livefastdriveyoung

[livefastdriveyoung]

Maybe Champions fail in Ferrari because their legacy is not Ferrari's legacy.

For Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull was where he made his name. Everyone knew him as the world champion for Red Bull, the man who took a team and brought them to the top in a way that hadn't ever happened before. He established the team as champion contenders.

Then he left to Ferrari.

In Ferrari, he replaced a champion and raced beside a champion. Then he became a mentor. But his role in Ferrari wasn't a champion. He was a name, an idea, a talent meant to bolster the legacy of the team.

For Lewis Hamilton, Mclaren and Mercedes will always bear his name in their history. He won for them, for himself, for the people who have always been told they don't belong, they don't get to take up space. He became the most decorated F1 driver in history.

He hurt and bled for Mercedes. He started foundations and scholarships and changed the face of the sport in Mercedes.

In Ferrari, there is already a legacy. Because Lewis tied. He wasn't the first to have seven championships. Like Michael Schumacher, the majority of his wins are associated with one team. But for Michael, Ferrari is that team. In every conversation about Lewis's wins, Michael's own will always come up. They have to. Lewis's legacy is about changing the sport. Ferrari's legacy is the sport, it is first.

For Fernando Alonso, it was the youth and anticipation of it all. When he won his championships with Renault, he became the youngest person ever in Formula 1 to win a double championship. His legacy was made. He could do whatever he wanted.

Then he was bounced around, handed a crap car, and made to wait.

In Ferrari, there was a big change going on about how the team should race. Fernando's legacy was about youth, about an aggressive, offensive, and unique driving style that made people work for it. Winning did not come to him easily, he worked for every single point in a car that fought him. He was caught up in things that impacted his name. He did not fit the mold of a Ferrari driver. Ferrari made him wait, made him haunt the narrative, and by the time he got somewhere, they were not what he was promised. Ferrari's legacy is old, and it can be outdated. Fernando Alonso has made it a point to not be either of those things.

Ferrari's legacy is that of an old primordial being whose very essence haunts the tracks and drivers who race today. It is a bitter being who cannot share, who cannot be anything but what it is.

For some, the idea of driving a Ferrari is enough to satiate the beast. They do not make demands, they do not ask, they give, and they give, and they give.

For champions, those who have tasted the ultimate power, who have stood on the top step, whose names can stand on their own in history, they know how to take, they know how to ask, how to stand in the face of a legacy and carve their own.

But Ferrari is not made for the legacies of others. It is made for the Prancing Horse. It is the legacy of Formula 1, the original team.

And its legacy will always be to take and take and take.

[livefastdriveyoung]

This is so true. You don't convince a 7 time world champion to leave his 6time champion team for just money. He's doing the F1 movie, he'll be fine, he's got tons of investments and his own brand, he's already more than fine. You get him to leave his team of over a decade with the promise of building something lasting, a legacy longer then any other, and you do that by letting him help the team get better.

You don't do it by ignoring him on the radio, by making him question everything he thinks he knows.

You don't do it by making your drivers have to make their own strategy calls.

i have a lot to say regarding some people’s crashouts over lewis’ comments about the team and team structure yesterday, but i feel like it would either be met with willful ignorance or like be received by people who already know what i’m talking about, but just for me to get this out because i’ve been vibrating with this thought since yesterday—any sort of feedback lewis gives to a team that he is NOW A PART OF and is paid a LOT OF MONEY to give feedback and drive for, is met with again…real nastiness rooted in this need for both maintaining a victim mentality—ferrari fans love to be sad about how shitty their team is, they revel in loserdom, i should know, my grandpa was one of them—and also racism lmao. y’all don’t like that a black man/non-italian is being critical even tho he is literally being paid far too much money to do just that. like it’s literally his job.

y’all clearly don’t want lewis to be the one to rehab your team, because you want it to be charles but i’m so sorry to burst your fucking bubble, but charles doesn’t have the necessary experience of leading a winning team YET because he has always been at ferrari in their big loser era. he doesn’t know any other way than the ferrari way, that’s why lewis is HERE. like i don’t know why that’s not clicking for you people????

that’s also not a knock on charles btw. he is literally 27, he is very young, but it’s getting to a point that he clearly needs some assistance/guidance on getting this team to the right place, because yeah this car is a product of his and carlos’ feedback in some way, even if they changed the philosophy of said car. this is a team sport, and so sorry your driver needs someone on his team that really kinda has nothing to lose. like lewis’ legacy is intact. he’s a 7x WDC, you should want charles to have someone on his side like that.

clearly some fresh outside perspective is required right now for the house of ferrari to get it together, and lewis has that in spades. y’all just don’t want to recognize because jealousy, victim mentality/commitment to loserdom, and racism.

the call is now coming from INSIDE the house and you don’t want to hear it. sorry that lewis is on speaker phone.

[livefastdriveyoung]

Just so y'all know, the woman in red is Madeleine White who is an avid F1 fan, grew up watching, has been for years, and has done interviews with them before. F1 didn't just hire models, I promise.

good job, pookie, hit all the talking points 👍🏼

[livefastdriveyoung]

RAAAAHHHH

"you're a fucking oval winner! let's go!" | Kyle Kirkwood wins St. Louis 2025

[livefastdriveyoung]

I do not think he cares anymore. I think he knows something or has something in his contract. I mean who would they bring in? Binotto is occupied and I don't think Charles would stay if he was brought back.

holy shit??????????

[livefastdriveyoung]

I have the video of him dropping it essentially on Alex Albon and his absolute bewilderment and subsequent delight when he realizes it was Lewis messing around.

"...it's when they're talking and they don't move. one time I got carlos, so I got it like on his lip and he didn't say anything." 😭

he's talking about the netflix microphones 😂

[livefastdriveyoung]

As a long time Lewis Hamilton fan, nothing is more devastating than watching Mercedes flourish while he suffers. I have F1TV (Family plan, my sibs and I all watch), and sometimes switch to his personal radio and I am never not upset on his behalf, same thing with Charles.

I am so happy for Mercedes, but I said last year that after years and years of not being good enough they were going to get their act together.

And they did, and they deserve to reap the rewards of their hard work.

But you cannot tell me that you would take a guaranteed longer contract with more money than a shorter one with an eager and immensely talented teen your boss has made clear he wants waiting in the rear.

Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. I hope they figure it out.

[livefastdriveyoung]

As someone with divorced parents, the Cool Down room for Canada 2025 was giving "Our Child just had a huge milestone and so I will tolerate your BS for one (1) day only!"

Meanwhile, Kimi beaming and making jokes while his parents are accidentally in sync even post separation.

[livefastdriveyoung]

THOSE ARE HIS KIDS MAN

lewis and isack bullying kimi for waving at...no one 😭

[livefastdriveyoung]

The race was relatively dull for the most part, thankfully; especially in comparison to last year.

Glad George got redemption!

Happy Kimi podiumed. It's a huge feat and an important indicator of the future of his career.

LEWIS, NO!

It literally pains me to watch him and Charles suffer in a Ferrari. Like what is the point? When did Ferrari become known as the champion killers and why don't they have a problem with it? Do you know how insane it is for a 7 time world champion to get a negative stat with a legendary team?

4. I saw a comment on TikTok about how the reason there was no Penalty against George was because Max has the wrong passport, and I do think it is some of it but not all of it.

[livefastdriveyoung]

Alright honesty time, I am not sure I will have time/be able to watch Spain live. I will try but it starts at an early time for me and I am exhausted

[livefastdriveyoung]

begging for you to upload the sky sports clip

HERE U ARE crofty once again bringing up brocedes and giggling about it!

the last bit of the clip is a bit of a history lesson but its a cool stat, especially if you've not been watching f1 very long and wanted some context on *just* how dominant merc were. the teammate battle between nico and lewis was pretty much uncontested by the rest of the grid at the time because of this! the margins are much finer this year for lando and oscar.

transcript below

-you know mercedes have got a pretty decent record around barcelona?

-they do, don't they

-nine consecutive-

-apart from 2016

-apart from 2016.

-but we don't- we don't mention that

-well we can, cause he's trackside at the moment, he can't hear us, um (laughs) nico rosberg.

nine consecutive poles here, 2013-2021, that included seven front row lockouts as well. and except 2016 they won every single spanish grand prix between the start of the hybrid era and 2021, when max verstappen took over. it's a phenomenal record, at this track.

[livefastdriveyoung]

I love that he was like "Lewis is the best but also old as hell, retire dude"

Nico Rosberg once again rocked up to the track, expecting "fireworks" from Lewis Hamilton, later called Lewis the GOAT but lacking bc he's old, called the Ferrari bad into Fred Vasseur's face, asked if Charles is still patiently waiting for Ferrari success, expressed his pitty about Lewis' car, praised Kimi Antonelli, waxed poetically about Max Verstappen stating that he's one of the five best drivers in the sport ever, recalled Brocedes beef for the 100th time, predicted that Landoscar will have a Brocedes crash eventually and that it'll be interesting how they'll handle it, told Lando's race engineer that he's wrong about technical details and admitted that Oscar's driving is "beautiful", "unfortunately". Absolutely immaculate work, no notes.

[livefastdriveyoung]

nicos coworkers being fully aware that they cant talk abt lewis (spain 2016) in front of him is the funniest fucking thing

[livefastdriveyoung]

Did you watch Monaco? Did you watch Monaco?

Do you mean did I suffer? Because yes, I suffered.

Adami needs to be fired. He's needed to be fired for half a decade at this point. Whatever dirt he might have on Ferrari should not be enough to let them jeopardize three drivers, two of whom were world champions.

[livefastdriveyoung]

Name of the episode will be "Actions Speak Louder" and then its just a compilation of his podiums and wins and his nothing behind the eyes answers.

how r they gonna make a DTS arc out of oscar's championship run btw cus he barely says 3 words in those interviews

[livefastdriveyoung]

On to Monaco