#val d'argenton 2012

[il-predestinato]

Oh, Charles... your memory isn't bad. It's just selective. 🥺

Saudi Arabia 2024 // Val d'Argenton 2012

[andthatsp1]

a not-so-fun fact is that we only have the "inchident" interview footage because they thought Jos might do something crazy 🥲 (x)

[lucithornz]

I am legit watching the WSK Euro Series 2012 Round 2 at Val d'Argenton so I can see "The Inchident" and everything surrounding it. Including full track conditions. For fic accuracy.

In case anyone was doubting my commitment to lestappen lore.

[chibrary]

title: excerpts from "WSK Euro Series 2012 Round 2 Val d'Argenton 3-6 May 2012”" source: wskpromotion on youtube format: video season: 2012, karting

[tatinkatin]

Lestappen Karting Times Masterpost!

The iconic video of their "fight" in karting (it was just an inchident, on the race)

CIK/FIA Press Conference KF2 European Championship

Charles clapping for Max going to the podium (0:00-0:03) & a part of the aforementioned press conference not included in the video above (3:27-5:00)

A steward talking to Max and Charles on the Wackersdorf race of the KF2 European Championship in 2012 (0:05-0:10)

A race in Sarno in 2012 which Charles won due to Max's mistake (Max was left behind at a gas station after that race)

The pre-final in Sarno 2012 (Max came 1st and Charles 2nd)

The Second race in Wackersdorf

A recap of the Wackersdorf races (plus footage of Max and Charles together on the podium (11:36-12:12))

The 1st Heat of the first round of the WSK Euro Series in the KZ1 category in 2013

A race in Genk in 2013 in the KZ category with Max and Charles together on the podium (27:07-30:56)

The final race of the KZ category, with Max and Charles again on the podium (and my favorite) them on the carriage/back part of a car doing a lap of the track (29:40-37:54)

Max moving his kart away so that Charles can place his own in the assigned space (1:26-1:37)

Some interesting reads:

(The first two are in French; the third one is in Dutch while the last one is in Italian thus a translator might be useful, also the sources are rather biased so take whose fault it was with a grain of salt)

A recap of the race week in Val d'Argenton (aka just an inchident place)

A description of another incident between Max and Charles which is not widely-known (near the second half of the article)

Another incident between Max and Charles (again near the second half & brief description of it)

Armando Filini (Charles' first karting team Manager) talking about Max and Charles, their incident etc.

Pictures from the karting times:

Charles' page and Max's page in the KSP site (the pictures are separated by each race they were taken, but they are watermarked)

Max's site itself also has some pictures of his karting times, with some of them including Charles (the pictures are separated by year and month so you can check 2010/11-2013 for karting)

[il-predestinato]

Then:

Now:

Val d'Argenton 2012 vs. Austria 2023 ↳ Max Verstappen when it comes to "unfair" and his rival Charles Leclerc

[il-predestinato]

You are Max Verstappen. You've just had an inchident with Charles Leclerc ... again. 🤯

For reference:

Val d'Argenton 2012

Austria 2019

Austria 2019

Japan 2019

Japan 2019

Sakhir 2020

Sakhir 2020

[il-predestinato]

The race steward has a word with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc at their first race together since the infamous "inchident" at Val d'Argenton one month earlier.

Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc | WSK Euro Series KF2 | Wackersdorf 2012 🎥: [x] (June 8-10, 2012)

(Max: *nods his understanding, shakes the steward's hand* 🫤 ... meanwhile, Charles: *I refuse to even look at him* 😠)

[il-predestinato]

https://twitter.com/Charles_Leclerc/status/198830741528920064?t=Ow0_UiVQhhW2j5OBc0vgvQ&s=19

wow we even have a tweet about val d'argenton? pity the oringinal post on facebook was deleted, i wanted to know more about their "muscled fight" from whoever was writing for charles at the time 😅

Bestie, what is this!!!

2012.

Omg. I'm dead.

Baby Charles tweeting about Val D'Argenton, about the inchident? Forget Austria 2019 - this is where Lestappen was born. Damn right, these babies' battle was trop musclée. 💪🏼

This is too much. 😭

[il-predestinato]

I don’t get how you can say you are a Charles fan when you celebrate Max’s win in Austria 2019 when he won just because he pulled a dirty and illegal move on Charles.

Wait, is this diatribe about this gifset I reblogged?

Wow. 😂

Okay, ignoring the fact that you're desecrating the holy temple of Lestappen in my inbox, let's just review a few things:

Max's crimes against Charles: Austria 2019

Charles's crimes against Max: Val d'Argenton 2012, Suzuka 2019, Sakhir 2020

Charles doesn't do the "being a pussy"™ approach and certainly doesn't need you to defend him. He's perfectly capable of destroying Max on his own. But by all means, enjoy your gatekeeping and I'll just keep making banana gifs.