#Valterri Bottas

[ablogtocheck]

Something more important for the FIA to focus on!

[formulafuck1]

I genuinely will never understand people who come on here just to hate on drivers? Like write in a journal, rant to your therapist, there’s no need to be putting negativity out into the world truly…

Anyways I appreciate them all so sucks to suck…..

George and Max you’re my faves though 👀🫶🏼

[flyingcakeee]

This guy did an F1 iceberg but he wasn't a fan and here's just a short compilation (of an originally 57min video) of some highlights

[f1xnorrisxleclerc]

“mini drs flaps and stuff it’s just cause that’s the game, the people we’re up against are the people who also do it and who create these things”

[not-that-syndrigast]

Team Relationships

It is general knowledge that there are currently ten F1 teams. But what's less general knowledge, are the contracts and relationships they have with each other. Still, more and more, people talk about and question the fairness; let that be midseason driver changes, teams helping each other or rookies getting preferential treatment. In the following text I have summarized every publicly known contract and point in which the teams work together or may fight.

Every team has different contracts and relationships to the others, so while keeping this in mind i made this graph; 

As you can see there are four groups; The Mercedes group, the Ferrari group, the Red Bull group and last but not least, Alpine as the only independent team.

Let's start with Mercedes; just like Ferrari, besides being their own constructing team they are an engine supplier, which means that they build and sell engines to other teams, thus there is a sort of relationship between the teams, but actually there is more behind that. Aston Martin is besides the engine pretty independent, they build their own cars and don’t have any contracts when it comes to drivers, most people don’t even know about their connection to Mercedes. McLaren is a bit more interesting; Mercedes has supplied engines for long but has only joined as their own constructor in 2010. McLaren was even called McLaren Mercedes from 1995 to 2014 and although they have gone back to Mercedes engines since 2021, they are not considered the works team anymore like they were up until 2009. One small fun fact; from 1995 to 2014 McLarens livery was silver, which gave them the iconic nickname of the silver arrows but also leads to some confusion since Mercedes livery is also silver and they have adopted the nickname now. Today though, McLaren and Mercedes don’t work together as closely anymore, especially since they became rivals.

The really interesting team when you look at Mercedes is Williams. Although Williams denies being Mercedes junior team, the ties are clear; beside the engines there are also driver changes between the two teams, like in 2017 when Valterri Bottas had signed another contract with Williams but following Nico Rosberg's shock departure was released from the contract to join Mercedes. Another example would be 2020, when Lewis Hamilton got covid and Williams allowed George Russel to replace him. Obviously the official contracts and conversations are not known to the public but one can clearly make out that there are contracts that allow such situations to happen.

Another very interesting team is Ferrari. Like Mercedes, they are engine suppliers, but they also supply other car parts that especially Haas buys off them. In return, there have been many rumors about Haas and Sauber owing Ferrari more than just money. To Ferrari, Sauber/stake/alfa romeo or whatever the team is called this year is what Williams is to Mercedes. Although they are their own team, their allegiance to Ferrari is clear and most rookies join the team in hopes of getting into Ferrari, Charles Leclerc is the best example for that. Being in the Ferrari drivers academy helps you greatly in contract talks; most Ferrari drivers academy members joined Sauber or Haas in recent years, Ollie Bearman being the most current example. But with Audi buying up Sauber, Ferrari will lose the team as a customer for their engines, which is why Ferrari has sent Bearman to join Haas. Another recent event are the free practices. Sauber has the best example, in Zandvoort Ferrari driver academy member Robert Shwartzman was allowed to drive one of the obligatory free practices, even though Sauber has their own juniors. I think you can all guess where this leads; instead of only asking for money from their customers, the contracts with Sauber and Haas also include free practices and preferences in drivers line ups.

The most well known team relationship is probably Red Bull and their sister team Vcarb/alpha tauri/torro rosso/RB or whatever the team is called this year. Different from the other teams that have contracts with big teams, Vcarb (how we will call it here) is officially the junior team for Red Bull. Every driver at the team is signed to Red Bull, thus any money the teams win from the constructors championship goes in the same pot but the drivers can also be switched however they like, which has led to some people questioning fairness in the sport, but more to that later. In recent years, Red Bull and Vcarb have become even closer. Years ago, they were two separate teams but with the purchase, rebrandings and other changes in the teams they have become even closer. Although officially Vcarb is their own team, it's an open secret that Red Bull can still make choices for them, ask for help or make calls for their strategy.

Last but not least, there is the only currently independent team Alpine. Over the years, when they were still called Renault they used to work with Red Bull and even McLaren at times, but this has changed over the years, making their Relationship to all teams race focused.

As mentioned earlier, there is quite some controversy about how much relationship should be allowed between the teams. There are certain rules about how many teams can share one engine, how one team can sell engines but especially in the case of Red Bull and Vcarb people question if it's really fair that they have four drivers and thus obviously more chances, they can try more and have more drivers. In my opinion there is a certain type of unfairness, but by sharing all of this about Mercedes and Ferrari I wanted to show off how Red Bull isn’t the only one using what some people would consider unfair methods. There will always be people that will suggest changes in the rule books; don’t allow teams to have engine and part contracts include drivers, it seems easy but it would actually be rather difficult to follow through and lead to teams doing things secretly. Still, I think the FIA should not allow two teams to belong to one group, out of fairness to the drivers and the competition. 

But no matter how many rules get implemented, one has to keep in mind that there will always be loyalties and enmities between teams and thus their drivers. Last but not least, I expect the FIA to say something about Red Bull, especially following the Singapore Grand Prix, but we will see.

As always I'd love to know what you guys think of this. Would you agree with the unfairness? What rule changes do you guys expect/hope for? I would be happy about any comment or message!

[pearblossomrain]

summarizing my home country's gp for myself:

● SIGNIFICANTLY more boring than baku 😭😭

● kmag returned but we did not get terror out of the track terrorist man. horrible!

● man i don't even know what vcarb is smoking bc softs?? halfway through?? speaking of softs why'd mercedes start hamilton on softs too that's 💀💀

● holy shit are we actually losing ricciardo??? red bull owes the man flowers and a fruit basket (if they aren't giving him the seat) for keeping norris from fastest lap ngl

● massive congrats to liam lawson though cos he does deserve it after his last year's performance and they've benched him long enough but ofc it's sad for ricciardo esp for someone who's been racing for so long (minus his break)

● not great from ferrari overall but that's on their quali tbh cos the recovery from that shitshow wasn't bad really and they were smart with pitting sainz early but i believe they're incapable of having 2 good strats....

● that's another mclaren double podium but i have to say that giant chrome logo is incredibly ugly 😭

● kind of surprised verstappen kept his red bull in 2nd? maybe the rb garage finally got their shit together! or maybe not cos its a miracle perez managed to end up within the points tbh...

● honestly INSANE defending from hulkenburg someone give that man minister of defence rn i feel like he did nothing but keep cars behind him, which unlucky for leclerc cos he was behind him AND alonso which is like 2 steel walls atp.

● that colapinto bit at the start was magnificent tbh i didn't see it until later but hell yeah that's the idgaf energy i want from someone who doesn't have a seat next year!

● idk what the hell happened with albon's car and why he retired i'm gonna have to go check but damn that's unlucky...

● seriously just bad luck for leclerc all around cos his times were good and he overtook quite a few times but he was against some ministers of defence today i fear 💀

● PLS DONT STOP THE COMMUNITY SERVICE JOKES THEY'RE SENDING ME INTO ORBITTT

● no safety car?? in SINGAPORE?? im throwing tomatoes out my window in the vague direction of the marina bay circuit rn 🍅🍅

side note: it's hilarious as a sgrean to watch the gp bc these are the same roads my slow ass bus takes every week.

side note 2: welcome back britney to the commentary! also when kimi appeared i said "omg my son" and my friend asked "ollie?" and i had to be like "...no my other son" 😭

side note 3: it's like barely 18 hours after the race as i type this and i just saw them dismantle the barriers with my own 2 eyes from the double decker bus?? damn that's FAST??

[dizzyduck44]

Why are people criticising Lando for being open about the mental and nervous pressures of F1.

Two days ago people were up in arms over the impact Logan’s dismissal will have on his mental health.

Last weekend the trophy was lauded for highlighting the struggles and sacrifices top athletes go through.

Not long ago we found out about what the pressure of F1 was silently doing to Valtteri.

Read Jenson and Mark Webber’s books. They couldn’t eat before races because they were scared it would make them overweight, meaning every race was hangry and at real danger of passing out.

Lewis has gone through phases of pushing everyone away, including his Dad, because he thought he needed that solitude to achieve a “champion’s mentality”.

Nico Rosberg walked away from the sport as he couldn’t face putting himself or his family through the sacrifices to be a champion and the personality changes it caused all over again.

People need to accept that this is a sport, it is tough and it leads the drivers to dark places.

Would you rather drivers be silent and not disturb your personal enjoyment of the sport or can you accept that they push themselves to places you couldn’t?

When I first started martial arts my teacher taught us, when things get tough your brain will tell you you can’t, because it wants the easiest most comfortable option. Your body can and will do what you ask of it, pushing past the mind is the hardest part.

Time to accept and support or shut up.

[eterniravioli]

part of being a mature and reasonable f1 fan is acknowledging that every driver has weaknesses and makes mistakes

luckily i’ve never claimed to be mature or reasonable, my driver is perfect fuck you if you think otherwise

[pleepplop33]

F1 Driver Instagram stories that seem fake but aren't...

is this the hyper masculine super serious sigma male sport that i hear ppl speak so much of online??? we got ppl saying like "newer fans are ruining the sport-" omgggg nobody is asking u to indulge everything, not everything is for everyone, there's different sides of the internet guys 🙄

(also, what did everyone think of Ferrari's masterclass strategy this weekend 🤓☝️)

(justice for Charles fr 🙏)

[thef155]

Every other F1 driver at Singapore 2023:

Lando Norris:

[f1boistrash]

Out of context grill the grid that could also be used for icons (credit f1 Instagram)

[dreamysletters]

F1 drivers as text messages pt. 5

< pt. 4

[f1xnorrisxleclerc]

[osbuzz]

had to include seb and kimi!

[starkwlkr]

annoying little brothers | f1

female driver x f1 drivers (platonic) (same age as daniel so 33)

part 2 part 3

Y/N L/N BEING THE FUNNIEST DRIVER ON THE GRID

The video starts of with a press conference from the United States Grand Prix. Y/n was seated with Charles, Pierre, Daniel and Sebastian her being in the middle of all the men who she considered her brothers.

She was listening to all the questions the men were receiving from how they thought they were going to do, how’s the team doing, etc. But when a reported finally asked her a question, she completely blanked.

“Sorry, I was just thinking about my son. We were supposed to get breakfast together and he hasn’t texted me back. I haven’t seen Lando all day.” Y/‘ said making the drivers and reporters laugh.

“When did you adopt Lando? I wasn’t aware.” Daniel played along.

“2019. He was actually lost when I met him. It was during the Australian Grand Prix, his first f1 race. I found him and we did the Melbourne walk together and I’ve just kind of adopted ever since. So if any of you bully my son, I’m coming after you.” Y/n explained.

“He’s probably texting you right now saying ‘stop embarrassing me, mom!’” Sebastian went on.

“Wait, he’s over there!” Pierre spotted the Brit rushing towards their direction.

“He’s alive!” Charles cheered.

Finally, Lando arrived to their interview area with a box from a a bakery in his hand. “Sorry, I have to drop this off. We’ll get breakfast tomorrow. I got you pastries.” Lando gave Y/n the box and a hug then he was off since he was late for his interview.

“You’ve raised your son well.” The reporter joked.

“That was all me, I needed no help.”

The next clip was a fan video from 2021. Y/n had just finished her date with a guy and now she was signing autographs and taking photos with a group of girls. The girls had just finished their meals at a restaurant when they spotted the f1 driver leaving with a guy. The politely asked for a photo, which y/n was more than glad to take. Her date stepped aside to give them a moment.

“Sorry to interrupt your date.” A girl apologized for her and all her friends.

“Nothing to be sorry about, honey. I’m actually nervous because I don’t know how the date went. I’m horrible at first dates so this is kinda making me less stressed.” Y/n admitted. The girls laughed as y/n signed a girls phone case.

“Has he met Lando?” Another girl asked knowing how close y/n and lando are.

“Not yet. I’m afraid that Lando might scare him off. Everyone on the grid might, especially seb. He will definitely give him one of those ‘treat her right or I will run you over’ speeches.” Y/n signed another phone case.

“Does he knows you’re famous?”

“Oh god, no! I told him I was unemployed and that a sugar daddy was giving me money. I’m surprised he still agreed to come on this date with me.” Y/n chuckled.

Months later, the guy ended up being y/n’s boyfriend. He even attended the British Grand Prix where he finally met Lando, who was actually the one to tell him to treat y/n right or he would run him over.

The next clip started off with the intro to grill the grid. The challenge was to guess the driver’s numbers, something that y/n was semi confident about.

“So we start off with my man, Danny, number three.” She wrote down on her clipboard. “Four, my son, Lando. Also ever since I met Lando I’ve been seeing the number four quite often. It’s scary actually. Can’t decide if Lando put a curse on me or not.”

“Would he do that?”

“He shouldn’t,” y/n raised her voice slightly. “Anyways, next is … oh! Seb! I don’t know why I couldn’t think of him right away. Then we have latifi at number six then kimi at seven.” She continued writing down the names.

“Nine ….Mazepin.” She fought the urge to roll her eyes since her and the driver were never on good terms.

“Ten, my favorite frenchie well one of, we treat everyone nice here, gasly.” Y/n winked at the camera. “Eleven, the mexican minister of defense, Perez. And then we have me! Thirteen!”

“Do you think Lando got your number right?”

“I don’t doubt him ever.”

“Thirteen, my mother! Everyone better get that right.” Lando pointed at the camera menacingly.

“Fourteen, Alonzo. Sixteen, Leclerc Charles. Eighteen, stroll and twenty two!” Y/n sang the number in the tune of taylor swift’s song. “Yuki! Thirty one, Esteban, my other frenchie. Thirty three, max does he have a middle name verstappen.”

“Have you noticed that you haven’t gotten any wrong yet?”

“I’m just the best, that’s why.” Y/n laughed. “Forty four, the seven time world champion, sir lewis hamilton. Fourty seven, mick mick mick. I love to say his name.”

Y/n had completely forgotten she had to be writing the names down. She was having too much fun.

“Fifty five, carlos smooth operator sainz jr. sixty three, the man with two first names, russell george.” Y/n said as she looked down at the numbers on the paper.

“Do you know his middle name?”

Y/n gasped. “Is it another first name?”

“I believe it’s William.”

“Three names!? It sounds so british.” Y/n chuckled. “Um, seventy seven valtteri, right?” Y/n saw the interviewer nod. “I was getting worried my streak would be broken. And ninety nine, antonio!”

“You got all of them!” Everyone in the room cheered.

“Did anyone else get them all?” Y/n asked.

“Daniel did.”

“Of course. He’s good with numbers.”

The next clip was from the same grill the grid video but it was a blooper. Lando had arrived right as y/n finished filming and handed her a water bottle.

“Did you get my number?” Lando asked curiously.

“Yeah, ninety five, right? Cause you’re a McQueen fan.” Y/n teased as she grabbed the bottle from lando’s hand.

“Yeah, you remembered!” Lando played along “how did she really do?” He asked.

“She got them all right.”

“Really? I’ve got a smart mother!” Lando high fived the woman.

“It’s because I’ve got a photographic memory.” Y/n nodded with the most serious face on.

“Do you really?” Lando asked. He was surprised to hear that.

“No, I just love to lie.”

The next clip started with Daniel and Lando standing next to boards with their 2022 rankings. As predicted, Daniel and Lando’s part of the interview was mostly filled with them drawing over each other’s pictures.

Daniel them knocked over Lando’s rankings to the ground. “That’s how I feel.”

“That was the worst timing ever. Y/n is walking this way.” Lando told Daniel, who immediately picked up the board.

“Are those your rankings?” Y/n asked as she approached the duo. She then noticed that the setup and quickly apologized to the camera man. “Sorry, I’m just curious now.”

“Are you proud of me?” Lando asked, standing next to her and throwing his arm over her shoulder.

“When am I not? Wait, except that time you pushed me into my birthday cake.” Y/n pinched his side. “Can I see the pen?” She asked the guys, Lando gave her his.

“She’s adding to our masterpieces. This piece will be worth millions years from now.” Daniel said.

Y/n then scribbled little stars around Lando’s head and then signed it at the top. “Actually you both look great in your pictures. Did they use photoshop?”

“Excuse me, this is all natural.”

“Y/n! Hi, hello. What’s going on here?” Martin brundle asked the woman as she walked with her mom and pr manager, Lucy.

“Martin! It’s been a while, nothing much. How are you?” Y/n hugged the former racing driver. “This is my mom, she’s been wanting to meet you.”

“Mrs. l/n, hello. Welcome, how are you?” Martin greeted the older woman.

“Great. I’m here supporting my girl. It’s been a wonderful weekend.” Y/n’s mom smiled.

“Are you aware that you have a grandson that drives for McLaren?” Martin asked making all three ladies laugh.

“Yes, Lando is a very lovely young man.”

“How does it feel to have a daughter and grandson in f1?” Martin asked in a serious tone.

“Amazing. I’m super proud of both of them.”

“Thank you ladies for your time. Have a wonderful day.” Martin smiled at them, but before he could leave, y/n gave him a hug goodbye.

“Take care, Martin!” Y/n waved to the man and left with her mom and Lucy.

“She wins everything. Give her all the trophies. Everything is hers.” Martin said to the camera.

The final clip was consisted of y/n after a race getting interviewed.

“Do you often see your father?” Someone asked from the back.

“No, actually we’re just good friends.”

“What’s your opinion on the president of the United States?” Asked the same person.

“I don’t think about him.”

“What’s going on between max verstappen and lewis hamilton?”

“I don’t know, I just work here.”

[not-another-side-blog]

“Bottas is quite unhappy with his new race engineer right now. The man previously worked for Ferrari.”

The joke is writing itself