madstrash

[madstrash]

I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING

SO. CHARLES WINS AT MONACO AND AT MONZA THIS SEASON. MAX DOESN'T GET PODIUM WITH HIM. BUT. LOOK.

LOOK AT WHERE MAX FINISHED BOTH OF THOSE RACES. 6TH PLACE.

HE GOT P6.

AND CHARLES GOT P1.

CHARLES' NUMBER IS 16. 1 6

MAX LITERALLY MADE CHARLES' RACE NUMBER EACH TIME CHARLES WON

THE LESTAPPEN IS LEST-HAPPENING PEOPLE. MAX YOU BRILLIANTLY UNSUBTLE DICKHEAD, KEEP IT TF UP

[madstrash]

btw spa qualifying is what people mean when they say often what looks like "making mistakes" is actually testing the limit of the car. if you watched charles's first lap from the on board, it was super rocky, he was hitting every curb hard, cutting everything super tight. his last lap, he was MILLIMETERS off the curb everywhere and incredibly smooth, nearly flawless and able to cut down any bouncing that way and save a ton of time, because he went psycho, balls to the wall in his first lap. it's the same mindset that has sometimes led him to spin out in quali or practice throughout the year, but it's because he is well and truly fearless and he finds the limit and then dials it back. and when it works, it's gold. i always think about that reporter who said ferrari needs to essentially let charles be insane, because even when his risks don't pay off, it's better to fail gloriously than in mediocrity. that's exactly what we saw pay off today -- because sometimes, it really fucking works.