ferrari has two of the most brilliant drivers of this era, with a competitive car, with a massive supportive fanbase, with every single thing you need for winning a championship title. and what in the earth are they doing instead? fucking it all up, disappointing fans, and turning this whole brand and it’s history into a shitty joke. and i hate that, i hate watching this sport knowing i’ll turn off the tv either crying or wanting to punch mattia binotto in the face every weekend. it hurts, because i loved ferrari so much when i got into f1 and even before that. i gladly told everyone how much i love ferrari. i was proud of ferrari. but now? i only love Charles and Carlos. i’d like to say i love ferrari, but it’d be a lie. i feel guilty when i look at all the stuff i have with the prancing horse on it. i feel guilty cause i always wear them with pride. i feel bad for Charles. i feel bad for Carlos, too. because they deserve the world and more importantly, they could bring back the glory people once associated with ferrari and everything the team was back then. the red flames, the burning passion, those red beasts of machinery, next to the biggest names of motosport. the feeling of being a part of something so big, so gorgeous, with so much history and fairytale-ish victories. ferrari means that. and not screwing up their drivers’ careers and mental health with all this shit. i’ve never seen Charles being so frustrated and angry at himself before, and i will continue to blame ferrari for it. he shouldn’t be screaming on the radio and locking himself in his apartment for days. i felt like i might throw up when Carlos said ‘people were very mean to me’ because ferrari constantly fucks up strategy and some fans think it’s his fault. no it’s not. they have nothing to do with it. they are just chasing their dreams, doing their job, trying their best. and even with a few mistakes they could’ve achieved something. one of them could’ve won the championship easily. they both have the potential. instead, we’re sitting here, watching them covering their faces with their hands, devastated, blaming everything on themselves. and to be honest i still want to support ferrari. i still want to see Charles winning that title for his loved ones and for himself, in that red car. i still want to see Carlos glowing and smiling on the podium, soaked in champagne, too. and i’m still supporting ferrari. i’m just sad. very sad.

Dont ask me about the last one i had a vision

they are so unserious lmao 

Formula Skippy

„Once upon a time, there was a SPC Schwarz stationed with the Army in the Balkans. SPC Schwarz was either very clever or very bored; but probably both, since he managed to attempt or be warned about 213 things he wasn’t allowed to do. He collected those things into a hilarious list and posted them to the web. […]

First, a word of intro For those of you that don’t really know Skippy, he’s a friend of mine that, in a sad state of sobriety, decided to join the Army. He’s also one of the Universe’s great agents of Chaos and Discord. Feel free to email him with whatever questions you might have, and don’t be concerned about whether or not he knows you or even if he understands what the hell you’re talking about. I don’t. BTW: Skippy is in Psyops. The first time I met him he was wearing a kilt made of fruit roll-ups. Now, on to the list!“

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When Christian Horner supports and believes in Charles Leclerc more than his own team principal... 💀💀💀

📸: DTS screenshots, season 5

Is it Rawe Cweek already?

the best possible outcome for this is charles delaying the contract negotiations till next season summer break to see if ferrari is loyal to him or at least listening to him

Yes, completely agree. As I outlined here, I think Charles is and has been stalling negotiations. I'm not entirely sure whether he's been stalling them for a while (ie. since the summer) or whether this is a recent development with the way this season has gone after the summer break, (considering when there were rumours of a 35 million € per year 5 year contract floating around in August Charles said he wish they were true). Either way, it seems these articles today about Ferrari trying to pursue a contract extension with Charles are a deliberate leak by Ferrari to try and force Charles to the negotiating table, and put the spotlight on Charles and his contract. Although, if that's the case, I reckon it's backfired a little bit as the overwhelming public response to those articles has been that Charles should go nowhere near a new contract with those clowns.

This is absolutely dire for Ferrari. As my colleagues and I have pointed out on #Lestappen Gate 2023, that second Red Bull seat is being nicely lined up for Charles. I think it's pretty obvious at this point that he's Red Bull's first choice to fill that seat in 2025 . Ever since Monza, when no contract extension materialised (which was the first sign that something was off between Charles and Ferrari), Red Bull have: said they intend to sign two number one drivers (drastically changing their narrative from earlier in the year) with Max specifically saying he thinks him and Charles could be teammates (also changing his narrative from earlier in the year), had Charles's onboards up at at least two races alongside their actual signed drivers (Mexico and Brazil GPs). This doesn't even begin to cover the whole PR net that they've managed to weave, from the increase in Max and Charles content (driven largely by the RBR social medias! F1 and Ferrari social media have contributed, but this is largely reactionary), to Christian greeting Charles in front of the press and Netflix in Brazil. This past month has been a pitch by Red Bull to try and convince both Charles and the general public that Charles should fill that seat in 2025. And it's largely worked on the general public! It hasn't quite filtered through to commentators yet, but the idea of Charles in a Red Bull is all over social media and in Ferrari replies, I can confidently say that there's a zero chance that Charles's hasn't seen it. The last great question is whether the pitch has worked on him or not.

In a way, we're in a very different situation to a month ago, when everyone was full of bravado and pretending like they didn't really care/everything was fine. The parties involved are beginning to show their hands now–Ferrari is falling apart at the seams and can barely be called a race team anymore and yet is desperate to not lose Charles, Charles is refusing to enter proper contract negotiations and is threatening to leave unless Ferrari gets its shit together in an extremely short timeframe, and Red Bull is eagerly lurking and hitting Charles with constant reminders in their press and race reports that he is a champion and deserves better. The game is a lot more transparent now, but as a consequence just got a whole lot messier.

As a footnote as well, we haven't really touched on the Carlos situation much and that really requires a whole separate analysis, but it makes things even messier for Ferrari. It's quite obvious that they won't re-sign both Carlos and Charles and are not entering negotiations with Carlos until Charles is sorted (as semi-confirmed by the Sainz family's shady twitter activities). With Charles stalling negotiations like this, Ferrari could end up in a situation where they lose both Charles and Carlos.

So my main take away from this is that I definitely do not want to be Fred Vasseur at this instance.

drive to survive season 5 episode 3 “matter of principal” or, as i like to call it, christian horner defending charles leclerc for 46 minutes straight

On one hand… good for him. Finally. But also: I’ll believe it when I see it?

Like, isn’t this what we were told after 2020? Isn’t that (at least partially) why Seb’s tenure had to end? Because they couldn’t have two drivers with number one ambitions, and the general feeling was that they decided to place Charles at the heart of that project going forward? Idk I just hope actions will follow and that it’s not just the team placating him with more promises so he’ll sign on the dotted line 🤔

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i’m a weird mix of Guen Guen and Stefano, they’re so relatable

ikyky

F1 as Toxic Affirmations 💫(affirmations courtesy of @/power.of.self.care)

@ScuderiaFerrari: Everyone is a Seb fan. Even if they say they’re not, they are a Seb fan 😎   

chaotic f1 pics pt.2

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