#why even try VCARB?

[yuki-shipnoda]

No matter how many times the Visa Cashapp social media accounts try to convince me that Yukiel is a thing, I am undeterred. Your words do not move me over what basically constitutes as business partners & colleagues

[5sospenguinqueen]

Hopelessly Devoted NOT To You | Charles Leclerc x Driver! Reader

Summary: Your family believes in two religions; Ferrari and Charles Leclerc. When you drive for a different F1 team, they make it known who their favourite is. Luckily, Charles’ favourite is you. 

Warnings: a happy functioning family (not sure how to write one of those), fluff, bad flirting

Requested: yes by anon

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its_yn type of town i could spend a few days in 🌴

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pierregasly before you ask, i’m not helping you steal the hedge car

→ its_yn you never let me do anything fun

→ pierregasly @/alpinef1team can we leave her in miami?

→ alpinef1team only if you drive better than she does 

user1 she makes the alpine pink look so good! 

yourmum so excited to see you race, tesoro

yourdad will our paddock passes let us near the ferrari garage?

→ user2 love how this is her second year in f1 and her father is still a loyal tifoso

→ user3 her whole family are. don't think i've ever seen them wear alpine merch

landonorris the pink helmet makes you look like a highlighter

→ its_yn you can’t say anything, lorax

→ visacashapprb oh god, the girls are fighting 

→ user4 vcarb admin, you will always be famous

yoursister can’t believe i’m going to see a ferrari up close 

yourbrother do you think i’ll meet THE charles leclerc??

→ charles_leclerc if she brings you by the garage, absolutely

→ its_yn merda

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charles_leclerc the city that keeps the roof blazin’ 🌴

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yourdad be good to see you on the podium this weekend, son

user5 not charles matching captions with yn. in his lover boy era

→ user6 i mean, it’s a popular song for miami?

→ user5 trust me, he did it on purpose 

scuderiaferrari our driver is cooler than all others

user7 anyone else in love with the fact that yn isn’t her family’s favourite driver

→ user8 and they make no effort to hide it

→ its_yn they actually told me off once because i overtook him, even tho it lead to my first podium

→ charles_leclerc part of me is inclined to agree with them but your overtake was very nice

→ user9 stand up, charles

yourbrother the aura is unmatched. why don’t you look this cool on race weekends @/its_yn?

user10 yn’s whole family being tifosi is so special to me

→ user11 they’re italian. ferrari and charles are their religion

yourmum my daughter is single if you’re interested? liked by charles_leclerc

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its_yn posted a new story

yoursister replied i worked really hard on that cake. show some respect → its_yn you only get props for it tasting good → yoursister i bet charles tastes good → its_yn that is my work colleague!  → yoursister bangeable work colleague → don’t tell me you haven’t thought about it

charles_leclerc replied i think red really suits you  → its_yn don’t you start. they’ve spent the entire night asking me when i’m going to join ferrari  → charles_leclerc isn’t your contract up this year? → its_yn are you trying to make my cry on my birthday?? → charles_leclerc no, no. i just mean, any team would be lucky to have you → i’d beg ferrari to take you if we hadn’t already signed lewis  → its_yn i might have to start begging someone to take me at this point → charles_leclerc you can have my car if you wear red more often → its_yn how about you just lend me a t-shirt sometime? → charles_leclerc if you come over, i have a whole wardrobe you can go through

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mercedesamgf1 we're so excited to announce that yn ln has joined the mercedes petronas family for 2025 on a multi year contract

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pierregasly i’m free!

→ its_yn you’re bald! 

yourdad tesoro, you are italian, not german. why are you doing this to the family?

yourbrother well done, sis. now grandma is crying. this is not what we agreed upon

yoursister i told you that mercedes green doesn’t suit your complexion. ferrari red does

user1 not yn’s entire family crying in the comments

user2 getting to the point where i don’t think they’re joking

→ yourbrother we did congratulate her privately. we just had to scribble out the ferrari on the banner

georgerussell63 i take it i won’t be invited to ln family dinners? 

→ landonorris only happens if your name is charles leclerc

user3 maybe ferrari didn’t want her?

→ charles_leclerc how dare you!

its_yn at least this way, @/charles_leclerc and i can continue our enemies to lovers arc

→ maxverstappen1 @/charles_leclerc was that loud scream from across the paddock you?

→ lewishamilton he can’t reply. he’s passed out on the garage floor. the mechanics are currently trying to revive him

→ user4 can’t blame him. yn finally acknowledged how obsessed he is with her

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charles_leclerc my girl looks good in red 

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its_yn ❤️❤️

pierregasly you two sicken me

→ its_yn your hairline sickens me

→ pierregasly @/charles_leclerc dump her

→ charles_leclerc never

user5 charles is just showing men that if you act obsessed enough, it’ll work out

→ yourbrother i think him being unbelievably handsome had something to do with it

scuderiaferrari does this mean you’ll stop talking about her every weekend? 

→ charles_leclerc probably not

→ its_yn you might just see me in the garage more

→ yourdad and us! 

yourmum oh it’s happening! it’s finally happening. i’ll bring the wedding book with me next weekend

→ its_yn no! you promised never to show any one that

→ yourmum but now it’s not just my fantasy, it’s real

→ charles_leclerc yes, please. i’ll bring mine as well

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[ef-1]

For an F1 race literally the best things about this weekend have been non-racing

George taking a calculated risk (daring the FIA to give him a 10 second penalty) but he's bad at maths (they gave him a 20 second penalty)

Alex issuing a public apology to the fans and other teams for "that"[ that being "ruining the race" <- no literally, in his own words thats what he said but he did also say "we didn't want to do it but vcarb did it first"]

Toto and James unironically re-enacting this

Max, who knew he wasn't even going to be in the top 3, decided he's going to slow cook Lando and drive like he's speedphobic

Alonso

Some fuckass university gave Toto Wolff an honorary Doctorate so tell me why the fuck he saw a camera and told them "we forgot about the pit new regulations this weekend ❤️ yes it's true ❤️ deadass the only thing people spoke about this weekend i.e the new regulation? Haha yeah Torger rhymes with Forgor"

The drivers treating the regulations like a joke, Max literally told Sky 😀 maybe they should try Mario Karts next 😀 give us slippery bananas 😀 <- direct quote btw. George telling the media " if they want to make this race interesting they should give us buttons in the car that make sprinklers go off" <- another direct quote

[nottivagos]

have we considered isack hadjar and aphrodisiacs? 👀

notti's nightly thoughts (18+)

an: ohhh, you really want to tease me with isack and aphrodisiacs, do you anon? well, im more than happy to deliver.

if i'm going to be so honest, i don't even think you planned for isack to be drugged tonight. it was supposed to be a fun night at the club after a long race to which he scored his first ever points with vcarb and as a formula one driver.

it's just a shame that isack is well... a little uneducated when it comes to clubs.

he comes back with your drinks from the bar, happily passing yours with a smile before he takes a sip of his own.

well, that tastes a bit funky, but he shrugs it off. such a shame that when he decided to take his eyes off of his drinks, someone slipped aphrodisiacs into one of the glasses, and unfortunately he had to be the one to drink it. however, instead isack thought that maybe the bartender added a little too much liquor. it's no biggie though, as he's here to celebrate and revel in his new successes, not whine and complain on a busy night.

then looking at you starts to feel... odd to isack. you've been his friend for so long, his rock through the troubles of his karting days all the way to him getting the call to vcarb. you'd laughed and cried together, joined at the hip, it just feels wrong to look at you like he is now.

his eyes are glued to your lips, the plushness of the flesh as you wrap them around the straw stuck in your own drink so you can drink it. the way your eyelashes flutter whenever you talk to him, the soft smiles.. it's enough to make his eyes darken and his heart to pound, sending surging blood coursing through his veins like electricity. but why is he feeling this way? it's all so sudden!

that's when his clothes start to feel heavier around his body. his skin pickling hot despite the lounge area being air conditioned, his palms clammy as he clings onto the cold drink for dear life. he drinks some more of his drink, hoping that it'll make him cool down, but little does he know that it's only going to make him worse.

his eyes are still glued on you. the way your dress clings to your body, showing off skin ever so easily as you toy with the straw and the leftover ice at the bottom of your glass. the way you giggle at isack whenever you catch his wide eyed gaze, like a deer in headlights, but instead of being scared he's becoming increasingly hard.

isack’s breaths are now shallow as his heart thunders in his chest. his cock starts to throb as it becomes hard in his jeans, causing him to look down to see the problem. he's confused, embrassed even. why the hell was he having these feelings towards you all of a sudden?

it's not hard to notice isack’s silence, though. you clock it straight away, the way his thighs squeeze shut, the discomfort as he stays sat in the booth, the way his senses are all on overdrive.. it's obvious that something is wrong.

"isack, are you okay?" you ask ever so innocently. you cup a hand to his burning cheek, turning him to look at you as his breathing is shallow and uncontrolled. you think he's on the verge of a panic attack before you notice him glancing down at his strained cock in his jeans. still skeptical, you're still sure he's having a panic attack until your eyes trail to his clenched thighs, revealing his newly found problem.

at this point, isack is way too far gone. his face is flushed a burnt crimson, his lips formed into a pathetic pout as he looks into your now hooded gaze with those puppy dog eyes.

his mouth feels dry as he tries to find words to communicate with you. the tension in the air thick as you just smirk at him. he's stuttering and stammering, trying to prove his innocence one way or another, trying to explain that he doesn't know what happened.

but you know. it's so cute that even isack doesn't know what's going on. you'd be lying if there hadn't been some sort of underlying tension between you and isack, because it was there. the subtle glances he gave you, the brushes of hands when you two walked ever too closely together, the way both of your insides would flutter whenever isack podiumed and you'd be there to celebrate. you were both too stupid to confess your feelings for each other.

"oh chéri," you cooed, holding his cheeks in your hands. "this happens to the best of us," you murmur lowly, barely heard under the thump of the bass in the club. you pressed a soft kiss to his lips, to which his eyes widened in hazed shock, before he melted into it, kissing back with intensity mixed with chemical lust.

luckily enough, you're able to get him into your lap so you can hold him better. his hard clothed member grazing your lap as he continued to kiss you, drunk on the passion from both of you.

"isack," you muttered, holding his face in your hands, looking into his wide, sad eyes. "it's not your fault, baby. i know you didn't mean to," you added, mumbling onto his lips as you pecked them with small, feverish kisses again.

isack whimpered as you stayed sat in his lap, saying his "sorry's" and how he was "ashamed of himself", whilst you continued peppering him in kisses. your lipstick was now smudged all over his face, claiming him as your own as you cupped his cheeks ever so tenderly again.

a wet patch on his crotch had become noticeable after you'd stopped kissing, a stray strand of saliva connecting your lips to each other's. tutting, you pressed one more kiss to his lips before asking:

"should we go and clean you up?" you asked ever so sweetly, completely undermining the smirk forming on your lips. "looks like somebody got a little too excited this evening," you teased, tracing a finger across his bottom lip, before he nodded like an eager puppy with his wide eyes meeting your glimmering ones.

after that, you wrapped your hand around his wrist, yanking him out of that club ready for a night he would never forget in your hotel room <3.

[adoraflush]

—— ❝𝙄 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙄 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 외치듯 내뱉어도｡｡❞𓂃۶ৎ. field of flowers

요약 ､ ᝰ.ᐟ • Cute scenarios with our favorite rookie. ( smau )

𝜗𝜚 Isack Hadjar x f! Hamilton! reader .ᐟ.ᐟ 𝒾nfo ૮ ․ ․ ྀིა idk swearing, best friends/kinda dating, they aren’t married, the reader is younger…blue thoughts🫐 ➤ i felt bored and he’s my favorite rookie so win win.. kinda short

@.ynhadjar : working out except it’s me fooling around whilst he actually does stuff😔..

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┃@.isackhadjar : I can confirm all she did was put bows on everything and then continued to "help" me😭

➜@.ynhadjar : I was a good spotter don’t even question

➜@.isackhadjar : you literally almost dropped it on me

➜@.ynhadjar : what do you want me to say?? That we should totally go for dinner and have a sleepover to make it up for that..🤨

➜@.isackhadjar : yes, no questions asked.

┃@.user382929 : it’s Isack using the VCARB acc to like twice

➜@.isackhadjar: girl be quiet 😕

┃@.VCARB : the admins are questioning our choices rn..

➜@.ynhadjar : WAIT NO PLEASE MY BF(F) WILL BE OUT OF A JOBB😭

➜@.olliewheel : did you just say boyfriend? Are you soft launching 😧??

➜@.luluhamiltion : just when he was starting to be my favorite rookie😔

➜@.ynhadjar : sorry lulu..

┃@.lilymunihe : cutest relationship on the grid i swear

➜@.ynhadjar : awww ty!! But we aren’t dating (unfortunately)

➜@.isackhadjar : unfortunately?

➜@.lilymunihe : ☕️

┃@.user48282 : I wish had this kind of friendship

➜@.user372 : we all do, it’s like they’re dating but they aren’t 😐

┃@.user944 : are they dating?

➜@.user382 : they aren’t they just keep pretending to and it’s so annoying like why can’t you date already??😕

➜@.user10233 : I could’ve sworn they were dating because of the time they kissed on the kiss camera..?

@.isackhadjar : we are now married through our plushies, she really loves sharks. It kind of hurt me when she told me to make the pizzas in a heart shape and do all the work😭

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┃@.ynhadjar : changing my last name fr chat‼️

➜@.user3201 : PLEASE STOP EDGING US🙁

➜@.ynhadjar : it’s too much seeing you guys question if we’re dating or not🫢

➜@.isackhadjar : finally 😟

┃@.FORMULA 1 : please soft launch properly, and please don’t skip dating.

➜@.isackhadjar : of course not we aren’t dating or married ( yet ) but being genuinely honest we are still best friends.

➜@.luluhamilton : I’m starting to question my decisions of approving you..

┃@.landonorizz : so who popped the question because it’s most definitely not Isack.

➜@.ynhadjar : it was me 😼

┃@.lilymunihe : rethink all your choices please before becoming a wag @.ynhadjar, your last name is beautiful don’t do it 🙁

➜@.ynhadjar : my last name is fire never changing it ‼️‼️

@.ynhadjar : went out on a date with my bf, first date lowkey 😼

Liked by Isack, Lewis, Ollie, VCARB, and 2 million others Tagged : @.isackhadjar

┃@.isackhadjar : C’est ma copine‼️, also she made me build all the legos 😭

➜@.ynhadjar : I feared you enjoyed it

➜@.luluhamilton : my LITTLE sister is growing up so fast.

➜@.isackhadjar : @.luluhamilton I’m starting to think you hate me with a burning passion, she’s only 1 year younger than me🙁

┃@.olliewheel : I’m so glad I gave you a pep talk trying to ask him out

➜@.ynhadjar : thank youu‼️‼️

➜@.isackhadjar : @.ynhadjar don’t talk to him.

➜@.ynhadjar : yes sirrr

┃@.VCARB : congratulations 🎉

┃@.luluhamilton : like I stop using this app for 2 days and I come back and my sister is dating a rookie.

➜@.ynhadjar : mb gang😭

┃@.lilymunihe : officially the best couple on this grid🩷

➜@.ynhadjar : thank you, you are such a sweetieee😻

➜@.alexalbon2.0 : OH I thought we were the best??? Want to explain??? @.lilymunihe

[giuseppe-yuki]

pr videos

logan sargeant x hawk shapeshifter!reader

w.c.: 1.2k

warnings: a few curse words, one suggestive innuendo

part of my shapeshifting!reader series

summary: you join logan while he is doing his pr videos for williams

picture credits from pinterest :)

from your perch on the VCARB building, you could see your boyfriend on the roof of the williams building, filming a pr video. with your acute vision that allowed you to see over half a mile away, you could see the strands of his blonde hair waving in the wind, the way the sleeves of his williams team kit stretched over his arm muscles, the shine of his blue-green eyes in the sun, and even the light stubble on his chin. oh, and alex was there too, but why would you look at him when your perfect boyfriend was standing right there? 

you technically weren’t supposed to be sitting on a pipe next to a big ass poster of daniel riccardo’s face on the VCARB roof, but you were getting a little hungry. less than an hour ago, logan had left you in the hotel room, explaining that him and alex were filming pr videos all day and didn’t want you to be waiting in the hot sun. it didn’t hurt spying a little bit on them. besides, you were blending in, because in austin, texas there was always a shit ton of hawks for some reason. 

shaking yourself out of your logan-induced trance, you peer over at alex and see him holding a- piece of tomato? in logan’s hands are some tongs and a metal spatula, making you realize he is currently flipping burgers in front of a smoking grill. great, you think, williams has your boyfriend playing the typical american again. before you can continue your line of thought, your stomach grumbles, so you immediately spread your wings and jump off the building. there’s no harm in capitalizing off of logan’s americanness, you suppose.

gliding smoothly towards the williams roof, you hear logan talking fighting for his life trying to defend himself.

“mate, look at my burger compared to yours! its way better. look at the cheese, the lettuce, the tomato, the juicy meat! your patty is literally burnt and you don’t even have lettuce in your burger! that’s a literal crime.”

“you don’t even have lettuce in your burger” alex mocks. “whatever logan, you’re so american!” 

you can tell the banter between them is playful, both of them shooting pointed remarks at each other as the timer countes down. they're filming an alex vs logan burger challenge, you speculate. 

when you see your chance, you fly at full speed towards the pair, and snatch logan’s burger right off of his plate. clutching the burger in your claws, you circle back and plant yourself on an expensive-looking linen sofa. you give the burger a few experimental pecks. perfectly cooked, and honestly, really good. 

the camerawoman, several members of the williams crew, and both alex and logan’s pr managers all stare at you from behind the camera in surprise, mouths open. alex lets out a sound of pure shock, but his eyes show a little bit of recognition. perhaps logan has mentioned you to alex before? logan, however, looks at you with a small smile and a singular eyebrow raised. 

“mate,” alex starts, “is that your g-” 

logan immediately cuts him off. 

“wow, that was so weird! my burger looked so much better than yours, a real-life american hawk swooped in just to try it.” 

as if coming to her senses, the camerawoman steps in to redirect the focus of the video. “we are totally keeping that in. that was so fucking cool.” she exclaims. she turns around to her camera, and fiddles with it for a little bit before turning back towards you, logan and alex. “by the way, note to the video editor, logan totally won that one. the hawk really sealed the deal.”

“baby there is no way you just did that,” logan says, closing the hotel room door. 

you were lying in a cocoon of sheets with on the giant bed, having flew back to your balcony suite a couple hours ago. 

he takes off his shoes before continuing, “after you flew away, i had to spend over half an hour explaining to the williams crew members that no, i did not somehow summon you using my americanness and burger cooking powers, then fifteen minutes conversing with alex about planning a hangout with him and his girlfriend- who by the way is a cockatiel shapeshifter- and then fourty-five minutes leaving the paddock because i was stopped every two seconds by yet another person who wanted to ask if a hawk did actually steal my burger.” 

you can’t help but to start laughing. “awe i’m sorry logan, i was just a little hungry and i wanted to go see you!” you say in between giggles.

logan leaps onto the bed on top of you and wraps you into a warm hug. “fine, i forgive you. only because i love you,” he says earnestly. he pauses before continuing, “and also because you gave me a great truth to tell for two truths and a lie,” prompting you to burst into laughter again. he puts a well-placed kiss on your cheek. “so what do you want to do next?”

you look into his eyes, a few inches away from yours, and whispers into his ear. “i’m feeling… a little hungry.” 

logan peels himself off of you, and walks towards the hotel room phone.

“i know exactly who to call.” 

later, you find yourself sat in front of the most mouthwatering, scrumdiddlyumptious layout of texas barbeque, coleslaw, and cornbread. god, you loved logan so much. 

the next day, you find yourself in a similar position as the day before. this time, you are perched on a tree on the edge of a beautiful lake. you watch in amusement as logan and alex struggle to put bait on the hook of their fishing rods. logan seemed to have a little bit more luck spearing the worm onto the end of his fishing rod. 

“this is so rigged.” you hear alex complain to the gopro set up in front of him. “logan clearly got a bigger worm than me so its easier to put on and plus, he probably has ages of experience from fishing when he was younger!” 

it was yet another pr video day, but this time williams had them out in the middle of a lake- fishing for content. ‘don’t come back until you caught a fish,’ you had heard the team member jokingly say to the williams drivers as they launched off the dock. currently, it seemed as if alex and your boyfriend were taking his words seriously.

thirty minutes later, both of them were still stuffed in bright red lifejackets sitting in the middle of the lake. it seemed the cameramen that were filming them from a separate boat were having more luck them them, as they had a few minnows swimming in a bucket compared to logan and alex’s zero. 

you swoop down from your tree branch and use your ability to see uncannily well to spot a big bass swimming below you. lighting quick, you snatch it up in your claws and fly toward the williams boat. 

this time, the cameramen see you before logan, and all point their cameras excitedly at you, no doubt getting some high quality content for their upcoming video. 

you drop the still-wriggling bass onto logan’s lap, and perch proudly at the tip of the boat. 

“why thank you birdy,” logan says to you, giving you a big smile. he turns to alex, fighting the urge not to laugh. “i guess i win this challenge yet again.” 

alex wears a smug smile back though. “i just had my birdy go catch me a fish too.” he says, pointing his nose in the air. as if right on cue, a gray and yellow cockatiel whips past you, and drops a mosquito fish in alex’s lap.

logan takes one look and bursts into laughter.

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[slutforpringles]

If that retirement thing is true, i'm most baffled about what is red bull's plan going forward. Because:

1. Yuki has never been considered for promotion to rbr, mostly everyone agree that he's in vcarb only to appease honda.

2. Putting rookies hasn't payed out really well as well

3. Reports suggest Daniel is not very willing to have anything to do with red bull

Has the team lost all their braincells and didn't really think through the consequences of dropping Daniel (well we do know for sure they didn't consider consequences to their public image) or are they that convinced that liam is the next Max? It just doesn't seem logical at all

I will say if the retirement rumours are true (although Checo's story is kinda telling in terms of how confident he currently feels in the second RB seat) then I think it does suggest there is some truth to the Daniel was actually Red Bull's plan for the 2025 seat before whatever the fuck happened over the last couple of weeks.

The latest The Race podcast had some really interesting comments on Lawson, namely that he has repeatedly throughout his career adapted very quickly to a new car/environment but also very quickly reached his own ceiling. So given that, it's not entirely surprising he did a good job hopping into the AT last season, but I think Red Bull are aware that just because he did OK for five races, that doesn't necessarily point towards him having long-term high level success in F1. I think they KNOW he's not the next Max, and Horner's comments about Lindblad (or even Hadjar) show they are both more exciting prospects to the team I think.

The Yuki situation is tricky, because I think the Honda connection is obviously part of it, but I think it's his temperament more than anything that's stopping Red Bull trying him in the second Red Bull. And I do think he has improved a lot in that regard (and I think Daniel has had a very large influence in that), but even the difference between Daniel and Yuki's reactions to the team orders situation in Singapore made it abundantly clear why Red Bull still have reservations.

Personally I think Daniel very much deserves to be as far away from the people that treated him like absolute crap as possible, BUT if Red Bull came crawling back needing him and he was in a good negotiating position then I wouldn't blame him for wanting that final shot at a few more race wins and to finish off his career properly.

I think Red Bull is so caught up in their own game of power and toxic politicking that many a decision this year has been in furtherance of someone's agenda as opposed to actually about being the right/best decision for the team.

[blorbocedes]

it’s crazy that redbull use to love chopping drivers’ heads off mid season because they got the ick, but now they are just unwilling to sacrifice anyone, on top of promising lawson a seat and having another driver on the come up who’s a championship contender in f2. they don’t have solid plans for yuki, but keep extending his contracts with the sister team, they’re letting dr hoard the seat with his nasty asscheeks. checo seems to have his place secured too, but it will probably bite them in the future, because this gap between him and max will be punishing as others have been catching up

if you want 'my source: I made it up' take on it all it goes like this:

the redbull power struggle from earlier this year hasn't ended. it's merely at an impasse. redbull's thai owners stopped horner from getting fired, and max credibly threatening to leave and tying his contract to helmut's means CH can't get the old man fired either. and remember, helmut used to be in charge of who gets the seat when deitrich was alive and still holds considerable influence

if DR performed like yuki is this year, you would've absolutely seen him in the redbull car by now because he was brought in as Horner's pet project. they would happily mid season chop Checo's neck. then lawson who proved himself in the car could fill his seat in vcarb

you'll see conflicting narratives where redbull/DR sources like medland will say yuki's not in contention for redbull, yuki's shopping for other seats and he doesn't even want the seat

and then yuki himself saying he's happy to be in vcarb until he gets a shot at redbull, and helmut saying he is being looked at.

since yuki would be helmut's pick, horner doesn't want to consider him and thus lose out on the driver selection process. that's why you'll also hear so much "oh yuki goes wherever Honda will take him" yuki also has never been allowed to test in a redbull, ever. so whenever there's narratives of put DR in the car he's the fastest in the sim -- yuki hasn't ever been allowed to test for that car!!! and they've had everyone in their junior programme including f3 drivers test it!!!

so checo. the car is worse this year, and hes showing for it by being 5th in the standings rn. If redbull loses the constructors, esp with Ferrari catching up, it will be because of checo. but checo brings in the most sponsors after max and lewis, so the math horner has to justify to the board is he brings in more $ than losing first in the constructors will give us (around 20 mil). the redbull also being harder to drive means you don't want to risk an entirely new driver getting to grips with it when you have someone for the past few years who has reliably driven it where you want (checo was 2nd in standings last year).

checo getting the 1 year extension means once again he'll have to prove his worth for the team, and will be expendable after 2025. 2026 is when new regulations kick in! that changes the whole game... max allowing the merc flirtation to happen this year and redbull (horner) saying they're looking at fernando and carlos and whoever else is in chess when both sides make forward pawn moves. max is showing he's not married to redbull until 28, esp if the engines aren't good, and redbull going fine! we can look at other drivers too~ (not in their own junior programme tho 💀).

that's why they're keeping the status quo for 2025 and trying to keep EVERY driver available, cause then 2026 with new regs and Ford becomes the game changer.

[kuhciao]

i’m very tired but i managed to push this little bit out before i fall asleep. this is the last scene other than at the race that they’ll have together ALIVE!! ugh i can’t believe im almost done with this story. anyway it’s below the cut!!

“what the fuck?” isack was the first to speak, breaking the god-awful silence that wove itself into every nook and cranny of liam and isack’s existences. his voice was soft and airy, but accusing, filled with a bit of pain, anguish and pure shock. his heart rate has skyrocketed.

liam watched as isack walks around the center island so they’re both on the same side of the kitchen. liam shuffles backwards, pushing the guitar back with his feet. he’s half certain isack is going to hit him back. not that isack had ever done it before—he hasn’t, he’d never hit liam—but liam deserved it. he was also very far from rational right now.

but isack doesn’t even raise a hand. part of liam wants to be surprised, but he’d already known that this would be calm, or as calm as liam would let it be. “i’m sorry,” liam croaks as his eyes find isack’s. he can’t really understand the look.

liam wants to feel guilty. he wants to feel that it’s wrong. wants to feel peace again. wants to sing a different song.

but he can’t. he knows what he did was necessary. he was trying to prove something. to isack, to himself, to the world. just to anyone who cared enough to pay attention to the vcarb driver at all. the group of people was very small. liam’s mother, isack, enzo,—a dog, how caring—whatever small group of fans he has, and maybe still hannah. he hopes hannah still thinks about him.

isack takes a step towards liam and liam doesn’t flinch or back away this time. he feels everything inside of him melt into a mess of emotions as isack wraps both of his arms around liam, disregarding the torn flesh on his head. liam was in more distress right now.

“i don’t know why you did that.” isack whispers into liam’s ear, resting his head on liam’s broad shoulder. “but i’m not mad.”

how could he ever be mad at this God given gift that was somehow his boyfriend? he didn’t have enough time to be mad at liam.

“you should be.” liam argues, his hands finding there way from isack’s back muscles to his neck to the back of his head. liam’s rough hands gently pad over the gash he’s created. isack lets out a barely audible whine, but sinks into liam’s body. it’s unclear who’s comforting who. “you should be.” liam repeats quietly.

“we’ll have to get you a new guitar.” isack says, watching as liam pulls away and takes a quick glance to the heap of wood and strings on the floor. liam won’t be getting a new guitar. won’t even play another song. he’s trying to remember the last song he played.

funnily enough, it’s ’life is a highway’. a simple song from a kids movie, a silly song. liam really liked that one.

liam stays close to isack, but keeps his eyes on the guitar. he can still see the piece of wood from the body of the guitar with two hearts—the nicer looking one by liam, and the other by isack. the heart on the page beat in sync with the ones inside liam and isacks’ chests. will isack’s heart stop when liam’s does?

isack can only hope not. he has a life to live. a life without liam. a life with yuki. he has to accept that.

after the bits of the guitar are cleaned up and thrown away (minus the bit with the hearts; isack kept that for himself) and liam has cleaned and bandaged isack’s head, they cozy up in the hotel bed.

it’s far from comfort. stiff with thin blankets, but it’s better than a coffin, liam reminds himself. liam is lying. on his stomach with his head resting sideways on isack’s chest, his head bobbing up and down with isack’s breathing. the frenchman has a hand woven through liam’s soft blond hair, using his nails to scratch soft circles into liam’s scalp. liam seems content for the first time in a while.

isack leans forward to give a little kiss to the top of liam’s head, assuming that liam has fallen asleep on top of him since he hasn’t moved for the last while. liam’s head peaks from from the blanket over it, glancing at isack with tired eyes that are, for some reason, still open.

[mysteriouslyjovialcolor]

Abu Dhabi 2024

-Seeing Charles in p19 is stuff from my nightmares

-“Leclerc at the back of the grid” Just why

-“Max Verstappen will be a menace, won’t he?” Yes! Bring it on!

-Franco!! It’s too early for emotional talkkkk!!

-Valterri too? Come on, I can’t watch this race with teary eyes

-Can they stop talking about Sergio leaving already??

-Holy fricking shit! Max, you literal menace!!

-Oh no Checo too?? What in the telepathic connection??

-Charlesssssss! Up to p8 already!!!!

-Checo?!? No! Istg!!! Aaaaaaahh whyyyy???

-Charles overtaking masterclass is what I was praying for

-“Kevin Magnussen, what a great first lap for him” Went in with the right amount of chaos! Let’s go!

-Ooh Pierre!!

-Max didn’t waste any time there, getting past Liam at the restart

-Oscar??

-Valterri was the won who hit Checo? Why???

-Early pit stop from Oscar

-What an end to a season from Max. That 10s penalty sums up everything. Since when do we penalize first lap incidents anyway?

-“Yup, move of a world champion that one” Hehe

-“Whilst they were swapping around on the inside, he was dancing around the outside” Happy Charles>>>

-How are we only 7 laps in?

-I’m so so happy for Charles

-Oop Oscar’s got a penalty too. Can’t we just cancel out both penalties now?

-Go Max!

-“6 different constructors in the top 6” Fun

-Charles, Charles, Charles

-Why are so many drivers having false starts lately??

-Woah good move there from Lewis Liam

-Charles? Track limits? Come on be cool

-Charles and Max simultaneously making moves! Let’s go!

-“No pace mate” WHY

-Ugh come on! Slow stop for Kevin

-Still salty about Esteban not being here

-Come on Charles! P3 yeah?

-Poor Zhou, him being in a Sauber should be penalty enough

-I had such high hopes of a Hulkenburg podium :(

-Ferrari starting off pit stop games? Oh nvm

-If they mess up Charles’ strategy I will murder someone

-“Stay out” “Why?!” Hahaha mood

-Genuinely what was the point of bringing Jack in this race?

-The wheels aren’t on??

-What’s going on at VCarb?

-Franco?!? Oh no, whyyy??

-Fricking James Vowles

-10s stop and go? Goddamn

-“Slowest pit stop for Max Verstappen this season” Did we all collectively forget about Mexico?

-What the hell happened to Valterri’s tire??

-Kevin?!

-“Isn’t that just f*cking great?” Should I just kms?

-Woah Aston Martin playing strategy games. You don’t see that very often

-“Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen” Champions line-up

-Aw he said “Hammer time”

-Let’s go Max!!

-The sky looks so pretty there

-Kevin with the fastest lap. Please let him keep it

-Just realized Yuki’s still in points. Yay.

-🎶 Max Verstappen 🎶

-“Here comes Max Verstappen” I love hearing that

-He said top 6 finish and he got top 6 finish (please let him burn the car after the race)

-Oscar??

-“This is the rhythm” Laughing through the pain

-At least we get Charles and Carlos sharing the podium one last time as teammates

-Lewis really pushing there

-Ferrari trying a gamble? Please don’t

-Puncture??

-Yesss Lewissss!!

-Woo! Okayy constructors champions! Pretty cool how the last time McLaren were champions, the current drivers weren’t even born yet.

-Are they the youngest ever constructors champions lineup? Cause that would be cool too

-Lewis donuts??!

-I’m so glad he gets to end on a high and make better moves next season

-Going to really miss Kevin, Zhou, Valterri and Franco (and Daniel and Logan and Charles and Carlos as teammates and Nico and Kevin as teammates and please let Checo stay and and)

-Brb going to cry

[starlightiing]

right so they are talking about putting yuki in the red bull only now that its underperforming the vcarb, on the weekend of his home race which is a huge deal for him?

only now that the red bull isn't doing well, we decide to put yuki it. with the potential for him to have a really hard time with it in front of his fans on his home soil?

you already fucking murdered his career, why are you trying to do it even fucking faster, red bull? please, for the love of fuck, let this not be true.

[luv4estiebestie]

The Kimi Antonelli strategy

With Lewis Hamilton leaving Mercedes and the silly season being in full force all year long, one name has become big like no other; freshly eighteen year old Kimi Antonelli. After Toto Wolff, Mercedes team has practically admitted Antonelli would fill the second Mercedes seat next year, there are quite a few questions and talks around him. Why not put him in the Williams for a season? What does Mercedes see in him? And most importantly; What is their plan for the future?

Let's start out with the easiest one; Why not put him in the Williams first? 

A lot of people forget that Williams is not the junior Mercedes team, but their own independent team. While most Mercedes drivers have come from Williams, that is mere coincidence. Unlike Red Bull with Vcarb, Mercedes and Williams don’t work together besides the engine. To compare, let me explain Red Bull GmbHs strategy; both teams get funded from the same company, Red Bull GmbH, which results in the two teams being incredibly close. Oracle Red Bull racing, the ‘real’ team is supposed to bring in championships and wins, while Vcarb is supposed to be a midfield team to figure out future talents for the first team. The upside of this is, that even if Vcarb does not win and does not perform, they still get funded, as long as they work as a junior team, but that's a problem for another time. Williams does not get funded by Mercedes and does not profit by Mercedes winning, they are not one brand and Mercedes most likely does not want them as a junior team in the case of Antonelli;

First of all, the Williams car is bad. Even an experienced driver like Albon, who showed he can drive for podiums and probably even wins in a good car, has to scrape for points. This weekend in Zandvoort, the car seemed to be better. Only for him to get disqualified because it's illegal. I think my point is pretty obvious here. Currently, Williams are rumored to be thinking about replacing Sargeant and since the Williams has no open seats for Antonelli next year, with Sainz in the second seat, some people think Antonelli should get the last nine races as experience for next year in the Mercedes, but Toto Wolff has clearly stated that would not happen. 

As mentioned, the Williams car is bad, so he would not get as much experience as one would expect but even worse, his confidence would be destroyed and people would only see him place 20th because nothing else is possible in the car and fault Antonelli. Furthermore, Mercedes has a clear strategy with Antonelli which would not be allowed anymore; they try to give him experience in F1 cars, by letting him test old Mercedes cars in many testing days. It’s one of the strategies that are claimed to have helped Piastri get as good as he is right now, with not as much experience in grand prixs but many in testing. If Antonelli would compete now, though, he would not be able to test these older Mercedes cars anymore. Last but not least, he still drives in F2 and Mercedes and Toto Wolff most likely want to avoid ruining his confidence by throwing him in a car he is not used to. 

To the next question; What does Mercedes see in him?

A lot of people are confused; Antonelli is only seventh in the F2 standings and is being beaten by other drivers who are also rookies. I’ve talked about it before; F2 is not as fair as people think it to be. Antonelli has one of the most prestigious junior careers, sadly many of those categories are pretty new, so it's not comparable with F1 drivers, but if you compare him to other current F2 and F3 drivers, he has the most titles by winning a bunch of different series, like the italian F4 and ADAC F4, in the same year and also the motorsport games F4 cup and although i still do not quite understand what exactly that is, he did win with a broken wrist, which is a feat in itself. He also won the formula regional middle east championship and FRECA. The whole point is, he did all of that in two years, was a rookie in quite a few of these categories and would have most likely won F3 by a margin. He is one of the most promising young drivers and all of these things still exclude the extensive private testing Mercedes has made him do. Only considering that he has made multiple, I'm convinced his times are good. His results may not seem as bright in F2, but you need to keep in mind that Mercedes themselves are aware of the engine problems in F2 and can evaluate a good driver far better than any fan.

Last but not least; What is their plan for the future?

Some people still think Antonelli is too young and Mercedes should take another driver for a year, let Antonelli do a second season in F2 and give him more experience, but that would be most likely a waste of a seat for a full year. If you compare Sargeant and Piastri, the last two rookies that have made it to F1, you’ll see that even though Piastri has done what's now FRECA, F3 and F2 in three years, he doesn’t lack as much as experience as Sargeant does, because as mentioned multiple times, Piastri did testing in old F1 cars and got put into an F1 seat. No matter how many years drivers do in lower categories, they will need a bit of adjustment time and my guess is for Mercedes that they want to get Antonelli adjusted to the car in ‘25 so that they can focus on the championship in ‘26. 

I think the situation around Antonelli is quite interesting and I hope that by bringing him in, Mercedes will start the trend again of trusting young drivers even in good cars. In recent years, most young drivers had to go through midfield teams before even getting the chance in a good car, but with the cost cap, many midfield teams don’t want to dare getting young drivers anymore that are more expensive.

But I would really like to hear what others think of Mercedes' strategy; will they be able to get him good as quickly as it was managed with Piastri? Or will his situation turn out closer to Sargeants? As always, I'd love comments on the matter.

[theimpoliteone]

currently trying not to throw up at work bc of the danny news…

literally what sense does this move make? even if danny wasn’t performing up to the standards VCARB had, why switch him with lawson now when there are SIX races left??

VCARB is 52 points behind Aston Martin in the constructors. there’s no way they could make up enough of that gap for it to matter in just SIX RACES

not to mention Danny is marketing GOLD. hell, his management team was the one that got VCARB the Cash App sponsorship in the first place!

at the very least, they could have been respectful about this and let him finish out the season and then signed Lawson for next year

danny is a man who is an impeccable ambassador for the sport — literally the first driver we meet on Drive to Survive — who always has a smile on his face even when he’s trying not to cry. after everything he went through at red bull, renault, mclaren… we thought him coming back to the red bull family would only help him

i hope his life becomes much easier now that he doesn’t have to deal with red bull’s bs

[asficdiary]

⏲ The Driver's Seat || Fernando Alonso || Chapter Four ⏲

The next Thursday I’m entering the Silverstone Grand Prix paddock. I had been warned by many people that the jump from F2 to F1 in terms of media would be big, but nothing could have prepared me for the amount of photographers and videographers there are immediately upon entering. “Just carry on walking don’t pay them much mind” My father says falling in step beside me. I take a deep breath and continue walking to the Aston Martin Hospitality, where I was told to report before going to the press conference room.

Once at the hospitality my assistant immediately has me signing things before rushing me to the FIA conference rooms. As I enter the conference room hallway I see a group of drivers chatting, Including Liam. "If it isn't the driver of the weekend" He says walking up to me and giving me a hug, it was the first time we had seen each other this weekend. "Would you like me to introduce you to the drivers that we are going to be in the conference with?" He asks and I nod, before I follow him towards everyone. "Everyone, this is Athena. Athena this is Everyone" He introduces me. "Nice to meet you kid" Carlos shakes my hand. "Nice to see you again, Athena" Max says, shaking my hand.

"You're the girl Liam hasn't shut up about since this morning" Isaack Hadjar says smiling. “Talking about me?” I ask, chuckling. "Who isn't?" He questions back. "Tell me about it" I laugh, running a hand through my hair. "How do you know Liam?" Carlos asks. "We grew up together, Similar categories and all that" I smile. All the drivers nod. "Well we won't ask you any more questions, you're going to be asked a million of them in the next few minutes. Take it from me" Hadjar jokes, I laugh. "Thanks Isaack." I say before he starts asking me questions as if seemingly forgetting what he just said. We talk a bit before he informs me that Liam's, the VCARB driver that was in the meeting, was not him, even though he thought it was.

A few jokes later we're all walking into the room and I feel like everyone's eyes are on me. I stand up straighter. My anxiety skyrockets as I feel my hands getting sweaty. I smile walking to the couch on the stage. "Well this isn't imitating at all" I joke and a few laughs come from the drivers. I sit down and a few moments later the reporter introduces us. Max gets asked a question and he gives a blunt answer before Carlos is asked one. When it finally comes to me, the reporter smiles before asking me; "You have raced in most feeder series, most currently being F2. Why do you think it's taken you so long to actually get a chance in F1?" He asks.

I take a deep breath "The feeder series have many different talents, some of which have been shown to be perfect in F1. Last year this sport saw five different drivers leave and five new faces taking their place. I just have to believe this timing is right for me" I smile. He nods.

"You've mentioned drivers retiring and new faces taking their place, are you hoping that Fernando Alonso retires so you could possibly take his place?" He asks. I can't stop myself from letting out a laugh. "Fernando is only a rookie, why would I try to take his place?" I joke and the room laughs, Including him. I wasn't even aware he was in the room until now. I feel like there's a gun to my head. My leg starts bouncing, the blue denim feeling suddenly itchy against it. "No but ja, um, Fernando is an incredible driver, always has been, always will be. I don't think he's done with this team yet and as much as a seat in F1 would be amazing, I don't see it happening for me just yet." I smile and look back at the guy asking the questions and he's nodding. I look back to where Fernando is. He winks at me with a thumb up before disappearing behind a few drivers. I take a deep breath and look at Liam, his face in neutral but his eyes are asking if I’m alright. I nod and give a small smile before I turn back to focusing on the conference.

"Athena?" I turn back to the guy. "You raced against many drivers in the feeder series who are on the grid, how are you feeling about that?" The next question comes. "It's heart-warming to be frank. I mean, I've raced alongside them, I've beat them, and I've lost to them. We grew up together, some more than others obviously, but we're all cut from the same cloth at the end of the day, and that is what makes this weekend so special to me." I smile. I answer a few more questions focusing more on the car and driving before we're finished with the press conference.

Once the conference is done, I do a seat fit test, a suit test and have a few media duties to be done. When I get back to the hospitality, my assistant tells me I'm done with everything I need to do today for both series and can go home. I thank her before going to my new driver's room and grabbing my stuff. As I put something in my bag a small knock is heard on my door. I turn around and see Fernando. I smile. He nods, "How are you doing Kid?”. I chuckle dryly, "It's a big change, and I haven't even gotten into the car yet". He leans against the door frame and my stomach flips. Odd. "I can imagine so. Listen, I believe you're going to the team dinner tonight?" He asks. I nod, "Yea, Mike asked me this morning. Said it'll be a good way to get to know everyone I'll be working with this weekend" I smile. "He's right, it helps to get situated." He nods.

I have never felt more awkward than I do at this moment, I shift my weight from the ball of my feet to my heels. He clears his throat. "Look, your dad mentioned to me that you might want to pick my brain a bit about the race and the car tonight" He questions. I roll my eyes and sigh. “He wanted me too, I didn’t really wanna bother you about it, but yea, it could be helpful for the team for me to have a bit of insight. But It’s no pressure if not, I can handle myself” I say hoping my voice isn’t as shaky as it feels.

"I don’t doubt that for a second kid. Unfortunately I won't be at the dinner tonight, but I'll be more than happy to grab some drinks on Saturday Night. Then you have some time to get adjusted and make sure you have all the questions you need for me to answer" He tells me. I smile and nod. "That would be amazing Fernando, Thank you. Wait-you've been speaking to my Dad?" I don't know why it caught me off guard. My father and Fernando had grown up together, childhood best friends. My father had done karting with Fernando but had stopped after he fell in love with the financial side of racing. Two years before Fernando joined F1, my father had met my mom, fallen head over heels, moved to South Africa and got married. A few years later I was born.

"Yes Athena, your father and I still talk" He chuckles and I run my hand through my hair looking at him. "But Saturday night?" He adds. "That's perfect Fernando, Thank you" I say, throwing my bag over my shoulder. "Perfect see you Saturday" He winks before turning to walk out the room. "Oh and kid?" He stops and turns to me. "Yea?" I pause. "Goodluck this weekend" He smiles. I look at him and smile wider. "Thank you, Fernando. Same to you" He shakes his head. "I don't need luck". And with that he walks out the room and disappears.

I let out a nervous breath and clench my fists. I wasn’t afraid to admit that Fernando was my idol, when you grow up watching the sport of course you have favourites and I had sort of always naturally gravitated to the Spaniard.

My phone dings pulling me from my thoughts. I walk out the door and I pull it out of my pocket. "Wanna do movies tonight?" Liam’s message reads. "I'm sorry, I have a team dinner. Tomorrow night? I can see if Kayla wants to join us?" I reply, waiting for his next message. "I have plans with Yuki and Issack tomorrow. I can ask if you can join or we can do Saturday?" He offers. I think back to my conversation with Fernando. "Don't worry, I don't want to intrude. Can't do Saturday either, Sunday?" I reply. "What plans do you have on Saturday? But that's fine, Sunday Debrief sounds good" He replies and I send a heart before putting my phone away and leaving the paddock for my hotel.

By the time I reach my room and fall onto the bed I question if telling Mike I'd come to the team dinner was a good idea. Kayla, my cousin and best friend, walks out the bathroom and looks at me. "You look exhausted" She states the obvious. "I am" I tell her. I look up at her and her hair is pulled back into a sleek braid. "Where are you going?" I ask. "To dinner with your dad and Fernando" She sings his name like one of my favourite ABBA songs. "So that's what he's doing tonight" I say. "Huh?" Kayla pauses from putting her gold hoop earrings in.

"Nothing, he just came to talk to me earlier before I left. I'm going for drinks with him on Saturday to discuss some stuff about the team and what not. Dad apparently told him I wanted to speak to him a bit but he said he wasn't gonna be at the dinner tonight." I tell her, She smirks. "Drinks just the two of you…Okayyyyy." I give her a very unimpressed look. "But no he asked your dad if he was free and then invited us to dinner at the restaurant of the hotel, when your dad said yes." She tells me. “What happened to you being my date at my team dinner, I need to know at least someone” I give her a look and her face drops.

“Fuck you were serious about that? Your tone when you asked made me think you were joking!” She panics. “Kayla, it’s chill. Don’t worry. I was being serious but it’s not the end of the world. Plus, I’m nosey.” I admit and she laughs. “Don't worry Athena, I'll tell you all the details when we get back. He is the love of your life after all" She sings. "Kayla!!" I push my face into the pillow. I was waiting for her to bring this up, ever since I told her I was racing this weekend beside him. "I haven't liked him since I was like fifteen can't you just forget already" I cry out. "Oh no babes, I was your biggest shipper back then, and I will still be now" She tells me. "Nee Man, Asseblief" (No Man, Please) I shout turning onto my back.

"Fine, I'll stop but when you two become teammates next year I won't be surprised if something happens" She tells me walking across the room into the bathroom, looking at herself in the mirror. "You and Liam both, Delusional. What's your reasoning for believing I’m getting the seat next year?" I ask. I knew that the seat was available and I was being tested this weekend. But I hadn’t told anyone else. I didn’t want to give them false hope.

"What did Liam say? But I've been doing some research. Strolls slept with Fernando's niece. And Since Fernando is their star driver and Lance has said this might be his last year in F1, You've come at the right time. So I'm ninety-nine percent sure you're going up a series next year. And with your history of a crush on a certain someone, Something is bound to happen" She tells me. Idol? Crush? Same thing right?

"You shouldn't listen to all the fake news Kayla, A Lot of it isn't true. Even if Liam gave me the exact same story from more reliable sources" I tell her putting air quotes around reliable. "When has Liam ever been reliable? Okay but just don't get offended when I say; I told you so" She tells me. "That was uncalled for, firstly. And sure you have full permission, because it’s never going to happen" I say.

"Perfect, now I need to carry on getting ready. And don't you need to as well?" She states. I nod standing up walking to my cupboard. I quickly switch out my jeans for sweat pant's and take off my shirt so I'm left in my white sports bra. I walk into the bathroom putting my hair into a messy bun. "What should I wear tonight?" I ask, grabbing my makeup bag and putting it in the sink as I sit on the counter. "It's supposed to get quite chilly so what about that green half neck sweater?" She says. "That with my denim skirt?" I ask. "That sounds perfect" She tells me.

"How's everything back home going, Feel like we haven't spoken in forever" I ask. She sighs. "Let's just say I might be going back to the studio in flames. This past week was unbelievable. Luckily Sofie is with her friend this week so I don't have to worry about her. But everything else is chaos. Lee quit because of a twelve year old in his class who is one of those spoiled brats you see on Tiktok. They were supposed to be watching the studio this weekend for me, so I had to get Andie to do it. And it's not that I don't trust her, It's just that she has an American brain, so she thinks leaving without putting on the alarm is fine. But as we've previously learnt this is not the case. But at least Cassie, her daughter, told me she'll double check. I love Cassie, she's got a good future ahead of her." She rambles.

"What about Fred? Where's he?" I ask. She groans. "If I had a cent for the amount of distrust I currently have in him, I would be a millionaire" She says. "Fred was always your go to? What happened?" I ask. "Stacy," She says plainly. I look at her with wide eye's putting on makeup. "He met this girl and she was super sweet. Didn't really like her cause you can see she's one of those that put it on way too fake. And since she's been in the picture Fred's been complaining he doesn't make as much money as he should. Which I guess you know, is somewhat fair. But he's earning close to my salary and he's only there like two days a week and doesn't do his job properly. His classes are so far behind the rest. I could replace him, pay the person half what he gets, and have them there full time. But no, I signed the bloody contract that keeps him till the end of the year." She rants.

"Have you tried speaking to him?" I ask. "Pft- Have I tried speaking to him? That's all I've done. At this point it might just be best to get someone in for the four days he doesn't work and fuck out that money, because it's not fair on the kids he teachers. But then I still have to find a replacement for Lee. Because I've tried getting him to come back, but he's doing some IT job online now so he's fine where he is. Which you know, As long as he's happy. I just don't know what I'm supposed to do." She says walking and grabbing her dress for the night, slipping it on over her oversized t-shirt, before pulling the t-shirt off.

"What if you combine your two problems?" I ask. "Huh?" She looks at me confused. I chuckle. "You need a replacement for Fred and Lee. Add the two together. Can't you maybe hire someone that does both their genres, And then only pay Lee's salary, maybe a bit more. Get them for the days Fred doesn't work. So when Fred does work they do Lee's stuff and When Freds not there they do Fred's stuff. You guys are open six days a week, so three days one genre, three the other" I try to explain. She wags her finger at me nodding.

"Yes, you're so right! Could be a bit hard to find the right person especially at such a notice but it's definitely an Idea. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you" She repeats, hugging me and giving me a kiss on my cheek. "I have to go now, but we need to talk about you next time okay?" She questions. I laugh. "Yea, I love you, have fun!" I say as she grabs stuff out of our room. "Love you more! Byeeee" She shouts before I hear the door close. I laugh to myself before I look back at the mirror. I pull my hair out of the bun and smile. I run the brush through it a few times before I turn and grab my clothes and get changed. I put on a pair of black sneakers and grab my small backpack. I make sure I have everything I might need for the evening. Before looking at the time.

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Hi! I'm new to F1 (well my hubby loves it and I'm trying to be supportive haha) and I enjoy your posts about it. I have perhaps a dumb question though... Why does everyone hate McLaren? Seems to me the team everyone loves to hate is Red Bull. Is there historic beef?

Thanks! Soz for the random F1 question!

I enjoy your posts about it <- you sure that's a good idea? (Jk jk... Unless 👀)

Why does everyone hate McLaren? Seems to me the team everyone loves to hate is Red Bull. Is there historic beef? <- whooo boy. That's a long explanation.

I'm going to put it under the cut because I don't want to clog anyone's dash - also, keep in mind that this is my personal opinion (which others may share) so it's 💯 biased

RBR - I hate the business model they have going on with these goddamn demotions with the team. I hate the fact that they somehow can circumvent the contract system by using Toro Rosso/VCarb/whatever their name is right now as a 'reserve team'. I hate the toxicity that seems to permeate the whole ass team (see latest incident - openly playing porn in the pitlane's computer). I hate that they do not seem to care about their damn drivers, especially juniors (see incidents with Kvyat being suicidal, JEV ending up in the hospital for a suspected eating disorder, etc). I hate Christian Horner, the team's toxic king - slimy weaselly motherfucker (see latest incident - sexual harassment of woman who was his subordinate). I hate Helmut Marko, the resident old man who's constant racist remarks are being written off as "haha old man talking".

McLaren - Whatever else they may have done, I (personally) cannot get past nvited Donald Trump to their goddamn garage like it was some kind of privilege to have the man even breathe the same stale air as them. Donald Trump! Lando commented on what an honor it was to meet him. Are they fucking kidding us with this shit? There's absolutely no excuse for that shit. So yeah, I hope their engines explode at every given opportunity. Fuck that orange team, and especially fuck Zak Brown.

[the-vroom-f1]

Imola GP highlights

hamilton and perez immediately making moves

vcarbs seem to be qualifying well but when it comes to the actual race they aren't holding

Max is leading but hasn't pulled a gap yet

"Yes come on" - a happy hulk

Albon, Bottas both pit to try and force others to pit

Williams didn't put Alex's wheel on properly - team will be fined (is this karma for their shenanigans towards Logan? - their season is getting real expensive)

poor Alex was on track going so slow trying to get out of the way of the mess that is fourth and fifth place

Yuki pulls ahead of Hulk when he exits the pit

Max has officially fucked off into the sunset with a five second gap

Checo out into the gravel (he's having a rough weekend)

max's tire isn't vibing

after lando pits he gets caught behind perez - he's probably going to be stuck there -Never mind he passed him

Max may have fucked with track limits and got a very stern warning

Lewis is apparently pretending he's on a slip and slide and into the gravel

both oscar and charles pass checo who didn't even try and fight him

mid field doing midfield things

carlos overtakes checo then george does a minute later

Oscar chasing his second ferrari

Yuki has had some overtakes, very clean

Lewis overtakes stroll on the chicane

Perez actually wants to fight lewis?? after letting like five other drives just pass on through

Lewis overtook him around the outside with some late breaking

the final few pit -and checo is back in 11th - then 10th - then 9th

this is a boring track. im bored.

Zhou defends magnussen - kmag if he didn't have 10 points he would have fought more - maybe that's why im bored

"Speak up" - mclaren radio with crackling from the devil himself

zhou and kmag battle gets interupted by lando and charles

Stroll is having a good weekend with clean passes on kmag and yuki

Chalrles cuts some grass on the chicane

radio shenanigans - max and gp sound like an old married couple and Lando sounds like he may strangle someone

Albon has to retire for some reason??

Lando is actually catching max - come on Lando

more great radio's - mad max makes an appearance as he yells at Yuki who was in the way

Lando just demolishes those corners

Ocon with an unusual but well done overtake

Max's battery is almost empty

It is sooooo close

If we had one more lap...

Max wins with 7 tenths of a second gap - that is insane

That's that see ya'll next week