Charles is q freaking drama queen and I love it. I mean, I think I would expect (maybe not one THIS big but) some kind of gesture from Charles if Sebastian was retiring but he’s... Not? I mean, you’ll see him on the grid next year little man, calm down and dry your tears. By the way, did Charles ever have a helmet design for another driver (like Jules or Anthoine maybe)? And did any other driver have a helmet design for their teammate (apart from losing them or them retiring)?

I had a feeling he’s going to do something as a grand parting gesture but... an entire helmet design apparently dedicated to Seb? Again, that wasn’t on my bingo card.

Aahsdjkf I mean it is a little dramatic but also... I get it? You and me both, Charles. Also like... he must’ve been planning this for a while because --- I don’t know much about this so correct me if I’m wrong --- surely you can’t just slap something down in Photoshop and show this to... whoever makes your helmet and go “make this for next weekend pls.” Right? Idk how long it takes to make a helmet (and also I believe they have several sets of each? Or maybe several sets of their standard design and one special one, idk. But I definitely remember watching Valtteri’s driver’s room tour and him having three helmets out and mentioning how one’s a spare and the others all have different visors fitted for different conditions) but I imagine it would require some preparation beforehand, right? Honestly I should probably look into this more...

I get that they don’t design the helmets from scratch themselves, that they have people they work with that do it for them, but you have to have at least a concept to give to the guy designing it, right? Some ideas of your own?

And yeah, I genuinely can’t remember this happening ever before --- a driver dedicating their helmet design to their teammate who is leaving the team (or at all, actually, but you’re right, it would be more understandable if he were retiring or as a sort of tribute.)  

And I know there are people out there who think this is all PR and bullshit and we’re trying to project and that they’re probably neutral about each other at best but... Fuck? Dedicating your helmet design to someone just to... keep up the act or for publicity purposes...Well. Idk chief.

*insert Bernie Sanders meme here* I am once again asking for a helmet swap 🙏🏻