermind, Max started pushing
- The fact he wasn't even pushing... yikes
- Oscar fights Charles for P3
- AND HE DOES IT! (35)
- Amazing move from Oscar here
- Danny Ric is in the points! I repeat! Danny Ric is in the points!
- Carlos overtakes Checo (39)
- That's embarrassing🫣
- Lewis in DRS window of George (41)
- it's getting exciting towards the end
- Checo pits?? (43)
- Final lap!
- OSCAR IN DRS WINDOW
- That mf really did it - he won on a one stop
- MERCEDES 1-2
- OSCAR P3
- WOWOWOWOW
- Also on a side note Checo finished P8
- So who's in the second Red Bull after summer break?
- Place your bets here!
- Anyways
- This was so fucking stressful
- but so exciting all the same.
- Onto the summer break (thank fuck)
- After the race, George's car was found to be a few kgs lighter than regulations state it needs to be.
🚨POST RACE BREAKING NEWS🚨
- 7pm local time: it has been confirmed - George Russell has been disqualified from the Belgian GP.
- George is facing a possible DSQ due to this.
- All of this came about at approx. 6:30 pm local time and is being investigated.
- This is the worst day of my life
- Well... after all that happened we sure as fuck need a break. A long one.
... Holy moly. That one was an emotional rollercoaster. And just after I said we need the summer break desperately. I really enjoyed the race (except for the whole George DSQ thing) but at the same I can't be more happy about summer break after these last two races😵‍💫
Have a nice summer break everyone, hope to see you even in the off-time occasionally!
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httpsserene · 11 months ago
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hey can I request something that’s angsty to fluff and then smut for Oscar where reader gets a ton of hate for dating Oscar so she kind of ghosts him for a bit and they figure things out
𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐰/𝐨𝐩𝟖𝟏
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📖𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: oscar really just wants to hear you laugh again. 📖𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 18+ only. angst. fluff. happy ending. reader is exhausted physically and mentally. reader's internal monologue is not not nice. bad eating habits. bad sleeping habit. self-deprecation. don't worry she's back on her bs at the end. reader neglects herself (?) and her relationship. implied self-sabotage. people are mean. don't worry oscar is meaner. oscar piastri is a good boyfriend. emotional hurt/comfort. tenderness. intimacy. baths and pampering. crying (non-sexy). implied sex. implied bath sex. logan and lando as plot devices. no beta we die like my will to live during finals. 📖𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 5.1k words. 📖𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: oscar piastri x fem!reader 📖𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: oneshot w/ blurbs. 📖𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸: best i ever had • drake
𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲: sorry it took me so long, i've changed this fic like multiple times :/ hope it fulfills you request properly :))) this is not my favorite thing in the world, i feel like if i went on a smaller scale i would've enjoyed this more but what can you do. this is also not very black reader coded? idk but feel like it's lacking there. i also apologize for my inability to write an oscar fic without including lando, he's such a willing plot device though even if he's a little ooc. i also couldn't find the mental space to write smut but there's smth for you at the end. dedicated to us women in stem! i hope you have fun reading this because i didn't have fun writing it :)
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oscar is worried. you haven’t responded to his texts for a week, he hasn’t seen your face for two weeks, and he hasn’t heard your voice for three weeks. four weeks ago, you told him you wouldn’t be able to fly out to see him at the austin grand prix, like you promised. you sounded exhausted and incredibly guilty when you explained that your course load this semester is extreme, and finals are rapidly approaching. oscar understood; he won’t ask you to sacrifice your education for one of his races, there will be plenty you can come to in the future. what he doesn’t understand is how you’re still functioning. it’s your senior year of university at an american ivy league school, you're pursuing an engineering degree, and you’re also working nearly five days a week as a barista. oscar thinks the last time he’s seen you relaxed is before your fall semester started, you spent your entire summer break with him, making appearances at the only three races you’ve been to this season (silverstone, hungary, and spa). the last time he recalls seeing your smile and hearing your laugh is in august—it’s the end of october now. 
you’ve been ghosting him. oscar wants to believe that it’s unintentional, that it’s just a side effect of the amount of work and pressure on your shoulders—but he can’t accept that. if you were unintentionally missing his calls, facetimes, and texts, you’d spam respond to all of them with a voice message or paragraphs of texts before you went to bed or class. you would send him daily or weekly recap videos of how life is treating you, like you used to do. you would send him stupid videos of you messing around on your shifts during a pause of customers. you would send him thirty reels a day on instagram of brain dead shenanigans with little captions of how you reacted, or if you thought it would make him smile. you would send him fit checks every morning before you went to class, even though your outfit consists of a hoodie and sweatpants. you would send him tiktok edits of himself and tell him that he needs to stop being ‘so hot’ because you almost barked in the middle of class. you would ask him how he’s doing, you would respond to his texts the minute you could even if it's hours late, you would leave him voicemails if he doesn’t pick up, you would make an attempt to communicate. 
except, you haven’t. so, he knows that you ignoring him is intentional, and that your lifestyle right now makes it easier for you to disguise your avoidance of him as accidental. 
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you didn’t say ‘i love you’ back. 
“mate, what are you frowning for?” oscar jumps, eyes flying up from the phone screen and meeting lando’s. the brit is staring at him in confusion, the two of them are still in their race suits, tied around their waists. the sprint race ended an hour ago, and they’ve just finished celebrating oscar’s win.
“you’ve won a race, oscar—what could possibly make you sad after that?” lando says teasingly. but, the smile on his face is quick to fade as he must see oscar’s dejected mood.
the australian debates his next move for a moment, before deciding that telling lando isn’t a bad idea; they’ve been getting closer—they’re friends, oscar would say. he sighs, and hands his phone to lando, maybe he’ll tell oscar he’s worrying over nothing.
“oh,” lando says, eyes widening, “i’m sorry, mate.”
oscar brushes off lando’s words, and buries his face in his hands, “she’s pulling away from me. that was five days ago, and she hasn’t answered any of my calls. she’s only responded to my texts since then with one word answers or very dryly. she’s ghosting me.”
oscar feels lando fumbling for words, not needing to look at him to know that the older man has no idea how to go about reassuring oscar.
“look, mate, if it were me i’d go see her anyways.”
oscar huffs, “she literally said she doesn’t have time.”
“oscar,” lando stares at him in disbelief, “she hasn’t seen you in two months. i guarantee she’s probably dying to see you again, fuck whatever time she doesn’t have. she also can’t ghost you, if you see her face to face. you should go and try to fix whatever’s wrong, before you let her slip away.”
“maybe…maybe she’s just burnt out,” oscar suggests shakily, “i’ll go see her after the triple header–i’m probably just overreacting about this. she’ll be back to her usual self in time.”
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oscar is enraged. he’s pissed off at his fans for attacking you in a sick twist of ‘defending him,’ ‘protecting him’ and the supposed ‘ownership’ they think they have over him. he’s pissed off at you deciding to ghost him instead of confiding in him about the hate you receive. he’s pissed off that his flight to you has been delayed for four hours. he’s pissed off at his race in brazil, if you can even call what happened a race. he’s pissed off at the fact that you can’t make time to see him before vegas. he’s pissed off that you lied to him about picking up extra shifts at the cafe.
he stalked through your instagram the minute after he was allowed to escape debrief, hunting down your roomates accounts from where you’ve tagged them in an older post. he innocently made a group message to the two girls, figuring it would be kind and proper to inform them of his impending arrival to surprise you. and the two girls you shared an apartment with responded eagerly to his message telling him that you’ve been extremely stressed and almost depressed this semester, and that hopefully his appearance will break through to you in a way they are unable to. oscar asked them if they knew your work schedule for the week, since you never told him when you're working–and learned that you lied. you didn’t accept any extra shifts, matter of fact, you got all of your shifts covered for the next two weeks. apparently, all you have been doing is going to class, working, studying furiously, and crying. when he asks if there’s any reason besides the stress from work and school that has you crying, the girls decline to speak for you, and strongly suggest that he asks you himself when he arrives. 
oscar’s no longer pissed at you for lying to him or for ghosting him–he’s hurt, but, he already understands your motive. you don’t want to worry him, so you bottle it up and distance yourself to not make him aware of how you're struggling. he won’t let you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders alone anymore, he’s going to see you and he’s going to take care of you, and then he’ll sort out the ignorant people on the internet.
when he’s at your apartment, you’ll be coming home from your last shift before your time off. and then, once he has you in his arms, he can make everything right again.
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your hands are shaking; a result from the mix of stress and exhaustion that has been plaguing you for a few weeks. it takes you four and a half attempts to unlock the front door to your apartment—this is an improvement, yesterday it took you six times. a trembling sigh of relief exits your lungs as you shut the front door, triple checking that you lock the door properly. you remove all of your outerwear and slip out of your shoes, half-heartedly making an attempt to neatly place them in the organizer you have by the door. (you fail to register how there’s only two pairs of shoes stored away; yours and a pair of shoes that look too big to be one of the girls you live with—the usual sneakers the girls wear are nowhere to be seen.) you grunt as you tenderly put on your backpack and slowly make your way into the kitchen, off-handedly murmuring a “hi,” in the direction of the living room since you can hear the tv playing, but you don’t even spare a glance to see which roommate it is—you can’t stomach anymore human interaction today.
your walk is more of a waddle; your legs and feet are sore from working nine-hour shifts five days in a row, and also from going to class four out of those five days. you place your backpack on the small island, and continue to gently meander towards the fridge. your stomach aches at the thought of food—which is unfortunate, considering you’ve only had one meal today. regardless, you will shove a sandwich down your throat, you need the energy if you’re going to study for three hours before you go to bed. 
you pause before you open the fridge, a note is stuck on the door with a magnet. your roommates are gone; the two girls have spontaneously decided to go spend the weekend with their boyfriends—you’re not going to complain, you have the apartment to yourself. a brief wave of loneliness washes over you, you were kind of looking forward to venting about the week you had to the girls in the morning, and also, couldn’t they have texted you this earlier today? who leaves old-fashioned notes on the fridge anymore? you pull out your phone to send a text in your group chat wishing them a nice weekend, and see that they did, in fact, text you that they would be gone—three days ago. and, you never responded, because you never saw it. you shrug, and send the text anyways, you’ve been incredibly busy and you’re bound to miss a few texts (especially the eighteen texts from oscar that remain unopened). 
you're just going through a little bit of a slump, and you’ve had a bad day. you accidentally messed up three orders today (out of the hundred you fulfilled, so three isn’t really terrible), your running off of four hours of sleep (you’re more energized when you sleep less, anyways), and a customer accidentally bumped into you as you were walking to bring coffee to a table, causing the hot liquid to spill and burn a little spot on the back of your hand by your thumb. well, you know it wasn’t purely accidental, as the girl giggled to the group of friends she was with after she “bumped” into you. based on the way she was wearing a mclaren hoodie, you can make several guesses as to why she did it—you’re kind of shocked that she noticed you even though you wear a mask at work (you have for about a month, too many fans have noticed who you are), her hate for a relationship that’s not hers should be studied for science. 
incidents like these have made your coworkers start to…dislike you. the decrease in tips when you’re assigned to the register causes you to be forced to be hidden behind coffee machines the entire shift, only making drinks the entire nine hours you’re there. it’s better for you though, at least you can have a physical barrier blocking the prying eyes you feel are judging you the entire time. if anything, the recent atmosphere at work made you want to put in your two weeks—but, you have bills to pay. you’re just glad you managed to find a way to get two weeks off so you can focus on school and prepare for your exams—you can’t afford to fail, it’ll cost your scholarship and then you’ll need more than the job you have right now to finish school.
the buzzing of your phone pulls you back to the present—oscar’s calling. you squeeze your eyes shut for a few seconds, before you blink and silence the ringer. if you speak to him, you won’t be able to hide your troubles from him any longer; he reads you as easily as a kid’s picture book. he definitely doesn’t need to deal with your problems after whatever the hell happened in brazil. the noise of your phone startled you into a new thought, however. if the girls aren’t in the apartment, why the fuck is the tv on? who did you greet when you walked past the main room without a glance?
“i was calling to tell you that i’ve got takeout from the asian restaurant you like, if you’re looking for something to eat,” oscar says gently.
it’s a testament to how extremely exhausted you are: you don’t scream, you don’t fight, you don’t run—you just flinch slightly, and turn around slowly to face your boyfriend…the man you’ve been avoiding for nearly a month. at the sight of him (his fluffy hair, his soft sweater, the confused and concerned glint in his eyes) your lip starts quivering, and your eyes start watering. oscar’s gaze softens into something sweet yet empathic, and he says, “i know it’s been a while since we’ve last talked, but i didn’t think you’d cry at the sight of me.”
you burst into tears with a sob, and in a second oscar’s got you wrapped up in his arms, one hand soothingly massaging your back, while the other cradles your head on his shoulder. your borderline hyperventilating, your tears have started to soak his sweater, and you’re sniffling every two seconds to avoid getting snot on him too. oscar doesn’t try to quiet your tears, he doesn’t ask about what’s making you cry, he doesn’t even try to tell you that everything will be fine—he just holds you as you cry it out and presses kisses into your hair. eventually, the flow of tears dries and you focus on pulling in shaky breaths of air to calm down. oscar switches to holding you to his chest with one arm while he uses the free one to reach across the counter and grab a tissue. wordlessly, he wipes the wetness off your cheeks and under-eyes, he even uses another tissue to wipe your nose, clearing away the snot that managed to escape. you almost start crying again at the tender treatment and the matching look in his eyes, but you muster enough strength to keep the happy tears from falling over the waterline. 
oscar nods once, deeming his cleanup complete, and clears his throat, “i’m going to heat up the food. then, we’ll eat and you’ll tell me what’s wrong and if that has anything to do with why you’re ignoring me.”
there’s no attempt from you to keep the façade up any longer, all you do is nod and step to the side so he can grab the food from the fridge.
oscar has already cleared his plate and you’re still picking through half of yours. the two of you are sitting on opposite ends of the couch, teen wolf is playing on a low volume, and your eyes are tunneled on the screen even though oscar can see that you’re not paying attention at all. one of the characters is screaming about having to get his arm cut off (stiles, probably) and suddenly you start talking to oscar.
“it’s been a shit semester. if i wasn’t graduating in spring, i honestly think i would’ve dropped out or taken a gap-year. and, i knew what i signed up for as an engineering major, and i knew that working was only going to add more on my plate—but, it’s not like i can quit my job, i have bills to pay. so, juggling school and work is difficult, and i was managing fine. but, i guess i made the mistake of scrolling through twitter—which is truly my fault i think—and everyone on the internet was calling me a ‘terrible girlfriend’,” oscar watches you scoff out a choked laugh, “and, i obviously didn’t believe i was. in the beginning, at least. i mean, it’s like they expected me to be at every race by your side, like i’m not working my way through a hellscape of a degree. i watched every practice session, qualifying, and race—they’re literally the only hours i don’t spend studying or working. i brag about you to everybody who would listen, i missed hours of sleep just to speak to you on the phone for five minutes, i work as hard as i can so i can finish this degree early so i can be with you as early as possible, and they say that you deserve a better girlfriend.”
you pause and rub at your eyes furiously, mouth opening and closing as you take time to find the words to continue. oscar quiets the flare of anger at your distress, and stays silent, not wanting to interrupt your speech, this is the most you’ve said to him in a month.
“the thing is: i-i i let their words get to me. i think it’s because i was being kicked while i was down—or whatever the phrase is. i was already mentally exhausted, and i already believe that i’m not doing my best this year, i’m disappointing everybody who knows me, i’m a shit student—and just seeing everybody agree, even though they’re just randoms on the internet, tore me down. i even deleted all of the apps off my phone,” your voice has shifted into something desperate, “so i couldn’t see what they were saying about me anymore, but it’s like once i saw it, it never left my mind. i feel like everybody is staring at me with condescending eyes, like they all think i’m terrible. and, logically, i know that’s probably not true. but, this semester has pushed me past the point of being able to rationalize properly. so as a result, i have become a ‘terrible girlfriend’ to you; like a twisted self-fulfilling prophecy.
“i avoid your calls, i leave you on delivered for days, i respond with one word, i lie to my friends and say i was up all night talking to you on the phone when i was really crying and studying at the same time, i hold back from bursting into tears in the middle of my shifts when one of your ‘fangirls’ spills their drink over me for the third time. and while doing all of this, i was hoping you’d do the hard part and just break up with me,” your voice rings out sharply and you refuse to look at your boyfriend, afraid to see the look on his face.
“because…” you whimper slightly, tongue flicking out to lick at your lips anxiously, “you do deserve a better girlfriend.”
oscar is lost for words at your conclusion; seeing you, one of the strongest women he knows break down, is a sight he never imagined. a sense of guilt builds within him, knowing that he’s added to the deprecating thoughts in your brain by postponing this intervention for weeks. you may think that he deserves someone better, but he hasn’t been the best to you either recently. if oscar was half the man you think he is, he would’ve never allowed you to avoid him in the first place. oscar stands up, collects your plate and his, and places them on the coffee table. he turns and drops to his knees in front of you, resting his hands on your thighs, and squeezes them gently to grab your attention. it takes a minute, but eventually you allow your eyes to fall to meet his, and oscar breaks further at the lack of light in your eyes.
“i think,” oscar starts quietly, “that you expect me to break up with you and leave—am i guessing correctly?”
you blink down at him and shrug, biting your lip to prevent it from quivering.
“i also think, that if i flew all this way to see you, and that if i listened to your heartbreaking recollection of how this semester and how the world has been incredibly unkind to you, and that if i sat here and still broke up you—it’s not me that deserves a better girlfriend; it’s you that deserves a better boyfriend.”
stunned, you stumble over your disagreement, but oscar steadfastly continues.
“you did the right thing by deleting your socials—and that would explain why all three hundred of the reels i’ve sent you have gone unseen,” he laughs lightly, “and even if their words took root, you prevented yourself from being able to see more of it every time you used your phone; so even if my pride is not needed, i am proud of you for doing that. i’m even more proud that you sat here and told me that you aren’t doing well, that you didn’t make an attempt to lie, and that i didn’t have to force you to tell me,” oscar says seriously, holding steady eye contact with you to make sure you're hearing him.
“i wish that you would have mentioned the hate you’re receiving as soon as it started, and that you would have told me your mental health was suffering too. you know i do everything in my power to avoid reading anything with my name in it unless it’s a credible article—so imagine my surprise, when i learned about what people were saying about you through a twitter thread logan, of all people texted me about,” you snort out a laugh at the feigned disdain in oscar’s voice when he mentions the american driver. 
“you know i have no issues embarrassing people on the internet for their incorrect claims—and i’d especially tear them to shreds for trying to drag you down. we’ve been together too long for you not to come to me about things like this, even if it’s something that mildly upsets you—i want to know, because then i can make it better, or i can at least try to. you haven’t complained to me about the grueling lifestyle once, as i worked my way up to f1; if anybody could be perfect, it would be you. so, let me try to be as perfect as you, and support you properly and thoroughly as you finish up this degree, baby.
“we’re soulmates, aren’t we?” it’s a question, but oscar states it like a fact, “and i know i can’t magically make the self-loathing disappear with one conversation, but i'll tell you that you’re the best girlfriend i’ve ever had countless times, until you believe me unquestionably.”
oscar watches your nose scrunch cutely as you sniffle, unable to stop the tears that leak from the corners of your eyes. sweetly, he catches them with his thumb before they fall. he stands up and tugs you to your feet, pulling you into a tight, warm hug. 
“i love you, kanga,” oscar coos as he kisses your forehead.
“i love you the most, roo,” you answer back, leaning up to press a kiss to the corner of his lips.
“i’ve bought some lavender epsom salt and an embarrassing amount of bath bombs. will you let me take care of you tonight?” oscar asks quietly.
he sees the mix of awed-disbelief and confusion as you stare up at him, like you can’t imagine why he’d want to love you tenderly tonight, and that hurts him more—the words of his ‘fans’ online have done enough damage to cause you to doubt him. maybe he can convince you to come to vegas with him so he can keep you close, but first, he needs to focus on caring for you here and now.
oscar grabs his duffle bag and smiles as you hold his hand to lead him to your room and the attached bathroom (rent is ridiculously expensive, but at least you don’t have to share a bathroom with your roommates.) oscar sends you to grab pajamas while he starts filling the tub, epsom salt already poured in. he fiddles with the temperature for a while before it’s set to the boiling-your-skin-off hot you enjoy. by the time you join him in the bathroom, he’s added the salts and soap in the water and has placed the bath bombs out for you to choose one. oscar can’t help the small smile that rises to his face at the sight of the serious furrow of your brow as you pick out your favorite from the bunch. 
oscar hums as you hand him the jade-infused bath bomb, and asks, “can i wash your hair too? or will it mess up your schedule?”
“i actually really need to wash it,” you murmur with a humorless chuckle, “i’ve been so busy that i haven’t been taking care of my hair properly.”
oscar blinks and continues non-judgmentally, “i’ll give you an extra scalp massage to make up for that—you can start getting undressed now, the water’s nearly ready.”
he turns around awkwardly, he’s seen you naked before but he feels like it would be slightly perverse to watch you while you’re clearly in a more sensitive state tonight. he fumbles with the faucet for a few seconds before turning it off, and drops the bath bomb into the water so it can start dispersing. oscar faces you again carefully making sure he avoids staring at your body and locks eyes with you, he beckons you forward with an outstretched hand and holds your hand as you submerge yourself in the water. once you’re settled comfortably, oscar grabs your hair products (he holds up any bottle he thinks you may not want to use tonight, and you give him a thumbs up or down to decide), and then kneels at your side.
he starts to roll up the sleeves of the hoodie but your hand halts his motions, the water splashing loudly at the quickness of your movement, “you’re not getting in with me?”
“uh,” oscar stutters, “i-i wasn’t planning on it. i just wanted to give you a nice bath.”
oscar pinkens as you stare at him wordlessly and when your unimpressed gaze shifts to a slight glare, he finds himself shedding his clothes and sinking in behind you at an impressive speed. 
his heart began to race as the two of you shifted into as comfortable of a position you could achieve in a too-small tub, but calmed at your pleased hum as you settled between his legs with your back resting on his chest. this may be the most romantic experience oscar has ever indulged in. sure, it’s not a candlelit dinner at an obnoxiously expensive restaurant but, it’s him detangling your hair, it’s him massaging shampoo into your crown, it’s him scratching softly along your scalp as the deep conditioner sits, it’s you playing with the water innocently, it’s you whispering every detail of your life that he’s missed out on, it’s you gently directing him through braiding your hair, and it’s him pressing kisses to your shoulder when he finishes. there isn’t a single moment where the two of you become unsettled during lapses of silence; the intimacy of his actions is loud enough to fill the gaps. oscar can’t imagine ever being this comfortable with anybody besides you, he hates that he almost allowed you to pull completely away from him. moments like these, where you allow yourself to be thoughtlessly vulnerable with him, are exactly why he’s completely enamored with you.
your body has loosened against him, muscles syrupy and lax from the effects of a toe-curling scalp massage, and oscar gently guides you to sit upright while steadying most of your weight with a single hand splayed against your abdomen. the sound of the cap of your body wash clicking open startles you into the present, and you shift around to straddle his lap. it’s amusing; he inaudibly chuckles at the sight of you struggling to complete your change of position without sending water over the edge. you make a triumphant noise when you’ve managed to turn around to face him, and oscar’s hands cradle your hips when you rest on his lap. 
“can i–”
“shouldn’t you–”
oscar bursts into laughter and you into giggles, at the interruption of each other's sentences. it’s definitely not that funny, but oscar’s heart skips a beat at the sound of your laugh–he hasn’t heard that sweet noise in what feels like forever. he motions for you to speak, ever the gentleman, and eagerly awaits for our question with a smile still stretched across his lips.
“shouldn’t you fuck me before we wash up? so we don’t have to clean up twice?”
oscar chokes on his breath, his grip on you tightening in surprise, and he babbles, “what? no-i mean, yes, i mean—wait. i didn’t do all of this just to have sex with you, you know that right? i genuinely just wanted to pamper you–”
“oscar,” you cut him off, intentionally this time around, “after the semester i’ve had, and the less than kind words i’ve heard and thoughts i’ve had describing myself–i really do appreciate the bath, i feel reminded that you love me. however, i really think that having sex would help…solidify your devotion for me.”
oscar blinks up at you, he wasn’t quite expecting you to return to your normal sassy behavior as quickly as you did. but, he is thankful that you’ve opened up to him with no further hesitation–it’s actually incredibly attractive of you, how you’ve resumed complete comfortability in expressing exactly what you want to him. at least, that’s the excuse he’s telling himself to cope with being half-hard already.
“...at least let me take you to bed, then?”
“no,” you whine down at him, your hips sneakily twitching forward, oscar moans lightly at the light grind, “too far! saves time later if we don’t have to come back to shower.”
“you’re right,” oscar hums distractedly, moving his right hand off your waist to slip between your thighs and brush along your cunt, “i’ll fuck you here as long as you let me do all of the work.”
oscar’s blood heats at the sound of your whimpering moan and he takes his other hand off your waist to grab at your chin and he pulls you down for a kiss.
oscar groans when you pause before your lips touch his, and he feels the breath of your giggle ghost over his mouth, “mmm, i’ll never say no to that—and, didn’t i agree to let you take care of me tonight?” 
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httpiastri · 8 months ago
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PERFECTLY FINE – 2023 SEASON SOCIAL MEDIA RECAP
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author's note: dropping this off for yall ahead of the weekend bcs i have important sports stuff these next two days and likely won't be on here at all (i won't even have time to watch the races 🙃). just a little cute thingy before the first chapter hehe! the twt pics are unevenly cropped so pls open them to read all 😚 also this is my first social media au so go easy on me <3
author's note #2: you may not notice this if i don't say it but i'll say it anyway… i actually edited out zak from like four pics so that i could post this 😭 lol
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MELBOURNE, APRIL 2023
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yourusername amazing weekend here down under!! so thankful for my fantastic team for all of the hard work, the car is a pleasure to drive. and shoutout to my lovely teammates, i love being annoyed and pushed around by you all ❤️
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frederikvestiofficial i would never annoy you 🥲
→ yourusername oh fred no, i didn't mean you 💔
→ olliebearman did you mean me?
→ yourusername nooo teddy bear, never 😢
→ dinobeganovic_ did you mean me??
→ yourusername take a guess 😐
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user not her calling ollie TEDDY BEAR ??? im out
→ user right in front of my salad 😪
→ user right in front of paul too
→ user chill 😭 she's allowed to have a nickname for her FRIEND
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paularon_ ❤️🏆
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dinobeganovic_ time for a haircut? paularon_
→ yourusername don't hate on the curls, they're cute 🐑
→ paularon_ i can defend myself
→ yourusername do it then?
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user great drive today!! u really deserved that win 💙
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saacha_fqt thank you for the champagne! 🥳
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???, MAY 2023
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, JULY 2023
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paularon_ p3 in spa. thanks to the team for the good work
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user good job paul!! still not sure why prema thought the slicks were a good idea but 🫶
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user why is he looking so upset 😭 mate you just got a podium, celebrate a little
→ user rumor has it he and y/n broke up… so i would understand if he isn't too happy
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user that first lap was mega 🔥
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mercedesamgf1 great job all weekend paul. good points to head into the break with. 👏
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yourusername had a pretty good time in spa 🤭
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user sprint race win and then 4th in the feature? queen behavior
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jakcrawford_ dino and ollie looking great
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redbulljuniorteam amazing work!! 💪
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user y/n rlly is red bull personified omg, she truly loves her team
→ user and they love her back 🥺 always commenting on her posts, aww
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ZANDVOORT, AUGUST 2023
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yourusername look how happy jackie is for his podium <3 thanks zandvoort!!
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user i love to see ollie being bullied on his bike
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olliebearman adorable jakcrawford_
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user love to see y/n happy even after what happened with paul 💓
→ user yes yes! she was hanging out in the prema paddock all weekend, joking around with ollie and fred. and then she even went out for dinner with jak and clem 🥺
→ user i didn't know she's friends with clem?
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MONZA, SEPTEMBER 2023
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yourusername the best season ever 😭 where do i even start? massive massive thanks to the entire team. all of the engineers, mechanics, workers back home at the factory, and everyone else involved, i'm so thankful for you all. and big thanks to my family and friends for supporting me all the way, i couldn't have done any of this without you all. and to my dear, lovely teammates: you're the best, i'll see you all again soon. ❤️ (and congrats gabrielbortoleto_ for the championship! 🏆)
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user why does it sound like she won't stay with prema 😭
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gabrielbortoleto_ congrats on p2! see you again next year
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user congrats on a great season!! can't wait to keep following you in the future <33
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redbulljuniorteam you made us proud this season 🫡 let's keep pushing!
→ yourusername thank you!! can't wait to see where 2024 takes us 💙❤️
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user had so much fun meeting you in zandvoort 🥺 hope you have another amazing season 2024!
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user is that her and paul in the fourth pic?
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user she went from posting several pics of paul in her dumps to posting none… 💔
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CAMBRIDGE, DECEMBER 2023
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yourusername happy holidays 🤍🤶❄️🎄
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user is that OLLIE in the last slide??
→ user byeeee i've never felt more single
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dinobeganovic_ send me the gingerbread cookies, won't you?
→ yourusername oh we will, don't worry 🥰
→ user WE will ?!??!! 😭
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user kinda icky how she moved on from paul in like a week
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user bearman with a bear plushie 🥺 i'm so soft
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???, FEBRUARY 2024
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chachavroomvroom · 12 days ago
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Meme/thoughts/recaps masterlist
Looking for quality shitposting? Here’s three years of locally-sourced tomfoolery, classified by GP.
Mostly this is for my own archiving purposes!
Austin ‘22 🇺🇸:
Race recap
Interlagos ‘22 🇧🇷:
Max did not let Checo through
Race recap
Winter break ‘22-‘23
Another Lewis selfie hits the tl
Ferrari meme starter pack
Ferrari meme booster pack
DTS insanity
Charles’ questionable fashion choices
Alfa Romeo is Ferrari light
Saudi Arabia ‘23 🇸🇦:
Fernando’s p3 journey
Lestappen midfield date
Australia ‘23 🇦🇺:
Quali slay
Goddamn it
Race recap
Azerbaijan ‘23 🇦🇿:
Meme recap
Spain ‘23 🇪🇸:
Triple header from hell is over
Canadian ‘23 🇨🇦:
Live slug reaction
Lance points
Albon and his DRS train
Race recap
Austria ‘23 🇦🇹:
State of the Austrian GP
Charles winked at Max
Tifosi experience live
Monaco ‘23 🇲🇨 :
Charles releasing MON23
Dutch ‘23 🇳🇱:
Hopium
Singapore ‘23 🇸🇬:
George reporting for the slay duty
Japanese ‘23 🇯🇵:
Yearning for Seb hours
Qatar ‘23 🇶🇦:
George at the scene of the crime
Slayful chal post
No clear angle of charles congratulating max
Austin ‘23 🇺🇸:
Austin/Pain
Rip 1644
Mexico ‘23 🇲🇽:
Charles rawdogging the race
Brazil ‘23 🇧🇷 :
Penalties for everyone
Charles’ steering is gone
AAAAAAAAA
Vegas ‘23 🇺🇸:
Minor slay for the horse team
Free practice will not resume
Abu Dhabi ‘23 🇦🇪:
Quali demon Charles
Winter break ‘23-‘24
Overtake of the year win
Girlies of f1twt are fighting
Farewell Guenther
Farewell Guenther 2.0
Charles sledding adventures
Fred Vasseur devious moves (that day Lewis moved to Ferrari
Rookie nando strikes back
Charles’ gift of prophecy
DTS darth chal
Car launch
Slayful fireproofs
Australia ‘24 🇦🇺:
Nobody’s happy
Lecfosi/piastrination in the trenches
Charles so-so quali and bad luck
Japanese ‘24 🇯🇵:
Chacha’s fever dream
Yuki’s points
Charles’ raggedy mediums
China ‘24 🇨🇳:
We finally have the Chinese GP back
DRS train!
Lap 17 sprint
Miami ‘24 🇺🇸:
Max saw his life flashing
Lando drowning on the podium
Rest in pieces nowins
Monaco ‘24 🇲🇨:
Race recap
Canadian ‘24 🇨🇦:
Montreal’s fugly AI trophies
Copium
Spain ‘24 🇪🇸:
Charles demon hours
Hungarian ‘24 🇭🇺:
Race week post that triple header
Scenes at the Hungarian gp
Ferrari for once not in the drama
Spa ‘24 🇧🇪:
Charles steel chair pole
Azerbaijan ‘24 🇦🇿:
Baku pole
Singapore ‘24 🇸🇬:
Bye bye Lando’s grand chelem
Austin ‘24 🇺🇸:
Charles’ turn one triple overtake
Mexico ‘24 🇲🇽 :
Lift and coast hell
Brazil ‘24 🇧🇷 :
War flashbacks from interlagos
Yearly heritage moments recaps:
2022 [X]
2023 [X]
2024 [tbc]
Random 🎲:
Lecfosi club meeting [X],
Charles blue suit slay [X],
Lance Stroll lululemon olympics [X],
Ugly HP livery [X],
Cage fight in wind tunnel [X],
Charlos live slug reaction [X],
Charles cursed fade haircut [X],
State of the Scuderia ‘23 [X],
Explaining intra-team gossip [X],
Charles Leclerc F1 holiday palette [X],
Not a thought in drivers’ heads [X],
Old Charles to Aston/to Red Bull rumours [X],
Charles is a strange man [X],
Red Bull Charles [X],
Evil Max Verstappen [X],
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legendthatexists · 2 years ago
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Sebastian Vettel and the Mystery of Randy Mandy...
i.e. Would anyone like some utterly pointless but mildly intriguing information? Because here it is. It started with this photo and its caption sending me down a distinctly 2010-shaped rabbit hole.
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↪ "ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 13: A detail view of the name 'Divine' of the car of Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Red Bull Racing team is pictured during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit on November 13, 2010 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates."
Hang on... 'Divine'? The 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? But Sebastian's winning RB6 was called Randy Mandy - he even said so himself. What is happening here?
Well, as it turns out, the story goes something like this...
Heartened by the achievements of 2009, Red Bull brought their RB6 to winter testing in Spain with high hopes. Their optimism was not unwarranted. The car, equipped with chassis 01 for the tests, looked to be a promising challenger, and the team came away from the sessions satisfied and ready to get things underway at the first race of the 2010 World Championship - calendar for reference throughout.
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(This is a tale of many chassis, so to avoid using the word a thousand times, I'm mostly referring to them just by number.)
Before the season began, Sebastian Vettel announced to the world that he would be continuing his tradition of naming his cars, and turned up to the first round in Bahrain to race in Luscious Liz, chassis 03. Mark Webber's sadly unnamed counterpart carried 02.
The race came and went with minimal drama for the team. But at the next round in Australia, Webber had been switched to 04, formally intended to be the spare, as it was slightly lighter.
The team continued like this, with Webber driving 04, and Vettel 03, for the next several rounds, up until the Turkish Grand Prix. Vettel had been unhappy with the car in Spain and in Monaco, and upon inspection the team discovered some hairline fractures in 03, so assigned him 02, used only once by Webber in the opening round, for the race in Turkey.
Although he dropped the habit from 2011 onwards, Vettel had previously been known to rename his car after a chassis change, doing so when one occurred after the first race of the season in 2009. Following this tradition, he quickly dubbed his updated RB6 Randy Mandy. All of this information was reported by the relevant racing media when it occurred. News articles are still easily found online.
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↪ Vettel's Randy Mandy, pictured at her outing during the European Grand Prix in Valencia.
Once again, this chassis allocation remained for several rounds, until Silverstone. Here, Webber was given Vettel's used, faulty, but now patched up 03, as Webber had... somewhat damaged his 04 upon descending from the Valencian skies. A quick aside, but his Silverstone win therefore came in that 03 chassis, which Red Bull let him keep as a memento after the season was done. Ergo Mark Webber technically owns Luscious Liz?
But I digress. To recap so far: Both drivers tested 01. Vettel drove 03 up to and including Monaco, after which he received 02 due to small defects in 03. Webber ran his opening weekend in 02, switched to the lighter 04, then damaged it in Valencia and had to drive Vettel's fixed-up 03. Got it?
Chassis-tracking becomes a lot simpler after the summer break: Webber changed to the new 06 for the weekend in Japan, and Vettel to the equivalent 05 immediately after the summer break. His updated car was pictured in Spa with that intriguing new name: Divine. Although this information was available in the usual technical documents and FIA releases, the chassis changes were not covered by the media, and the new name was never mentioned, and isn't listed on Vettel's website. There are a lot of well-documented discussions about the changes that took place from online in 2010, with reference to the technical info. Still, the only confirmation of the name change is in photos, or squinting at 2010 onboard quality. And yet, there are several photos and onboards, and it's stated plain as day in the caption I quoted at the beginning...
Save for Webber using and promptly crashing 03 in Korea, the two drivers saw out their seasons with their new chassis. Meaning that Vettel, it appears, drove to Red Bull's maiden championship, and indeed to his very own, in a car christened Divine.
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↪ Her nameplate was pictured in the garage at Spa. It can also be seen in this photo, on the grid just before the deciding final Grand Prix of 2010.
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↪ Vettel's chassis label at Yas Marina. (Apologies for the quality - it's a photo I took of a photo in this book).
TL;DR In 2010, Sebastian Vettel not only switched chassis after Monaco, but also after Hungary. Given his then-tradition of giving each new chassis a new name and as told by photographs, he won his first championship in a car that was called Divine; not Randy Mandy as we all thought..
This is relevant to absolutely nothing and nobody in real life but I found it somewhere between slightly and mildly interesting, and thought others might too :)
photos 1 & 2 by Vladimir Rys, photo 3 by Mark Thompson. Via Getty.
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slow-button-off · 10 months ago
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2023 recap best races and pole laps iyo and why:
puh.. best race and I am obviously also biased was Vegas (which I would have never ever predicted) but there was a fight for the lead that wasn't super straight forward until the SC and because Ferrari finally had some actually good Sunday performance.
Pole laps.. definitely not Vegas because that was a shit lap lmao
maybe Baku for Charles because I wasn't expecting that at all for Max it would've been Spa but because of the grid pen it wasn't a pole
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vro0m · 2 years ago
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vro0m’s rewatch - 159/310
2015 Belgian GP
Alright. We're back after the summer break, it's round 11, officially the second part of the season and we have minimal broadcast as always nowadays. NOPE FOUND IT.
I remember I hated 2014 Belgian GP because I started by writing I think I like Spa and then everything went to shit– OH RIGHT WAIT I'd already forgotten it was the season turning point with the Long Review, Jesus. I don't know what to hope for this time.
It fucken wimdy. To the point we have a full shot of just the Spa forest undulating to really Show Us.
A little bit of context. It's Ferrari's 900th GP. They celebrated by announcing Raikkonen's 1-year contract extension in the week prior. Merc came with a new low-downforce rear wing. RBR tried two different new rear wings. McLaren came with a new power unit and a new engine cover but warned that the gains might not be visible until Singapore + a tray design for the front of the floor, lower sidepods and a new radiator positioning to cool the ERS. 
New regs were also introduced : drivers are now only allowed to adjust one clutch level after leaving the pit for the starting grid. I'm unsure what it means. 
The Lotus team has had legal troubles with Pic that I think I mentioned in the 2015 context in the Australian GP review. He claimed some breach of contract or something. Because of the legal proceedings, there was a possibility that the Lotus cars would be impounded after the GP. In the end, Bernie stepped in "to ensure staff were paid" and the cars were returned, allowing the team to race in Italy after this GP. 
Verstappen managed to get through Q1 even though he complained of a loss of power. Raikkonen stopped on track during Q2 due to a loss of oil pressure, qualifying in 15th on the grid. Max did not take part in Q2 due to his car's issues and was ranked 14th. Lewis' first hot lap was almost half a second faster than Nico's, and that's about how they qualified. Valtteri was 3rd, 1.3 seconds behind Lewis. Then it was Grosjean in 4th and Perez in 5th. Seb was only 9th.
BUT WAIT because there were penalties. The McLarens had already been given exceptional permission to use an additional PU in 2015, using their 6th in Hungary, and then came back with completely revised 7th PUs on both their cars. It meant a 50 place grid penalty for Jenson and a 55 place grid penalty for Alonso. Yep. You read that right. Verstappen also received a 10 place grid penalty for a 6th PU. Grosjean and Raikkonen both received a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change. 
In the end, the top 10 at the start was Lewis, Nico, Valtteri, Perez, Daniel, Massa, Maldonado, Seb, Grosjean and Sainz. 
Lewis thus became the first driver to get on pole six consecutive times since Schumacher, who did so in-between the '00 and '01 season, while Mika Hakkinen was the last one to do it in one season in '99.
Alright now let's see what I missed in the build-up at the time I wrote this. 
Of his quali Lewis said the first lap was great, and he hoped it would be enough. He knew it put a lot of pressure on Nico for the next run. The next lap he did was one of the closest to perfect he thinks he's ever done. 
Ted has been filmed walking around a forest at night to tell the tale of the curse of Spa aka a recap of all the times Lewis got unlucky at this track. And yeah. That's a lot. In 2007, he was pushed wide by Alonso in Eau-Rouge. In 2008, he won but he was penalised after the race for cutting a chicane and lost the win. In 2009, Alguersuari crashed into him. (In 2010 he won so it's not mentioned.) In 2011, Ted says he was slow on track. I mean sure but more notably he spun and crashed and DNFd. Oh sorry, now he mentions it, I thought he was done talking lmao. In 2012, Grosjean managed to take 4 cars out with him in a crash, including Lewis. In 2013, he was on pole and got a good start but got overtaken by Seb, who won. And in 2014, of course, he was taken out by Nico. So that's 4 DNFs in 6 Belgian GPs. Well well well. 
Lewis and Nico are doing a joint side track interview again. He's very happy about the qualifying performance but he needs to translate it into race wins, he says. Johnny says to them they must have bad memories of last year, are they gonna stay as aggressive? Nico says of course, they're gonna keep battling. Johnny asks Lewis if he has plans for the start. Lewis jokes that if he did he wouldn't tell him.
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Johnny says he seems to be the man of the moment and then stutters on the word momentum. Lewis makes fun of him. Then he says qualifying has been great as he said and he's happy they have a great crowd today and he hopes they'll put on a great show for them. Then Johnny says today's very important for Nico's claim on the title, how hungry is he? He says of course every race counts. 
Back to the broadcast, Simon says that was a bit earlier and Johnny is now lurking around behind the camera. "What were you doing?" he asks, "rapping?" They laugh. He shrugs with a smile. It happens. 
Well there really wasn't much in this broadcast but here you have it anyway. Let's get to the race. 
Formation lap. 
Hulkenberg is already reporting no power, he was already having issues during quali if I understand correctly. He's told to pit. Then he's told to take the start and not pit. 
They're all ready but Hulkenberg is waving in his cockpit. Aborted start.
Second formation lap. 
Hulkenberg left his box but then stopped. His team tells him they'll pull him back in the pits. Now it's Sainz saying he has no power. He's called into the pitlane as well. 
Both cars are into the garages and may or may not join the race at some point. 
The others are racing! 
It seems like a normal start but in the end, three cars are ahead of Nico into the first corner. That's weird. OH MY GOD AND PEREZ OVERTAKES LEWIS FOR THE LEAD A FEW CORNERS LATER WTF. No wait he didn't, he was shown as such on the graphics but he actually had to fall back phew. Seb also got a great start btw he's up in 6th. Lewis is now flying away and Nico overtakes Valtteri for P4. He attacks back but it's Seb getting ahead of him now. Maldonado has lost the engine and is very slow on track. He retires. Verstappen overtakes Ericsson for P10. Kvyat overtakes Massa for P8. Sainz came back out on the track from the garages but he's now also slow af. Lewis is setting fastest lap after fastest lap. Daniel pits from P3, they're trying to undercut I guess, but it seems early to do that. Grosjean overtakes Valtteri for P5. Perez pits from P2, and it worked for RBR as Ricciardo is ahead. Yellow flags blinked shortly as Kvyat went wide after a lock up. Massa is called in. 
It's lap 10. Lewis is 8.4 seconds in the lead ahead of Nico. Seb is not far behind in P3. Then it's currently Grosjean, then Kvyat and Massa and Verstappen all pit as I'm writing, then Raikkonen, Ricciardo and Perez. Raikkonen is called in from P4. Nico is called in as well, before Lewis. Crofty thinks it's because Daniel, who's currently P4, is really pressuring them. Nico is out ahead of him as well as Perez, but Perez attacks! He can't make it though. Lewis is called in, he stays in the lead. Oh. Valtteri gets a drive through for "incorrect tyres fitted"? Seb pits. Nico sets the fastest lap. Grosjean overtakes Ricciardo for P4. 
Lap 20. Lewis is leading by 3.1 after the pit stops, still ahead of Nico. Behind them Grosjean is attacking Perez for P3 and overtakes him easily. Daniel is P5 ahead of Seb, Kvyat, Massa who's being attacked by Raikkonen and Verstappen is P10. Oh! And Daniel was attacking for P4 but as we're watching his on-board, he locks up and then stops completely on the main straight! That's a bad place to stop too, just at the exit of the corner… DRS is disabled, VSC, the gaps are frozen. Of course a lot of people dive in the pits. Perez actually pitted as Daniel had his issue. Massa pits. Grosjean pits. Raikkonen pits. Lewis asks how Nico gained a second under VSC. It's a good question, but the VSC is over now and people are racing. Perez is told they need to make his tyres last to the end, that's 20 laps, not impossible. The sky is darkening. Are we gonna see rain? I'm kinda bored. Oh no Seb is having issues? He's told to change some things on the steering wheel and he answers a bit high pitched that it doesn't react. Kvyat pits. Seb, much calmer : "Think about an extra stop if that makes sense" and he's told they're looking into it.
It's lap 30. Kvyat overtakes Valtteri for P9. Lewis : "Track has changed, I think I need another half hole back in." It's about front wing specs. Kvyat sets the fastest lap. Lewis is called in. "My tyres are still good, can I do one more?" he asks. "Negative Lewis, this is the fastest race, Nico will take the stop otherwise." He obeys. He's out in P2. Nico is called in, and Lewis is back in the lead. 
10 laps to go. Nico sets the fastest lap. Behind the Mercs the order goes Seb, Grosjean, Perez currently under pressure from Massa, Raikkonen not far behind them, then Kvyat, Valtteri and Verstappen. Sainz finally retires. Kvyat overtakes Raikkonen. There's a four-way fight over P5. 
5 laps to go. Grosjean is told to go get Seb. He's indeed only half a second behind but come on I'd rather have a sewis podium please. To make up for the boring race. Kvyat is warned over track limits. Verstappen overtakes Valtteri for P9. Kvyat overtakes Massa for P6 and they almost make contact. And Kvyat overtakes Perez for P5. OH NO! SUDDEN PUNCTURE FOR SEB ohhh nooooooooo. There's just a lap and a half to go… Sucks. Verstappen overtakes Raikkonen for P7 but locks up, goes wide and drifts onto the run-off area. Back in P8. 
It's the end of the race. 
Lewis wins ahead of Nico for the Nth time this season. Grosjean P3. Welp it was an eventful start but actually kinda boring after that. 
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The video glitches just as Nico and Lewis shake hands so I can't gif it lol. Grosjean seems baffled to be here. Nico and him talk in French, obvi. Nico says something about "ta caisse" (your car, but slang) and Grosjean says "incroyable, incroyable ! J'partais 9 en plus !" (incredible, incredible! I started 9th on top of that !) then it's drowned out by the hostesses applauding outside and then he says "j'étais derrière lui, derrière lui, derrière lui, pfiou" (I was behind him, behind him, behind him, phew) The merc representative says he's very lucky and Grosjean nods as he pours water into his mouth and all over himself like a toddler. Lewis is nowhere to be seen.
Bono is in the crowd looking very proud of his boy.
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It's DC doing the interviews. It's Lewis' 39th win, his 80th podium, equalling Ayrton Senna. Lewis asks the crowd if they're good. They roar. He thanks them as usual. He says he's had a great weekend, "again, an amazing job done by the team." He's drowned out by the fans cheering and chanting his name. It's unbelievable! 
DC says the only time he thought Lewis could get concerned was after the virtual safety car when Nico somehow got closer. Anything else? He says Nico had obviously good pace but he was able to answer to him most of the time. The car was feeling great so he was relaxed and just mostly looking after the tyres, and especially at the end after he saw one tyre had exploded on another car he was really cautious, and that's why Nico was catching him at the end. But he felt really under control the whole time and great assistance from the team. 
Nico gets a lot of noise from the crowd too. As does Grosjean wow. 
DC asks Lewis if although it's still close with Nico he's starting to feel like he might get another title. He says it's definitely way too early for that. He says you just wanna get these pole positions and translate them into wins. 
After the race, Seb criticised Pirelli's tyres, pointing out that Nico also suffered a failure during practice. He deemed it unacceptable and said if Nico said he didn't go off track then he didn't, as he has no reason to lie and that he himself didn't go off track and the tyre exploded out of the blue. He saw it as a safety risk. Pirelli's director Paul Hembrey said he did not want to start a war of words with Seb but that they were concerned when they saw that the teams intended to do a big number of laps on one set of tyres, as nothing suggested to them that they would go for one-stop strategies but rather two or three stop strategies. Nico backed Seb saying this shouldn't happen and pointed out it also happened in other categories. He said they both were "so lucky" as if it had happened a bit earlier or later it would have caused bad crashes for them, something Seb also mentioned. He called for immediate action as the next GP was to be Monza, which is a very fast one. Pirelli reacted by asking for a maximum stint length for their tyres, something they'd already suggested at the end of 2013. They then announced that they'd found cuts on other team's tyres, especially the rear ones, and that they were investigating the cause. Seb reiterated that his team was not at fault and that their strategy wasn't risky. Ultimately, Pirelli's conclusion was that Seb's blowout was due to debris and not excessive tyre wear. 
Max was singled out for his overtake on Nasr in Blanchimont. He ultimately received an Action of the Year award from the FIA at the end of the year ceremony for it. 
I've found Lewis' interview with Will Buxton. He asked him how it felt to be back on the top step after the summer break. He says it feels amazing. "Sometimes you wonder if a good thing is followed by another good thing."
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He says he had an amazing holiday and so he was wondering if the happiness would last and it has. He says qualifying was ridiculous, and he smiles, and it gets a chuckle out of the journalist amassed around him.
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He's happy with his race, he didn't have to overpush or overdrive. The balance was really nice and he's very happy with the outcome. Will Buxton or whatever journalist says last year Nico got the pole trophy and this year nobody can seem to beat him and he's said he's been on top of sector 2 this weekend which he never was before. The question is how much does he feel that with each passing race he's becoming more and more complete. He hums. He says generally this year he's growing into his thirties, "the start of a new era for me", he thinks he's growing wiser and stronger, mentally also, with the pole positions he's getting and the results he's getting. "I think I'm growing generally as a man so that's reflecting in how I drive and the decisions that I take and a lot of things I do." He smiles. "How worrying is that for everyone else," he's told. "Hum… Hopefully it should be very worrying," he laughs.
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I also found the BBC interview. The journalist tells him Niki said he absolutely raised his game. "You must agree with that," she says. He says it feels good and the weekend has definitely been fantastic.
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He says he as always has to take his hat off to his team that's has done an incredible job again this weekend. From the ones building the cars to the engineers. "Me and Nico wouldn't have been able to do that without them." 
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He says he's coming back from the best holiday he's ever had with such a facial expression that I'm wondering what happened there,
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and that it gave him even more drive to get the pole positions and turn them into wins. He says he's really happy within himself because he drove his heart out. She asks if this is the strongest he's felt in his F1 career. "I think so, yeah." then he adds : "I mean… I felt good today, when I woke up, I was like 'yeah. I got this'".
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He remembers it wasn't the case in the last race. "But definitely I feel… Not only the strongest just, but in general the happiest I've genuinely been in my life." He says he loves his job, he's grateful he gets to drive F1 cars every other weekend, it's the greatest job in the world and he has to seize it with both hands and enjoy, which he does, "and in my personal life enjoy it as much as I can!"
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He's truly in a very good mood.
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(This gif is just for me because I have a thing for intense staring, don’t mind me.)
She says when things are so good he's not wishing his days away to Monza, "you're in a great place at the moment." He says even when the days weren't good he wasn't wishing days to go by (it's a lie but it's okay, we all wanna forget about 2009) because he's "very very aware" that time flies by, "I'm already halfway through my career if not more"... Oh my god. Wait. I can't with this interview. "Erm in my formula 1 career, and it feels like it was only yesterday that I started in Melbourne so I really want to… I don't want it to go…”
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“I'm not looking forward to the day that I hang my helmet up but erm…"
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"There's room for a few more championships before then." – "I hope so, I hope so." 
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(btw given this was 2015 so his 9th year, according to this interview he's stopping in 2024 lol, 2023 being his 17th year in F1.)
Anyway let's see the postrace content now that it’s been uploaded.
Hill says Lewis is watching Nico all the time, as he's been able to tell he gained 1 second under VSC. It shows how in control he is. 
Ted tells Niki they got a perfect result. It's unfortunate for the Ferraris but they score no points. Niki says they went very long, he has to say. But Lewis, Nico and the whole team did an incredible job. "Mercedes is back, I have to say, after Budapest so..." He just thanks everybody. Everybody involved is working hard. They were a bit depressed after Budapest but now it's fantastic, it's the way it should be. 
Let's hear from Lewis. (Again.) He says he'd definitely say this is a "so-so circuit" for him, he's not won a lot here and it's never been easy, but he's happy with this weekend's performance. Particularly qualifying. The race was managing what he had, the gap he had, the tyres… "Nico was exceptionally fast today, but I didn't really feel like I was incredibly under pressure, I was able to match when I needed to so erm… Super happy." He says he was 5 years old when he started watching Ayrton, and he doesn't know what age he was when he wanted to emulate him, but thinking he has the same amount of podiums doesn't feel real.
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She asks about the start because in the last race he apparently said having to do a second start it affected his clutch. He says he wasn't nervous, you can't allow yourself to get nervous for the start anyway, but he did the restart and was focused on keeping his car cooled and when he did the restart he did the appropriate sequence to make sure he wasn't overheating it and it turned out "relatively good". He says he did get wheelspin, like Nico did, but he managed to control a bit better and maintain the lead. She asks if he was surprised to see Perez alongside him. He says he was generally happy, and starts laughing, that it wasn't Nico.
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He says Sergio was great, he says he thinks if it had been Nico it might have been a different outcome. (He says both ‘obviously’ and ‘probably’ in the sentence, you interpret that as you want lol) He's really glad the day went the way it did. She reminds him of the WDC standings and asks at what point he allows himself to think of a third world title. He says you really have to take it one race at a time. At no point you can get overly excited and think you've got it. But he's very happy with the car, so as long as he continues doing what he's doing and stays focused and healthy, he feels good about it, he finally admits.
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Later, he says he's had such a good break and feels super refreshed. He has to interrupt himself to wave to the fans that are yelling. He says they can't imagine how at peace he feels in his heart after coming out of this great break, getting pole and it translating into a win. Brundle says it just seemed easy, he seemed in the groove. He says you don't always get the car where you want it but he did this weekend and same in the last race. He says he and his engineers are gelling more than ever and are working better than they've ever worked together. Together they've put a really good package and the car was feeling beautiful.
Brundle asks him about his position on the tyres given Seb and Nico's comments. He asks for clarifications. Brundle says Seb especially has been very punchy. Lewis says "yeah I'm sure, I'm sure." with an empathetic tone. He says both of them had "fairly big incidents" and that it was just lucky that both of them happened at a stage when it wasn't too detrimental or unsafe. They never ever want that to happen. They always want to be able to go out there with confidence that there won't be any problems. However he says he's heard that for Seb, they went too long on the tyres. So it's not necessarily fully down to the tyres. But if it had happened just a bit before it would have been in Eau Rouge which could have been "quite nasty". He says the FIA and the teams work closely with Pirelli and Pirelli will learn from this weekend.
Simon says he's had a fair share of bad luck in Spa. He nods with a smile. He asks if it's nice to have the perfect weekend here. Lewis says it's a very difficult track. For some reason there are tracks that really suit you and tracks you struggle at more. This is one of those tracks he's struggled at a little bit more (full emphasis on a little bit). He says he's had good results when it was raining, "it makes it easier for me" he half-jokes, but this weekend he thinks he did the best and extracted the most he could out of what's a weaker circuit for him.
Brundle asks what about Perez breathing alongside him in the first lap. Lewis smiles and tilts his head. They're all chuckling a bit like it's really really weird that he did such a thing.
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Lewis echoes his earlier answer to that. "Well, better him than anyone else." He says again Perez was very fair. He tried to keep everybody behind but he followed him aaall the way. Brundle says he went wide a little bit. Lewis says he went in there nailing it then the back end bottomed a little bit and slid and he still kept it going, "I was like 'I'm NOT lifting'!"
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And Perez slowly caught him but as long as he covered the inside, that's all he could do, and then he fortunately outbraked him. He's grateful for the way it came out because it made the race much easier, he chuckles. Brundle says the only other break in his serene afternoon was the VSC, he thought Nico might have gained on him? Lewis says what happens is you hear beep beeps and the screen changes and you have to brake very heavily to slow down to hit the delta. When you're driving at some point you see the other driver behind you appear so you know what the gap is. And when the VSC started he was maybe four seconds behind but during it he was closer than ever so he thought surely he'll have to fall back for the restart which he never did. Which is why he wondered. Because he did not make a mistake so there was no reason for him to be that much closer. He says he needs to go figure out where he lost that second but dismisses it saying it wasn't a big problem anyway.
Simon says he's 28 points ahead in the WDC standings so one DNF clear and asks if that's something in his mind, wanting to keep it above that. Lewis says he doesn't look at it that way because naturally as a team you never want a DNF. Simon insists that it gives him leeway though. He says for sure, but last year he crashed in this race and was 29 points behind when he came out of Spa. So it's been way more positive up until now. His goal coming back from this great holiday (seriously what did he do?) into this part of this season was to translate the great laps he does in quali into results and wins. And hopefully today was the start of it. Brundle asks if he's got on top of Nico, does he think mentally Nico realises he can't beat him? (way to put him in a tough spot) He says he thinks as a driver you never– it's very rare you see a driver fall to that belief. They still believe that they're better and all that, "whether it's true or not". He says he remembers when he was driving with Alonso. "Fernando could never believe why sometimes I was quicker, he was like 'there must be something wrong with the car cause I'm the best'. That's what he would say. To himself, I know. For sure." He says Nico's very strong, he's gonna come back and keep fighting, he knows that he still has that belief in himself, which is fine by him, no problem. 
For some reason they start talking about Notting Hill carnival and twerking. I'm at a loss. 
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robinfrinjs · 1 year ago
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75th 24H of Spa Info Post
Hi y'all, tomorrow it's finally that time again! The 24H of Spa are opon us! It will be an exciting one. 70 cars will be taking the start tomorrow, permitted the #75 will be allowed to start.
No scratchpad this year from r/WEC luckily SRO does insanely long highlights every hour so you won't be missing much
Any questions? Hmu
Spottersguide
Race Updates by SRO (gives you mid race updates)
The maximum stint length at Spa is 65 minutes
Entry List
Women Participating
Live Timing (can also access the streams through here)
Streams:
- English
- Italian
- German
- French
YouTube Channel (also with several onboards)
Track Map
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How are the classes decided? (Gold Cup this year means something else than Gold Cup last year, essentially the Bronze Cup now is what the Gold Cup last year was)
Pro-Am: 2 Bronzes (Max Plat+Plat+Bron+Bron or Plat+Bron+Bron)
Bronze Cup: 1 Bronze+1 Gold/Plat+1/2 Silver (for 3/4 driver crews)
Silver Cup: All Silver
Gold Cup: Golds and Silvers only, at least 1 Gold+1 Silver (Max Gold+Gold+Gold+Sil or Gold+Gold+Sil)
Pro: Unlimited, so full Platinum crew possible, 3 driver crew mandated at Spa
Qualifying Recap (under cut)
Qualifying was divided into 4 sessions, Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. In ever session a different driver from each team's line up takes part and that average time determines the car's starting position.
Q1 wasn't as crowded because all cars in the PRO category only have three drivers. This, usually, isn't much of an issue. The PRO cars will come out on top. This time however it was. Q1 was the only session of which part was ran with a dry track. This meant every team that could participate in Q1 had an advantage.
The top 20 of qualifying would advance to superpole. So, a dry Q1 meant only seven cars in the top category would contend for the overall pole position. After entries from Bronze Cup, Gold Cup, Silver Cup and Pro-Am all made the top-20 cut.
A bronze cup entry also ended up taking pole, as the superpole session is only contested by a single driver from each team. This meant the #20 could use their pro driver and climb to pole position that way.
Super Pole results
Qualifying results
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isawthesainz · 3 months ago
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scuderiaferrari Time to swap two wheels for four 👊 Practice coming up shortly!
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hjcoolartnerd · 8 months ago
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I know I just not long ago made episode 5 but i was super bored today and it took me like no time doing m6 few interactions. Also so people understand Eric, season 1, super gullible, season 2 gullible, season 3 knows how to play well, season 4 (as mentor) is full well how to identify when being manipulated, season 5 decides to use his knowledge against 5 out of 16 of the cast. Mal’s takes out 6, 1 either losses to Mike o wins, 4 don’t have to do anything with Mal or Eric. So yeah Eric is secondary villain.
Previous Episodes:
Moon Madness
Episode 6: No One Eggspects The Spanish Opposition
Recap:
Chris: “ last time on total drama all stars! The island was based in a rare blue harvest moon turns, normally sweet creatures into pure evil, totally unsafe to be after dark. So I made it a night challenge *laughs* as the raced Heather pretend to be affected by the moon following Eric’s suggestion to try and play nice to bother Alejandro. While Cameron and his broken specks got ditched by Mike or was it Mike? Daniel and sierra confront Eric about his two alliances which prompts Eric to trip his own brother to lose him and sierra. In the end the villains won, again and Cameron volunteer to be the home bound hero because he felt like a liability. But in a final twist Cameron became the newest member of the villainous vultures. But that was then and this is now and we can’t stop it, so we got a top it right here, on Total! Drama! All Stars!”
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villains at the spa hotel:
* Cameron trying to fix his glasses as Courtney passes by*
Courtney: “ don’t bother you won’t be around long enough for it to matter”
Courtney’s confessional: “ with Cameron on our team the newbie target is off my back. Next time we lose four eyes is going home unless he can’t fix his glasses. Then he’ll be two eyes, still he is out”
Eric: “hey don’t mind her she is just pissy as always.”
Gwen: “here maybe a twist tie will help!”
Cameron: “it worked! Thanks!”
Gwen: “the villain team isn’t entirely made up of evil people”
Heather: “you look nerdier than before. I know it sounds imposible but here you are doing in, so”
Alejandro: “Heather, please I think that he pulls off a nerdy look with a generous measure of dignified flare”
Eric: “it’s mostly made up of evil people *cameron Eric and Gwen walk away*”
Eric’s confessional: “I haven’t had a moment to talk to Alejandro about sierra and Daniel knowing about him being able to use his legs. I’m trying my best but since Cameron joined the team him and Heather have been trying to get Cameron to side with them…. Also how dumb do they think Cameron is those ‘compliments’ wouldn’t swoon him”
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Heroes at the Loser cabin:
*sierra was watching the video that Cody sent him and sees everything that has been happening*
Daniel: “hey sierra! Ready to plan how we are going to expose Er- *gets hit by sierra* Ouch!”
Sierra: “I knew it! You are faking it!”
Daniel: “what are you even talking about?”
Sierra: “You were tying to use your ‘good’ personality to try and manipulate me!”
Daniel: “Sierra I changed! I *sierra shows him the video* oh… yeah I was but right now you and I have very valuable information, we need to expose Eric! After he tripped us last challenge he-“
Sierra: “I’ll deal with Eric by my self. But you Daniel, you are going DowN!”
Daniel’s confessional: “*face palms* I should have been more careful with what I said! I forgot about Cody…. Maybe I should had let her be without a phone.”
Sierras confessional: “This is the worst experience ever! Eric is evil and I was being played by Daniel! How dumb could i Be! Ugh I need to focus on getting Daniel out and then deal with Eric! Because right now he might be all goody but I know the more he spend with the villains he will probably become one. And then there is Mike breaking things….and all his evil laughing”
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*everyone at the docks*
Chris: “welcome all! Today’s challenge involves a trip to the fun zone! *laughs*”
Sierra: “yay *laughs*”
Heather: “what’s the catch? Is the funzone just a building that’s on fire?”
Chris: “No”
Duncan: “is it a pit full of intestines?”
Chris: “would that be fun? You’ve had it kind of rough lately so I figured…. Okay the lawyers figured you deserve a treat, but if you’d rather do something else”
Everyone: “No!”
Chris: “fun son it is! Oh here’s our ride”
Scott: “Im back from exile! *chris pushes him back inside*
Chris: “all aboard!”
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Duncan: “the fun zone is on bony island?”
Chris: “yep it works better as a surprise that way”
Eric: “ugh I have a bad feeling about this….”
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*before entering the fun zone*
Eric: “*whispers* Alejandro! We have a problem!”
Alejandro: “What?”
Eric: “*whispers* Sierra and Daniel both found out about your…. Secret and our alliance, we have to make the heroes lose so the can get booted….”
Alejandro: “what how?”
Eric: “I think Sierra saw us talking and she must have told Daniel”
Alejandro: “now that complicate things”
Eric’s confessional: “I need to get them out or else they might tell the others about Alejandro and me! And me and Scott and they could ruing my plans to get Courtney out!I also need Heather to trust me completely!”
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Chris: “welcome to the outside of the fabulous fun zone! Patent pending. All right let’s move it people keep a steady past”
*everyone enters the fun zone and Chris closes the gate&
Chris: “you are now in the the fun zone aka the most dangerous place you’ve ever been! Your challenge is easy put eggs in a basket. Eggs found here in the fun zone belong to all the terrifying mutants from season four! Who will try to smash your bodies and eat you!”
Eric: “i knew I had a bad feeling about this!”
Mike: “what is fun about that?”
Chris: “um… it’s fun to watch?”
Alejandro: “all we have to do is collect the eggs?”
Daniel: “sounds like a really dangerous egg hunt”
Chris: “you’ll be fine they’re just wild mutated beast trying to protect their unborn babies how bad can it get? First team with 6 eggs in their basket wins”
Eric: “so basically this is a more dangerous version of the final five challenge in season 3 where we had to find condor eggs?”
Daniel: “it appears so.”
Duncan: “what if an egg hatches?”
Chris: “as long as you keep whatever hatches in your basket counts, and as a special bonus who ever collects the most eggs for the winning team gets a special reward! So exited? Huh? *Scott snores* SCOTT!”
Duncan: “*laughs* I found that funny because I’m not a nice person that’s why I laughed, cause I’m not nice *he went and helped Scott up*”
Scott: “thanks man!”
Duncan: “aw…”
Chris: “ the red baskets belongs to the villains! The gold one for Duncan and the rest of the do-gooders. I’d wish you all good luck but… it’s bad for ratings, so I hope some of you get really hurt. Begin!”
Daniel: “want to look for eggs together sir-*gets punched in the face* ouch! Or not….”
Eric: “what was that about?”
Daniel: “nothing that concerns you! Oh and you better keep on eye sierra found out you aren’t totally a good guy this time around and she knows your plan, and she is thinking of showing the footage to everyone *Daniel’s runs from there to find eggs*”
Daniel’s confessional: “yeah I gave Eric a heads up why? Because I’m at least proud, I know Bryan would have done the same. Eric is playing the game. He will trick two of the strongest players and with Scott he is going to manipulate Courtney so that’s 3 threats out. Hope he has a plan on how to take out sierra and break up Mike and Zoey.”
Eric’s confessional: “mmh I don’t know if to trust my own brother, on one hand sierra is crazy and could had just punched him for being a jerk. On the other hand an outside source sent her video of most of the confessionals and might know my plans…. Maybe I should try to break her phone but how….”
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Eric: “*passes by a three and sees Scott sleeping* Scott?! *he places a arm on Scott’s shoulder and wakes him up as he throws random punches into the air and hits Eric in the eye” ouch!”
Courtney: “*sees and holds Scott still* Scott stop! It’s me! *scott calms down* come on let’s find some eggs and laugh at Eric’s black eye”
Eric: “*gets up* wow I was trying to not have you get eaten by a mutant monster next time I won’t help Scott! *walks away*”
Scott’s confessional: “did I just punch Eric in the eye? Did he tried waking me up? I’m not exactly someone easy to wake up…. I really hope he is okay”
Eric’s confessional: “ note to self never wake up Scott again…. Now I look like al during the Amazon challenge…. Which is fitting because we are in a forest of some kind”
Courtney’s confessional: “ got to say Scott had a nice right hook! He gave Eric a good black eye”
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Daniel: “Sierra come on! Talk to me! I’m sorry for trying to manipulate You!”
Sierra: “*stops and Daniel stops right after* all this time I thought you changed from your season 4 shananigangs it I see you are still a wolf in sheep’s clothing!”
Daniel: “look I know I get a bit…. Ugly when I’m competing but trust me, I do value your friendship… and with the video Cody sent you maybe we could expose eric?”
Sierra: “oh really expose your own brother? Why would you do that?”
Daniel: “Eric always makes it far and it’s time for him to stop reaching the finals. Trust me I want him out as early as possible too”
Sierra: “really?”
Daniel: “yes… look I might have told him earlier that you have evidence to expose him to everyone so he might be really paranoid and try to hurt you to get the phone…. But he won’t suspect if I have it”
Sierra: “and how do I know you won’t just destroy it?”
Daniel: “okay I’ll give you my word you give ,e back my phone for safe keeping and to prove my loyalty to you by voting myself off in next elimination deal?”
Sierra: “mmmm fine! But if you betray me I’ll end you!”
Daniel’s confessional: “I will totally do what I promised, I was going to betray her but in case that we don’t lose, I want to keep this as an insurance policy as a trustworthy ally”
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Chris: “first egg goes to the vultures!”
Eric: “ yes! *carrying an egg of a mutant gopher*”
*eric runs towards the basket and places it in*
Heather: “so nothing?”
Eric: “what are we talking about?”
Chris: “I didn’t make it a rule that said that they can’t steal the eggs so I guess they can”
Heather: “you stay guard the nest Alejandro”
Alejandro: “you are the boss!”
Eric: “yeah well gotta go!”
Eric’s confessional: “how do I make Heather trust me… maybe I could suggest we vote off Al if we lose?”
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*Daniel and Sierra keep looking for eggs they see Duncan who wont join them in search for eggs"
Chris: "and the score is one all! l
Daniel: "excellent! 5 more and we win!"
sierra: "but if the villains get 5 more they also win"
*sierra and Daniel find an egg and they both take it towards the basket as its about hatch they manage to place it in the nest when it hatches*
Chris: "thats two eggs for the heroes!"
sierra: "look dan! we are parents!"
Daniel: "What!?"
Duncan: "well maybe you two should stay and guard the nest *leaves*"
sierra: " sure! A mother has to take care of her new borns. *turn to Daniel* lets call the, cody and Danny"
Daniel's confessional: "babe she is crazy and i totally don't like her! i only have eyes for you!"
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Chris: “it’s hard boiled down o two eggs all but the challenge is far from over easy, who will win? Your quiche is as good as mine *chef laughs* stay tuned to Total Drama All Star! Yeah I’m going to fire whoever wrote that”
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Courtney: “I don’t know how you guys put up with a whole season of these weird monsters”
Scott: “ hey whatever doesn’t horribly maim and devour you only makes you stronger! Stay close I got your back *hold Courtney’s hand*
Scott’s confessional: “ I think my dumb act is winning Courtney over! This was easy and painless!”
Scott: l *lets go of Courtney’s hand* “sorry Uh, I uh *gets grabbed by the leg by a mutant gopher* Woah!!!!”
*they both scream as Courtney grabs a tree branch to try and protect Scott and huts Scott 3 ties before hitting the goppher*
Scott’s confessional: “not painless…. Is painful!*falls*”
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Chris: “ and the villains are up 5 to two!”
Eric: “yes! Now I need to find one more!”
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*sees heather fighting off a mutant goat*
Eric: “hey Heather be careful! If you fall ill have one less ally to vote off Alejandro!”
Heather: “shoot! Go bug a hero! *she falls and the egg she had breaks revealing the Invincibility statue* hello what have we here?”
Eric’s confessional: “NO! This can’t be happening! This can’t be happening!”
*heather is about to hide it*
Eric: “wait! Heather that’s not a smart move!”
Heather: “what do you know?”
Eric: “do you remember who our teammate is? Alejandro is probably spying on you!”
Heather: “if he is then I can’t take it with me either can I?”
Eric: “no but! If you hand it to me I’ll keep it safe!”
Heather: “you think I’m stupid enough to fall for that trick?”
Eric: “you were about to leave it behind free for anyone to find it!”
Heather: “fair point!”
Eric: “besides, my sole goal is to take Alejandro out of the game. Trust me Heather I am on your side!”
Heathers confessional: “Eric has never betrayed me in the past and he is gullible enough to fall for everyone’s plan but I think I can trust him..”
Heather: “okay fine! *she hands Eric the immunity idol*”
Eric: “thanks you heather *leaves*”
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Daniel: “sierra stop pampering those rat! After the challenge you should free them”
Sierra: “Free them?” Free them? Are you nuts how can you say that about your sons!”
*Duncan arrives and leaves a tini tiny egg*
Chris: “and it’s five to three villains!”
Daniel: “come on Sierra you are acting crazy right now, baby condor crazy! These are mutant baby rats, if normal rats are dangerous imagine mutant rats”
Sierra: “Cody, Danny don’t listen to your dad he is being a meany right now!”
Daniel’s confessional: “how did she went from strategic to cookoo crazy in seconds?”
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Chris: “seventeen to five! The heroes win!”
Heroes: *cheer*
*eric smiles and wink at heather and she smirks*
Heathers confessional : “with Eric keeping my idol safe, I’m relaxed to know that Alejandro will be going home tonight! Mark my words!”
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Villains Votes:
Alejandro: Heather
Cameron: Alejandro
Courtney: Alejandro
Eric: Heather
Gwen: Alejandro
Heather: Alejandro
Scott: Alejandro
Eric’s confessional: “Heather is so trusting in me but she doesn’t realize I’m going to double cross her”
*before elimination*
Alejandro: “I know you have Heather’s immunity idol! Were you planning to double cross me?!”
Eric: “relax Alejandro *takes out the idol* I wasn’t going to double cross you, I was playing heather. She still hasn’t had her karma after conspiring with Bryan on season 2. *gives it to alejandro* besides you are my ally and you are a man of your word… I know it because in season3 in Area 51 you owed Duncan and you relayed it by voting Tyler. So now you owe me and you know who I want out”
Alejandro: “yes Courtney”
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Chris: “I tallied the votes and tonight’s flushed is…. Alejandro!”
Heather: “Ha!”
Alejandro: “oh, I do not think I’m leaving”
Heather: “oh yeah? Really? Why is that? *Alejandro gets up, most people gasp except Eric sierra and daniel, Alejandro walks towards heather*”
Alejandro: “I got diplomatic Immunity! *everyone gasps*”
Chris: “just immunity Al”
Heather: “Eric! I can’t believe it!”
Eric: “I don’t know what you are talking about Heather?”
Heather: “You! you!”You! *she gets up and faces eric*
Chris: “I hate to interrupt during such a well thought argument but the only two votes that weren’t for Alejandro were for you! You! you! So you are getting the flush.”
Heather: “you traitor! You backstabbed! I thought I could trust you Eric!”
Eric: “*gets up calm* what is your damage heather? I’m not evil enough to do something like that!”
Sierra: “liar! Daniel give me the phone! Let’s expose Eric!”
Daniel: “yeah here it is *daniel pulls out a broken phone* evidence that Eric is manipulative….. wait how?!”
Mal’s confessional: “I might have…. Broken something when we went to the spa hotel… *laughs whoops!”
Sierra:”How could you Daniel I trusted you!”
Daniel: “Sierra I didn’t do it I swear!”
Sierra: “Daniel, I will never trust you stay away from Cody and Danny!”
Daniel’s confessional: “ugh no ally again! This sucks… on the bright side I don’t have to take responsibility of the rats and I wasn’t”
Eric: “I’m not evil, Heather is manipulative and Sierra is crazy”
Chris: “cutting this short, Mike goes to bony island and Heather is being flushed!”
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Next Episode:
Sucker Punched
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f1 · 1 year ago
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Max Verstappen takes his EIGHTH straight victory at the Belgian GP and continues Red Bull's dominance at Spa
Max Verstappen takes his EIGHTH straight victory at the Belgian GP and continues Red Bull's dominance at Spa Red Bull star Max Verstappen secured another victory at the Belgian Grand Prix The Dutchman rose from sixth to take the chequered flag on Sunday afternoon  Recap the action as it happened with Mail Sport's live blog from Spa, Belgium  By Jonathan McEvoy for MailOnline Updated: 10:41 EDT, 30 July 2023 Not even the handicap of starting sixth and behind the other Red Bull could stop Max Verstappen romping to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix. This was the defending champion’s eighth successive victory – and 10th in 12 races – as his unstoppable journey to a third world title continued to flow like hot lava. He extended his championship lead going into the summer break to a Great Canyon-like 125 points. The decisive move came on lap 17 of 44 when he deployed DRS and powered past eventual runner-up Sergio Perez, serving as a benchmark of Verstappen’s greatness, who was helpless to resist the advance on the Kemmel Straight. To rub in his degree of superiority Verstappen then set a lap two seconds faster than the Mexican. More to follow...  Max Verstappen (above, left) romped to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon Share or comment on this article: Max Verstappen takes his EIGHTH straight victory at the Belgian GP and continues Red Bull's dominance at Spa via Formula One | Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
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masterofd1saster · 1 year ago
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CJ court watch 5jun23
Olympus Spa v. Strobert, 22-cv-340 (W.D.Wash) is the case in which J. Rothstein ruled last week that the Koreans must let p3nis people walk around nekkid in their spa for nekkid women.
The order granting the motion to dismiss is at https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.308441/gov.uscourts.wawd.308441.21.0.pdf.
I don't think she gave full consideration to the Koreans' intimate association claim.  She looked at it as basically no different than a large business.
SCt has said
a broad range of human relationships that may make greater or lesser claims to constitutional protection from particular incursions by the State. Determining the limits of state authority over an individual's freedom to enter into a particular association therefore unavoidably entails a careful assessment of where that relationship's objective characteristics locate it on a spectrum from the most intimate to the most attenuated of personal attachments. See generally Runyon v. McCrary*** (POWELL, J., concurring). We need not mark the potentially significant points on this terrain with any precision. We note only that factors that may be relevant include size, purpose, policies, selectivity, congeniality, and other characteristics that in a particular case may be pertinent.  Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609, 620 (1984).
J. Powell wrote in Runyon
In certain personal contractual relationships, however, such as those where the offeror selects those with whom he desires to bargain on an individualized basis, or where the contract is the foundation of a close association (such as, for example, that between an employer and a private tutor, babysitter, or housekeeper), there is reason to assume that, although the choice made by the offeror is selective, it reflects “a purpose of exclusiveness” other than the desire to bar members of the Negro race. Such a purpose, certainly in most cases, would invoke associational rights long respected.  Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U.S. 160, 187–88 (1976).
I would think that a woman seeking a nekkid massage or exfoliation would put at least as much selectivity into the choice as she would the choice of a tutor or housekeeper.
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fcb-mv33 · 2 years ago
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Crofty when Max gets an item thrown at his vs when a flare is thrown onto the track nowhere near a car
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I've seen your campaign on Twitter to get Ferrari to fix the numbers on their stupid app, and I'm 100% behind you.
I think the next thing we need to do is to get them to make the person writing the race summaries actually watch the races because how is this acceptable for an official press release from the team:
https://twitter.com/pinsaroulette16/status/1716526541813784966?s=19
How can they twist the truth like that and make their own driver look terrible when they're the ones to blame. This isn't even the first time. Can anyone remember which race they did something similar and made it seem like charles was slow when he was screwed over by the team
I apologize to everyone that follows me and the official account and has to see me harass them all the time but it's just so embarrassing.
Up until this weekend they had Charles on 97 races with Ferrari, now they've fixed that but they're still missing 2 poles one of which he got this weekend which is extra embarrassing. Carlos P3 got updated but they forgot Charles pole. They're also missing a retirement and a total race.
It's insane.
They've actually implemented it as a full on static page that they update by hand and obviously wrong. Because not only are they missing Charles pole from spa but the one from this weekend.
How does that happen. Seriously.
Those race recaps made sense last season when they went along with what Binotto said and the whole were never accepting blame for anything thing. But Fred is directly contradicting these race recaps.
It makes no sense to me.
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goldfish-in-a-bowl · 3 years ago
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Welcome Friday with Mr. Friday AKA Lando Norris
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It's been a long time, Yall know what time it is FP1 and FP2 recap. So let's get started with FP1.
So it was all clam but the spins started, kimi spin, Yuki spin. Then it was calm,
Kimi hit's the wall when entering the pit lane.
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Charles goes very wide in turn 7.
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Bottas spins.
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Here are the results.
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Also Checo is staying with red bull.
Now FP2
It's been calm for the start then Ocon took the car for a spin. There is not damage on the car.
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Then Charles wanted to take the car for spin and hit the wall which bought out the red flags. Charles is okay.
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Max spins and hits the wall, practice has been red flag and will not restart. Max is okay.
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Now for the Results
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I hope you have a wonderful day.
that's all folks
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