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i baked a whole damn cake during that red flag. I wish i was kidding, but i'm being so serious right now

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POV: Max

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Half the grid is not beating the alleGAYtions

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2025 f1 season so ass everyone in my dash had to develop a side interest

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you only watch f1 because the drivers are hot—-WRONG. I watch f1 because Max Verstappen thinks Charles Leclerc is hot and that makes him look stupid and I find that entertaining

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one thing about sports rpf that sets it apart is that these aren't about supernaturally beautiful people like actors and musicians and kpop idols are which is practically a criteria for any media facing job; made to be aesthetically beautiful and trained to be charismatic. athletes are often charisma vacuums because they start so young and are hyperfixated on their sport and have no personality beyond it. most of them are actually quite plain looking. there's some notable exceptions of genuinely stunning face cards but most are pretty average and the ones that are considered hot are actually hot for An Athlete. now I know some of you are disagreeing vehemently, blorbo from sportsball is the prettiest of them all, but really it's cause sports fans have so much exposure therapy to them, seeing the same faces all the time over a year and engaging in media about them, that they start finding beauty in the mundane where when you get to know someone you realise they're actually beautiful to you. now there is a notable scale where the more popular a sport/team/athlete is, the more they have entire hair and makeup departments for magazine shoots and interviews where they are styled or at least aware of what hairstyle or way to carry themselves looks good on them, and that adds to their overall attractiveness. scale down and you'll see someone calling a male cyclist with fucked up teeth who looks like a product of balkan incest a gorgeous girl. and that's how you get novel length and often better quality written rpf about dudes who look like in every other life were destined to the local town's convenience store cashier bored out of his mind at a gas stop in between your road trip you'd never spare a second thought of again. and I think that's beautiful <3

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Max is so done with the McLarens

he straight up invents a fake rivalry with Charles in fucking FP2

and he’s so into it he starts giggling like it’s foreplay 💀

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No, you don't get it, I'm obsessed with that moment between Max and Charles. Max was ready to overtake Charles so he wouldn't get stuck behind him and hinder his long run due to Charles' dirty air. But Charles didn't want Max to overtake him either because that would ruin HIS data (and god knows Ferrari needs good data, they are horrible still). So he pulled a very clever move (I know how much you protect your kitten, GP, but that WAS a clever move). Charles hindered Max and further skewed his data, and Max LAUGHED. He suffered from that stunt, and he LAUGHED. He recognised Charles' genius, and he LAUGHED. Nobody talk to me, I need several business days to recover

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Shout out to this thread (specifically Autosport forum user RedFever)

They jokingly predicted Max Verstappen 2022 WDC... ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2001

(There's a lot of interesting old stuff I found on these forums, but this was def a highlight)

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AND EVERYONE IS ROOTING FOR TSUNODA

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Red Bull’s car isn’t built for Max Verstappen—it’s built for pure aerodynamic efficiency. It’s a wind-tunnel-perfect machine, designed with a razor-sharp front end and optimized by the team’s aerodynamicists (formerly Adrian Newey, for example) to maximize performance and tire management.

The difference with Max is that he adapts better than anyone to a car in its purest, fastest form. While most drivers require adjustments—less aggressive front-end response, softer rear stability, or reduced tire wear—Max thrives with minimal changes. The car that is theoretically fastest in the wind tunnel? He can drive that as is.

That’s why the idea that Red Bull “designs the car around Max” is misleading. Every team develops cars suited to their drivers, but Verstappen simply demands less compromise. When Alex Albon said, “The car is what it is,” this is what he meant. The Red Bull is not built for Max—it just so happens that Max is the one who can extract its full potential without needing it tamed.

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rb to f1 grid 2015: hello everyone here's the paddock maknae. he's going to be a little pain in the asses. he's going to exude pest behavior. your sideview mirrors are never going to be safe again. pls take care of him.

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I hate hate hate that having the utmost respect in sports is inevitably destroying your opponent

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lando/mclaren are refusing to admit they have a rocket ship bc they don’t believe that can pull this off and they don’t wanna look shit

max often admitted the car was a beast bc both him and the team never once doubted him. they knew he was going to win.

the switch up from lando saying max and lewis had the fastest cars so should win to "why does everyone talk about the car? too many questions in the media are about just the car” is outrageous. of course they are gonna ask about the car, it’s a motorsport. you aren’t out there running on foot.

mclaren are doubting themselves and i am sick n tired of the ‘underdog’ narrative.

that car is FAST and possibly illegal but that’s a separate issue. accept it, admit it, credit your team for what an great job they’ve done building that car.

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My heart can't take Lewis's dad, Anthony Hamilton, comforting Isack Hadjar. Such a heart-wrenchung but wholesome moment. I almost started tearing up myself.

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behind every hot girl there's a declining formula 1 team

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