#FUCK ANTONIO IS A FERRARI WINNER!!!!!

[livetogether--diealone]

- making history

[podiumdan]

HERE ARE THE RESULTS FOR THE 2022 F1 PREDICTIONS. LIGHTS OUT & AWAY WE GO.

Under the cut because this is a lot of info 💕

Teams: Triumphs & Fails: Lets start with the positives; Merc, Ferrari, RB & Mclaren all win at least one race & all teams will score points. McLaren to achieve another 1-2. Some conjecture about the WCC - with the title fight between Mercedes, Ferrari, RB & Mclaren. Unfortunately for Alpine they’re predicted to have a underwhelming year. Some suggest last in the constructors, with record number of DNFs (all Alonso’s car) rip el plan. Alpha Tauri will be in the fight for ‘best of the rest’, & Williams will find form & out-perform Alpine, AR, & AM (P6 in the constructors anyone?). The fall of Red Bull is predicted - with a DNF Monaco to rub salt in the wound. Haas are predicted to be bought out mid-season- though someone did predict that if they were to get rid of eggman (done) they will get double digit points, resulting in a morale boost & the new driver (k-mag) will catapult them to unforeseen heights. Haas Reputation Era confirmed?

Podiums & Wins: Let’s start off strong with the prediction that Lewis will get at least his 108th win this season. George, Lando, Carlos will get their first wins. Seb will win in Singapore. Another Estebestie win. Lando to win at least 3 races, with 3 Brits appearing on the podium at least once. Speaking of podiums, this season will see a win for diversity with Lewis, Yuki & Guanyu appearing together on the podium. The return of the HAM VER BOT podium. A prediction for Daniel to go back to back at Monza thus breaking the monza returning winners curse - also more than one win is on the cards for Daniel this season. Some podium predictions for Yuki, Mick, Lance & Pierre. Lastly, Antonio will sub in for Carlos in one of the Italian races and make it onto the podium; which will be just as good as a win.

Driver Predictions: We already have one prediction that has come to fruition. No Mazepin. Should we call it a day? Lewis winning his 8th title in Brazil & Daniel becoming world champion were both submitted in capital letters. Oscar Piastri will race (the prediction of 2 drivers testing positive to covid was also predicted coincidentally). Predictions were pretty brutal for drivers this year - Charles will not finish his home race due to last lap damage. George doesn’t get a win - some think he might become washed and people will see Valtteri in a different light. Max has a flop season. Mick won’t have a contract for 2023 because Haas won’t be in F1 (ouch). Lewis will complain about the safety car going too slowly. Daniel to finish above Lando this season in points & qualifying sessions. George will be asked to give his place to Lewis and he’ll say no. Because that was all quite dramatic let’s finish with the prediction of Seb being unhinged & with Mick all the time.

Track Walk: F1 is a walking red flag, so let’s start there; the predictions are that there will be between 5-7 red flags this season, most of them in the Saudi Arabia GP - the vibe for this GP is chaotic with many predicting incidents & safety cars (prayer circle for a safe race pls). We have the prediction of multiple wet races. DNFs in Monaco (someone made the bold prediction of 10 dnfs in one race). One race will finish under a safety car and all hell will break loose. This brings us to our next part involving the FIA.

That Was Legal!?: Let’s start with safety cars. A race that doesn't need to finish under SC finishes under SC anyway just so the FIA can get good media about "learning from their mistakes". The new race directors are going to make questionable decisions, again. There will be at least three (3) bullshit penalties awarded. FIA will continue clowning and fuck up massively again sometime this season, causing ww3 on f1twt. FIA and RB Drama - FIA retract Verstappen’s 2021 win leading Christian Horner to have a public meltdown.

2022 Cars: Unsurprisingly people are a little unsure about the new cars this season - strong predictions that the new ground-effect cars will fail in the first couple races, causing problems for basically everybody & a revamp will be required. RB are going to try and pull some shithousery over the Merc side-pods. One car is illegal. Pirelli tyre dramas & the Netflix Curse will strike again.

Drama: Beginning with the team bosses; Christian will say stupid things in interviews. Toto destroys something again, & has to replace headphones 12 times. No Toto-Horner drama, Otmar vs Binotto instead. Onto the drivers - Ferrari fighting, Charles & Carlos drama after they’re consistently fighting for wins (bonus points for a monza altercation). McLaren will struggle with battles between the two drivers (Lando physically fights Daniel). Messy Merc v RB.

Last Dance: Driver changes as follows; Alonso re-retires, Seb’s final season, Pierre signs with a different team. Lewis winning his 8th championship and retiring.

BOLD: If you made it this far let me give you a big smooch right now! Here are the boldest predictions for the 2022 season. It turns out the reason Ferrari were so good is because it was illegal. Alonso gets covid just before the triple header so Oscar get 3 f1 races in and immediately is better than him. George tries hitting Lewis over the head like Valtteri (it doesn't go well.) Gasly burns down RB headquarters. Yuki steals Gasly's house meanwhile. A fan sneaks into an F1 car before a race. Ferrari podium every single race. Seb WDC. There is a wet race in Abu Dhabi and the final race is completed by only six drivers which are actually backmarkers -Mick Schumacher wins. Horsey Albon, Roscoe Hamilton, and Angie Schumacher all meet. Nico R finally gets Lewis for his podcast. RedBull is going to start a Youtube conspiracy video channel. Mick Schumacher F1 2022 Champion. Charles Leclerc wins the world championship in the last race by taking out the driver who he is level on points with.

Leaving you with these three final predictions we can all agree on: Whomst knoweth. Cars go fast. We will have to watch another season of this clown car racing 🤡.

[youjustwaitsunshine]

If all f1 contracts were to end tomorrow and you could build a new grid for 2022 where money wasn’t an object and there are no constraints on which drivers could go to each team (alpha tauri isn’t junior Red Bull, teams with Ferrari engines don’t need a Ferrari driver etc), what would your grid look like?

oh this is an amazing question 👁️👁️

okay first off, i wouldnt move fe drivers who are done with f1 back there because fe has become a thing of its own and isn't a waiting bench for f1 anymore. Also no one who is currently in their first year of f2 or lower series.

That said if Sam Bird wants that Mercedes seat, it's his, man deserves it.

If he doesn't, Lewis and Mick at Mercedes just because I really think Mick is a better heir to Merc than he is to Ferrari and also because they both look hot in Merc clothes + Roscoe and Angie

Antonio is Italian and he deserves the Ferrari seat and to be their first driver. Imo he should have gotten the drive for 2021. If Antonio was at Ferrari I might even cheer for them again, but only if Fred Vasseur comes along with him and they fire clowno. The other Ferrari seat goes to Lance because he looks good in red and his dad would make sure that even if he's a bit of a second driver he doesn't get fucked over.

Checo can stay at Red Bull, his vibes are nice and I wouldn't mind him doing well there, he's joined by Daniil however because that man deserves justice and a good car, race winner and championship contender Daniil Kvyat,, feels good feels organic.

Seb stays at Aston Martin, the team adores him, he adores them and he'll get the Championship with them. Super License points aside, Jessica Hawkins for the second seat because I like her, also I'd instantly transfer Rocky there as well without added gardening leave.

Alpha Tauri keeps the current lineup because Pierre can lead the team to a really great future with Yuki still having time to learn before he has to support Pierre's and the Team's championship charge in a few years.

Mclaren is Valtteri and either Emma Kimiläinen or Alice Powell, because the team with their whole need to appeal to the Hip Youth™ need some actual adult energy because right now they're annoying me and i feel like there should be drivers who have mugs that have a 'don't talk to me before I've had my coffee' mug.

Daniel is at a resurgent Williams because they need someone with actual experience and maybe for once he could take a deep breath and stay there for a bit. Also George will stay at Williams.

Alpine changes back to Renault because that's sexier, Esteban stays there and gets Nicholas for company because I think they'd vibe and I like them.

Alfa gets Callum because the man deserves an f1 seat and maybe Sean Gelael because him Antonio and Pierre together in f1 is just something I'd really like to see.

Which leaves Haas with Nico Hülkenberg and Jamie Chadwick, theyd be great for the bants, I'd enjoy it immensely, case closed.

(also if Sam does take the Merc seat he'll be with Mick and Lewis goes to Alfa with Callum)

[aliveandfullofjoy]

It’s a Sunday and I’m procrastinating so here’s my ~official~ post-fall festival Oscar predictions.

In order of likelihood, I think?

BEST PICTURE

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Marriage Story

Parasite

Jojo Rabbit

The Farewell

The Two Popes

Little Women

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

The Irishman

1917

Joker

A Hidden Life

Hustlers

I’m not sold on 1917 or Joker making it at the moment. Obviously it’s super early, but 1917 could just come out too late while Joker is still an edgy comic book movie, and I’m not sold the Academy is gonna bite. I can see a similar haul to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2011: an acting nomination, cinematography, editing, both sound categories, plus a nomination in score, while it ultimately gets snubbed in Picture and Screenplay. Just a hunch.

It’s a bit of a clusterfuck right now, which is pretty exciting. Hollywood and Marriage Story (and to a lesser extent, Jojo) are the only films that immediately jump out as potential Picture winners right now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the industry just decides it’s time to give Tarantino every award under the sun. A24 has a lot of contenders, but it’s clear The Farewell is their biggest and brightest, and I think it’s safe here. Parasite is the international success story of the year. Little Women just has to not suck and I think it’s fine. Nervous about how Beautiful Day and Irishman are received.

BEST DIRECTOR

Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)

Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)

Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)

Lulu Wang (The Farewell)

Next in line: Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), Sam Mendes (1917), Todd Phillips (Joker), Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Terrence Malick (A Hidden Life)

Cluster. Fuck.

Feeling very good about Tarantino, Bong, and Baumbach. Scorsese has only ever missed out on a directing nomination once this century, and it was for Silence which had a mess of a campaign, so I think he’s probably fine here. That fifth slot is completely up for grabs, so much so that I can see directors getting in without a Picture nomination (Todd Phillips for Joker, Sam Mendes for 1917, Terrence Malick for Hidden Life, maybe even Pedro Almodóvar for Pain and Glory). If A24 really goes all in on Wang and Farewell, I can see her sneaking in on nomination morning (honestly, not unlike Gerwig did for Lady Bird). Then again, there’s room for the likes of Marielle Heller (Beautiful Day), Gerwig (Little Women), Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), and Fernando Meirelles (Two Popes). It’s a mess.

BEST ACTRESS

Renée Zellweger (Judy)

Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)

Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)

Awkwafina (The Farewell)

Cynthia Erivo (Harriet)

Next in line: Lupita Nyong’o (Us), Alfre Woodard (Clemency)

Erivo seems to be getting shakier by the day, which is a far cry from when it seemed like she could actually win, but now it’s become a firm race between Zellweger and Johansson. Both have things working against them for the win. Zellweger doesn’t fit the bill for the kind of actress who wins in supporting and then wins in leading (the only ones are Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, and Jessica Lange, who are all unquestionably “best of their generation” types), but she’s working a comeback narrative that’s far removed from just about anything we’ve seen in Best Actress -- this isn’t really the category for comeback winners. It’s clear that no matter how people feel about the movie, they love Zellweger’s performance and they love that she’s back after being done dirty by the industry, so if nothing else, she’s a lock for the nomination. Meanwhile, ScarJo is the highest paid actress in Hollywood, is featured in the newly appointed highest grossing film ever, and is in both Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit. And yet, while her reviews are great, the consensus seems to be that it’s not really her movie -- it’s Adam Driver’s. It’s obviously not unheard of for people to win this category with a co-star with equal or more screentime (I mean, Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Brie Larson, and Jennifer Lawrence have all won in the last ten years), but they usually have better reviews than their co-star. It’s a weird case. Maybe they both flounder and the stars align for Ronan to win, lol. Who’s to say.

If Erivo drops out of the race, I’m curious to see if Universal can bring Us back into the awards conversation. I’m also curious to see if Woodard can work her way into the race at SAG. Lots of what if’s.

BEST ACTOR

Adam Driver (Marriage Story)

Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)

Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)

Next in line: Robert De Niro (The Irishman)

Driver has his nomination locked. I’m confident Phoenix and Pryce get nominated. I imagine the race will boil down to those three. DiCaprio feels fairly safe, especially if Hollywood ends up being in the hunt for the win. Banderas is a weird case, because I’m not confident in the movie catching on anywhere else, but he won at Cannes, he’s a famous and respected star who’s never been nominated before, and even if the movie doesn’t take off with the Academy, Almodóvar clearly has a lot of fans. In a weird, weak year, I can see him sneaking in. For the win, I have no idea. Pryce maybe?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Laura Dern (Marriage Story)

Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)

Margot Robbie (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell)

???

Next in line: Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit), Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey), Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Anna Paquin (The Irishman), Annette Bening (The Report)

This is the weirdest, emptiest category of the year. Despite the already strong Dern vs. Lopez race for the win, filling out the rest of the field is tricky. Robbie should coattail off a strong film easily, and passion should be able to push Zhao through. But that fifth spot is a crapshoot. Is it one of the Jojo ladies? Is Bening the only nomination for a movie no one really cares about? Is Smith nominated for a role everyone’s been watching her play for almost a decade? Nobody really makes sense. Hell, maybe one of the Parasite actresses take off. Maybe J-Hud sneaks in with Cats. I literally have no idea.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)

Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)

Alan Alda (Marriage Story)

Al Pacino (The Irishman)

Next in line: Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Christian Bale (Ford v. Ferrari), Sterling K. Brown (Waves), Song Kang-ho (Parasite), Jamie Foxx (Just Mercy)

Unlike Supporting Actress, this one has a lot of contenders that make a reasonable amount of sense. This group of five feels about right for now, with Alda getting in based on the strength of the film and his own reputation, with Pacino being Irishman’s sole acting nod (and his first nomination since 1992!), and with Pitt and Hanks wrestling for the win. I guess?

The best part is that most of this is probably wrong. If nothing else, it looks like we’ve got a fun season ahead.