HOW DO YOU LOSE 26 PODIUMS!??!!

I understand Ferrari's pr strategy of never blaming the team publicly because why would you throw a team that's already under constant scrutiny under the bus in front of the media that is always waiting for a chance to shit on Ferrari. The british media hates Ferrari. They hate that the most successful team in f1 is not british. Any mistake Ferrari makes is magnified 10x more than any other team.

Zandvoort last year. Both Perez and Charles had a slow stop. I saw 50 different angles of Charles' stop on the broadcast that ultimately meant nothing because he had floor damage. No mention of Perez

Silverstone. Miscommunication between the team and Charles. But Perez also went on inters at the same time. No mention of Red Bull and Perez. Ferrari bad

This year, Mclaren has constantly made bad decisions on the pitwall. If that was Ferrari, the british media would be out with pitchforks. You can shit on our development and car, but Mclaren have consistently had the fastest car since Imola and they have 1 win to show for it.

Last year Ferrari had the best development in season. This year it hasn't worked out, possibly because of a bad suspension. But Red Bull's development has stalled too and there's zero mention of that.

Ferrari hasn't won anything since 2008. Neither has Mclaren. The second most successful team in F1. Mclaren has 3 wins since 2012. The team that at one point was equal with Ferrari on wins.

Of course I want my team to do better and be on top, but this is getting a little annoying now

#reach out babe come on #hold that hand face each other #at this point all interaction between the two are a big deal 😭

We. Must. Always. Touch.

Umm, who’s body are we talking about here? Because all three persons he’s being shipped with are turned towards him 😅

his whole body angled towards carlos 🫠

what do you MEAN lando is out to dinner with carlos’s friends and family to celebrate his win and their 1-2 wHAT DO YOU MEEEEAN

source: carlossainz55 (instagram)

The level of trust it requires to pull such move is immense. Seldom are those who would trust each other to do so, and clearly, CarLando is one of those rare pairs. 🥂

I've been seeing some takes about how what Lando and Carlos did was unsportsmanlike and that we’re already dealing with RBR and AT being sister teams and we don’t need unaffiliated teams to start acting like they do, and that is it hadn’t been Lando then Carlos would’ve just done the same thing with someone else.

I call bullshit.

Something like this would have NEVER worked with Carlos and another driver. Why? Because the bond and understanding between Lando and Carlos is on another level. They know each other so well and that's why it worked. They're former teammates, they shared everything back in McLaren when it came to data and the way they drive.

They know each other so well.

I don’t even think people who are outside of the Carlando bubble actually realise this. Carlando isn’t just a work bromance made up for likes on IG and more engagement from fans. They care for each other, respect each other, love each other. They are collageus but that’s not what they truly are. They are friends, I might even go as far to say they’re the racing equivalent of soulmates.

Those saying that Carlos wouldn't have done it with anyone else are right. He doesn't have that level of trust in anyone else. It was amazing to see them understand each other without actually talking to each other. Carlos more than deserved that win after such a genius strategy that he came up with himself.

No one else deserved the P1 because no one else came close to his mentality all weekend.

Ok, I believed this happened one way or another 🥺

Nico/Lewis + “Are you eating properly? You don’t look it.” New weight regulations or something, whatever you want. :)

Should probably give you a warning for slight violence and chocking, but here you are love, sorry it took a while<3

Lewis can’t bare to look at Nico anymore, can’t bare to see just how skinny he is compared to just a few months ago. Lewis remembers Sebastian’s off hand comment - how the blonde had gained a little extra weight over summer break, how he’s going to slow the car down - but Lewis never thought Nico would take it so seriously.

Lewis manages to catch Nico just before he disappears into his hotel room. His fingers curl around Nico’s wrist, and Lewis inwardly flinches at how skinny they are; he can practically feel his bones poking through.“Nico we need to talk”“Lewis, just let me go”Nico’s voice is so weak and broken and all Lewis want’s to do is wrap the blonde up in his arms, tell him it’s okay, they’ll get through it together like they always do; but it’s not the same between them anymore.“Nico just, are you eating properly? Because you don’t look it”Nico snatches his hand away from Lewis’ grasp.“Why do you care? You’ve never cared about me Lewis, so why don’t you go back to your little German toy boy and leave me alone”Nico slams the door behind him before Lewis can follow, leaving the Brit stood outside in the hallway.

It doesn’t get any better, Nico seems to get smaller and smaller every time Lewis encounters him, and before Lewis can stop himself, he’s already storming over to the Red Bull garage. He locks eyes with Sebastian and the German only has the chance to smile before Lewis’ fist connects with his face. Sebastian staggers backwards at the force, lifting his hand to catch the blood that’s dripping from his lip. Lewis’ fingers curl around Sebastian’s throat and he manages to cut Sebastian’s oxygen supply off for a few seconds, before he’s being yanked away by a pair of strong hands. Lewis is about to swing for whoever is holding onto him, but he stops himself when he sees Daniel’s soft brown eyes. Lewis pulls himself away and glares over at Sebastian who’s staring back at him in fear.“If anything happens to Nico, the blood is on your hands, prick”

Nothing’s said about the incident, he doesn’t see Sebastian for weeks; Lewis gets away with just a scolding from Toto. He’s surprised when Nico comes to him after a race. Lewis doesn’t say anything as he lets Nico into his hotel room. Lewis notices the dark bruising under his eyes, the way his clothes hang off his shoulders.“Lewis?”“Yeah Nico?”Lewis watches the blonde carefully. Nico squeezes his eyes shut, but the tears still drip down his cheeks. He lets out a loud sob before Lewis wraps his arms around him, holding the German as close as possible; he’s not losing Nico again, not this time.“Help me…”Lewis kisses the top of Nico’s head and gently runs his fingers through Nico’s soft blonde hair.“Shh Nico, it’s okay i’ve got you, i’ve always got you”

Louder, please! 🥹

No but Rosberg though… pretty son of a world champion racer (so pretty that the rest treated him like a girl and used the nickname “Britney” as an insult)… the weight of expectations on his shoulders… becoming best friends with the man who would go on to become THE F1 supernova while they were both still sweet little boys… having to reccon with that as they grew and not knowing how… the relationship turning sour publicly for the whole world to pick apart and laugh at… getting constantly compared to the four “once-in-a-generation” talents racing in his years (Lewis, Seb, Kimi, Alonso) and always coming up wanting… Michael Schumacher publicly rejecting him in favour of his wünderkind Seb… no wonder this man almost killed himself to win that world championship (to prove to himself and to the world that he could, despite everything) and then immediately dipped. I have to admire his drive and mental strength, regarless of what anyone might say of him.

Okay maybe a bit random but I’m currently exploring the whole brocedes lore more deeply and something I’m curious about, and I wondered if you had any thoughts, was do you think Toto had a clear favourite during the 2013-16 era and if so who? Front what I can vaguely remember at the time as a casual viewer, almost every Lewis fan was convinced Toto was favouring Nico and giving him preferential treatment but I always put that down to their whole victim complex of thinking everyone’s working against Lewis. There were times when Toto gave Nico a proper public bollocking (such as Spa 2014) which definitely wouldn’t indicate he was in any way favoured.

When I look at Toto and Nico now (side note, their podcast together gave me WAY too many brainworms), Toto does seem pretty fond of Nico and definitely lets him get away with so much shit that he wouldn’t let other journalists. However I don’t know if that still necessarily means he ever preferred him over Lewis?

To me it was pretty clear that Niki favoured Lewis imo but I’m still not sure on Toto. Do you have any opinion on that?

short answer to did toto favour nico over lewis? lol no.

longer answer: look at the merc team orders in 2013, where lewis -- who had yet to win a wdc w/ merc yet or establish himself within the team as First Driver and was equal w/ nico -- was favoured over nico for the podium. nico who has been the the team since it's return to f1 in 2010, scored their first points, podium, and team.

longer longer answer: CC'ing @keepthedelta

@/42bennett: Pre event training done 💪

They are? Sebastian, is this the confirmation we didn’t know we needed? 😳🤧

when did seb call nico and lewis a couple? 👀

first sorry for the very delayed response, trying to find the interview back was a task for no reason other than i can't read apparently