#these two do make me genuinely sad considering thier Ferrari eras overlap

[r69per-luvr]

Seb and Charles are so similar and different when it comes to Ferrari. The team was a dream for both of them. They wanted to be in Ferrari, and ofc, their goal was a championship.

For Seb it was a dream, a thing he physically wanted. And in his 6(?) seasons with them, he always fell short. But just that much, it was just out of reach. He knew he could win if he truly wanted to, he did it four times with Red Bull. And despite everything, he just kept trying. Per his words "The target to win the championship with Ferrari, I have failed, I didn't, I didn't manage to do that"

I always take the use of the words "I have failed" a lot stronger snd more personal than "I didn't succeed", cause it shows more...inner personal conflict with the inability to complete the task/goal they have set out to do, that they wanted to do. At least that it how I tend to perceive things like that.

Then there is Charles. There are many personally important reasons he strives towards Ferrari and continues to stay with them despite the poor performance. Because of Jules, because of his father. He told his dad on his death bed that he signed with Ferrari because he knew that is what his dad wanted, despite the fact Charles hadn't been signed at that point. Jules was in the Ferrari Academy, and was set to get a Ferrari seat in the future if things didn't go the way it did. Both of those people are dead. And Ferrari is a link to them, one I strongly doubt he will ever get rid of.

And ofc, the goal is a championship. But unlike Seb, I think it feel like something he needs to do. To fulfill the legacy set out for him. And he hasn't, he can't (for now). Ferrari continues to let him down, over and over again. Like Seb, he takes that inability to win very personally. Like a dream that was physically impossible to ever fulfill, despite the fact it realistically should be.