Do You Get It

we always talk about the beautiful hugs max gives and here we have nico rosberg... trying to choke sebastian vettel

if I had a nickel for every time nigel was on the podium with an iconic toxic teammate ship i'd have two nickels etc

2018, kendrick lamar plays loyalty with footage of nico rosberg's world championship win in the background

10-4, no switchin' sides, feel somethin' wrong You actin' shifty, you don't ride with me no more, I need Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty

He is sassy af, can’t dance to save his life, loves chillies and embarrassing pizza toppings. He delivers every debrief with detail and gusto. He’s the only man Lewis Hamilton argues with. He’s the engineer of Jenson’s heart. He’s Andrew Shovlin!

Andrew Shovlin | Pre-season Testing 2020

for narrative purposes i think the funniest possible thing that could happen is adrian newey going to ferrari and the car just absolutely flopping. you get a ferrari-newey-hamilton lineup and they are just. so slow. snail pace car. fighting for their lives in the middle of the grid. i actually think italy would explode

i was always curious about this picture of nico seemingly upset on the podium and lewis trying(?) to comfort him so I dug up the lore.

here's nico looking gorgeously upset on podium. now let's set the scene:

it's bahrain grand prix 2015, and lewis hamilton has won 3 out of 4 races this season. the other race win? sebastian vettel. you have to realise in 2014, nico took it to the last race he was the clear title contender and now lewis and seb are above him in the standings. everyone's giving him the full checo in 2023 treatment, is rosberg a second driver now is his career OVER!!! brocedes are also beefing in the previous race, china 15

is the rosberg flop era imminent?!

hamilpole, vettel 2nd and nico 3rd in quali. race start and nico gets fucking Punted into p4. everyone thinks it's joever.

nico spends this entire race fighting for his life, battling vettel for p2 and is on his ass, forcing him into mistakes. it isn't until vettel damages his front wing and needs to pit letting nico pass. however! 14 laps to go and kimi has pitted for softs is when nico's breaks start failing. these mercs are fast but they're not reliable. kimi starts gaining a second a lap and with 3 laps to go, he overtakes nico to p2.

on the podium and after, nico is upset even though he's now second in the championship -- overtaking vettel by 1 point.

but you can see the gap to lewis, and it doesn't matter how good a race you have or what issues your car has when you're compared to thee teammate of all time.

toto tried empathy simulator

thanks lewis, very helpful

nico's upset on podium because it is hugely frustrating to earn that p2 and lose it in the final 3 laps. he writes in his column:

the next race in barcelona, nico would go to win the race from pole, his first victory in the 2015 season 🏆

anyways I think of that moment where nico's miserable on the podium and lewis nudges his shoulder like chin up, bud a lot

Toto Wolff on Nico and Lewis rivalry 🥲

never meet your heroes.

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