Why is there such intense sexual tension between gp and max

I really think the meat of the dynamic is max can trust him to be honest with him, and in turn max can be his most unfiltered honest self.

the driver and race engineer dynamic is a very intimate one. if you think of the car and the driver as the horse, the raw power that wins the races, then your race engineer is your rider -- calm and firm in guiding you to victory. f1 is a huge team production, each driver has a whole factory of people behind him making sure everything goes smoothly. but during the race the driver's only direct connection to the team is the voice in his ear, relaying strategy, warning them of other cars and track limits, encouraging them and even admonishing. this is the man you trust with your life, literally, coming out of blind spots like out of the monaco tunnel and trusting your engineer to tell you whose behind you.

with max and GP, GP's been his race engineer since 2016. that's a very long time and a very long relationship. max is obviously redbulls golden boy and literally everyone's job in the team is to keep him happy, from his tp to helmut it's all praise (and he's doing an outstanding job to get it), but GP in a way is the only person who isn't and by the function of his job can't be a yes man to max. he has to relay him the truth. you'll see GP isn't often impressed by max, and even bets against him making pole. The guy who knows your data and braking points and how you keep crossing over track limits isn't gonna be too impressed by you even if you're god's gift to racing. He makes max earn his post race praise. He's even curt, and outright direct when max is whining on radio. Likewise, max knows he can be aggressive in high pressure situations, yelling at him to not talk to him in the braking zone and that GP can take handle him. There's trust in that too. And if he feels he went too far, he will sheepishly get GP ice cream post race. Their dynamic on radio is one that makes us the viewers we're witnessing a couple having a domestic tiff. that's because GP gives back as good as he gets. He doesn't coddle max, if max makes the wrong call then GP will call him out on it. my favourite radio is when max was yapping why didn't we do etc etc and GP was straight up do you want to switch jobs? how about you do your own next lap.

this is the man you can be your worst self in high stress situations to and he will take you as you are. that's basically a marriage.

obviously despite all the headache max causes, GP loves working with him. he literally said max is the driver he wants to retire with. he has a photo with max in his living room, instead of his wife 😭 likewise, max literally has a clause in his contract that he gets GP. max is someone who is loyal to a fault and GP's been with him since his very first f1 win. that's his emotional regulator baldie.

the sexual tension comes from the fact that GP is 17 years older than him and max wants to get rawed by him 🧑🏻‍🦲❤️😋

Max literally refusing to move to 1st to let Charles stand there

Max laughing it off and not caring

Max being grumpy and warning Checo and Carlos even when it's not his spot that it's wrong

the interaction is now unlocked from both pov's

“Red Bull is just winning again”

Leclerc cannot turn to the right. Russell cannot press the overtake button or his engine will fuck itself. Hamiltons seat ripped under his ass.

CAN ANY TOP CONTENDING TEAM BUT RED BULL MAKE A FUCKIN CAR. For ONCE.

Daddy Bearman: Hi, I’m Ollie’s dad. My son is racing for Ferrari—

Charles, Lewis, Max, Seb, Carlos, Entire Ferrari Team, Literally Every Other Driver:

charles driving at sunset in austin vs max driving into the storm in brazil

alex can’t look at his screen coz it’s brighter than the sun, charles can’t brake, lewis’ ass did break the seat, yuki’s gonna beat up someone in the garage and max is more than 20 seconds ahead of everyone.

motorsport is still alive and well.

Oh Duolingo is sick for this 😭😭

absolute HUSBAND behaviour 🫠

Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc | media pen | 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix 🎥: SkySports F1 (Nov 15, 2023)

take what's mine, want what's yours

heist au, ch: 1/3 (3.5k), max/gp

summary:

a heist that spans a weekend at the grand belayge hotel. a pretend marriage. a stolen laptop. seven million dollars.

Quali | 2023 Austrian Grand Prix

Max in Australia after his brakes literally go up in flames, he's forced to retire in lap 3, and his teammate doesn’t make the podium, probably:

charles protection club (red bull) came for BLOOD

Sensitive to cold

Sensitive to loudness

Sensitive to water

This is my official petition to put Max Verstappen in one of these for races so the rest of the grid at least has a chance.

straight to the nightclub 🤭