#f1 asks

[lestappenforever]

I'm thinking about how hard it's going to be next year in terms of the media for Charles. He's already getting criticized by the British media, now that he's going to be the teammate of an English driver and especially Lewis, they're going to be even harder on him. They already don't like him, it's going to be worse next year. I already feel bad for him.

Anon, the British media doesn’t like any driver that isn’t British. This is nothing special that only Charles will get subjected to.

Max has been dealing with shit from the British media for years, without it impacting him. Charles will be just fine, trust me. He can handle the British media.

[effwon]

Based on what you know of me and/or my vibes, what F1 driver (current or past) do you most associate me with/think I am most like? Bonus points for WHY.

[drivestraight]

lando lashing out at lewis of all ppl in the untucked lounge was so messy like peak angry street cat hissing at and scratching the nice person trying to help them 😭

THAT WAS SO FUNNY LIKE ;LJFD;LKSADJ like the vibes were Nawt good there

[leclerking]

#2?

In no particular order

James Hunt used to throw sex parties and apparently bedded 5000 women

Ayrton Senna at 25 courted a 15 year old and the relationship lasted 3 years

Seb killed/shot Horner's wife's favourite bird

Spygate / crashgate

Alonso and Taylor Swift dating rumours

Prost left Renault because management blamed him for losing the championship but the apparent truth is more along the lines of getting the team principal's wife pregnant

The story of how a $430k diamond disappeared forever at the Monaco GP

This article where Felicity explains Alonso and her hooking up multiple times in detail

Brocedes lore

Pierresteban lore — apparently Esteban stole Pierre's gf and that was the origin of the feud

Hamilton has a feet fetish 😭😭

F1 circus was used to smuggle drugs in the 80s-90s (and probably still is) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ → F1 Racing had a piece on this once and noted that if you sat down to design a drug smuggling business it'd look a lot like F1.

Note; while compiling this list i realised Alonso is almost always involved 😭

[formulatrash]

I was working on gaining experience in motorsport but now I don't want to anymore due to the news. I have been torn up about this since it was announced. Am I even safe working in this industry? Is it only a matter of time?

I think there are two things to take from this: even in an organisation as closed-ranks as Red Bull, this was investigated. And although it's depressing to see many people either expressing disbelief or seeking to discredit the victim, there are a much larger number of people outraged. Not just that it happened but with the entire process, including the way it is being played as a political trophy within Red Bull as an organisation and the wider reaction of Formula 1 and the FIA.

In every industry, there are imbalances in power that lead to exploitation. Ableism, racism, sexism and homophobia go hand in hand with unfairnesses like nepotism and favouritism. Some industries, especially those that people really want to work in and where there are limited opportunities, have it worse - you see it in acting, in games, in music, in motorsport.

Nowhere is safe from the structural inequalities that frame the world. In any job you'll be in some level of danger. That's not intended as a blanket scare or as some way to minimise or dismiss the specific (and extremely unpleasant) case being brought this week.

I definitely have experienced sexism and outright attempts at exploitation/abuse in motorsport. A man who's still a popular pundit spent several years lying to me and even though I'm really not this naiive, somehow convincing me to exchange lewds. Another one who's in a senior editorial position routinely sends me obscene messages. Men from teams and championships and heritage programmes have tried to get me to fuck them and I'm not young or hot or particularly desirable - it's just that I was there and a woman and so it's almost seen as obligatory that they do it, so they can dismiss you as a slut.

I wrote a little about this when the Mazepin thing came out a few years ago. It resonated with a painful number of women across motorsport, I got hundreds of messages after it was posted.

But. This is being taken seriously. There is a clear level of discomfort within the wider paddock about Horner's presence - some of that is political, it is in the teams' interests for there to be disruption at Red Bull. But a lot is clearly pretty visceral horror and anger at both the reputational damage to the sport and what's happened.

Do not let the fact that there are gross people out there deter you from a dream. Do let yourself be angry about it and mould that anger into a toolkit to address it. Look out for the people around you, try to promote positive workplace cultures, call out unpleasant behaviours, especially in scenarios where you are relatively unaffected. (eg: if you're a straight woman and someone says something gross about a gay man, if you're a white person and someone says something racist, etc)

Motorsport needs good people to work in it to change. It needs you far more than you need it. Don't let it reverse or exploit that and you will have a level of power that constitutes safety because you won't let it damage you for the sake of getting something it isn't offering. (If someone is behaving exploitatively then they are not giving you anything, they are trying to see what they can take)

It's been a shit week. I feel awful for the woman who's been doxxed, robbed of compensation and had her career ruined. Who's being discussed and discredited by the paddock, by journalists, by the most toxic fans. In a just world, people would be protecting her but that would need the population of all those groups to change significantly.

So don't let it put you off. Let it make you keener to displace them.

[scuderlia]

the commentary is so annoying like god how dare oscar want to win a race. outrageous scenes. wdym HE’S fucked mclaren’s chances at a 1-2 maybe lando should have actually defended idk man

oscar got his huge dick out and everyone got scared. typical day at the formula 1 cockshame office.

[randomfingthings]

lando lives rent free in so many people's heads in this fandom that i'm honestly embarrassed for them. like i'm not even particularly a fan of his, i like him well okay but he's not one of my faves, but he really isn't any better or worse than any other driver. it's like they've built up this mythical version of him in their minds where he is this awful person/terrible teammate/overrated driver or whatever and every time he proves them wrong their parasocial hatred of him grows and it's become this endess cycle. as someone who's kinda neutral on him it's a fascinating phenomenon to watch. like seriously people go outside and get some air and concentrate on just supporting the drivers you like.

'Concentrate on supporting drivers you like' Yes exactly well said anon!

Like understood cause I'm a Ferrari fan (sufferer) more than a McLaren girlie but the lando hate is so outta nowhere (he's about the same like you said, and even ranked higher with principles ranking than hamilton/leclerc 👀 and drivers ranking over both Ferrari's 👀👀(😭)) plus he has done basically nothing besides be silly and goofy, oscar/danny/ carlos have said nothing against him as a teammate to my knowledge

He lives so rent free, he may own the land 😂, he could charge the haters rent and make bank 😌

[fernando-jpg]

F1 asks

thank you for the tag @wintergreenoreo and @nandospastry 🫶🏼🫶🏼

Who is your favorite driver?

Obviously Fernando war criminal Alonso 💚

Do you have any other favorite drivers?

max and carlitos are on the podium but i also like lewis and danny ric, that's my top 5

Who is your least favorite driver?

y'all gonna hate for that but kinda checo?? 🫣 (he has some rights and wrongs not totally unlikable)

Do you pull for drivers or do you like teams as well?

i go wherever nando goes 🫡

If you like teams, what team do you pull for?

Aston Martin but my heart is also kinda with Ferrari and Carlos ❤️

How long have you been into F1?

since 2021 but as a kid i used to watch f1, back when robert kubica (my hero🫡🫡) drove so 2007-2010

What got you into F1?

i watched "rush" and "senna" and suddenly remembered my obsession with f1 🫦

Do you enjoy fanfic/RPF?

🤫

How do you view new fans?

always happy to have some more nando fuckers with me (and obv others y'all cool)

If you could take over as team principal for any team, who would it be and why?

aston martin. could be seeing nando's ass often 🫣

Are your friends and family into F1 as well?

my brother kinda is, he knows who fernando is but ive been watching f1 with my cousin lately who i got into f1 💚

Are you open to talking to other fans/friends?

of course!! im always here to hear your opinions, to chat and make some friends. love you all x

tagging: @skitskatdacat63 @raapija @aston14s (if you want to 🫶🏼)

[mclqren]

F1 ASKS

thank you sm @amaranthineghost for tagging me!! 💗

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE DRIVER?

charles leclerc & sebastian vettel. i know technically vettel is off the grid now but LEAVE ME BE I LOVE HIM

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FAVORITE DRIVERS?

yesss! in particular: lando norris, oscar piastri, alex albon & george russell

WHO IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE DRIVER?

yeah can't speak on this one guys 🤐

DO YOU PULL FOR DRIVERS OR DO YOU LIKE TEAMS AS WELL?

admittedly, the reason i grow to like teams so much is due to their driver lineup, but that's not to say i'd stop supporting a team if their driver lineup changed

IF YOU LIKE TEAMS, WHAT TEAM DO YOU PULL FOR?

definitely mclaren ( in case you couldn't tell by my username ), but i'm also such a williams fan

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INTO F1?

since the 2023 monaco gp, so almost a year!

WHAT GOT YOU INTO F1?

a friend of mine had spoken a lot about formula one and i was only vaguely interested, but when i watched the monaco grand prix with her i was hooked instantly. that, and the edits on tiktok ( we've all been there okay, it was the charles leclerc renaissance )

DO YOU ENJOY FICS/RPF?

yup!!

HOW DO YOU VIEW NEW FANS?

so long as they're nice people, i have absolutely no problem with them; if anything, the people who are more annoying are the ones who cast aspersions about newer fans.

IF YOU COULD TAKE OVER AS TEAM PRINCIPAL FOR ANY TEAM, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?

ferrari, but specifically in 2019 ( just to see the charles x seb partnership )

ARE YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY INTO F1 AS WELL?

one of my friends is ( the one who got me into f1 in the first place ), but not the rest of them. as for my family, just my dad; i sometimes watch races with him!

ARE YOU OPEN TO TALKING TO OTHER FANS/MAKING FRIENDS?

omg yes! please guys i acc need more mutuals on here who can talk f1 with me. literally feel free to send me a message and i'll just yap on and on about f1!

MY TAGS - @maplesyrupsainz ; @rosyblooom ; @starkwlkr && anyone else who wants to do this!!

[lestappenforever]

Grandpa Helmut, Goat Jonathan, Sergio Perez, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc. I personally want to thank you for finally getting the FIA to open their eyes on the rear wing (and Grandpa Helmut, I’m behind you for the front wing to prove it too)

All this going on, and the punishment FIA decides to dish out first is punishing Max for saying "fucked" at a press conference.

F1 is not a real sport.

[formula1-news]

It may have been a controversial race due to how Max won his first title, but it was truly an unforgettable one, even to this day. Who do you believe deserved the title?

[drivestraight]

mclaren double dnf

still waiting for their spain16/baku18/brazil19. needs to happen. it’s tradition

[leclerking]

New to the whole F1 fandom so if appreciate a few blog recs that write fics (even ao3) and also blogs that love tweet

i think you meant *live blog

here are some of my fav blogs ;

@crimsonicarus ; @redbullhateblog ; @alexalblondo ; @forzasedici ; @lesharl-eclair ; @scuderia-leclerc

interactive ;

@sebscore ; @schumigrace ; @lil-italian-disappointment

for fics ;

@libraryofloveletters ; @theemporium ; @f1version ; @whorekneecentral ; @kates-dirty-sister ; @thisismeracing ; @idkwhatimdoinghere1655 ; @deadaydreams ; @mwebber ; @georgerussells ao3

will probably add to the list later on?!

[formulatrash]

I don't understand why you like Logan Sargeant when you're aggressively left wing? Guy is a Trump supporter.

no he isn't? literally what you're basing this off is he has a shitty relative who is nothing to do with his career and no evidence suggests he's even in touch with.

Logan struggled for funding throughout his junior career, it's why he had to do the extra year in F3. that's not coming from his billionaire uncle, who clearly isn't helping him.

his entire political indication is liking Joe Biden tweets about sports so I think it's fair to say he's not wildly Trumpist. he's just a Ken from Florida who likes driving fast and hanging with his besties let the man live.

(also his trainer, Ben Jacobs, posts quite a lot of pro-LGBTQ+ stuff even though as far as I know he's straight - he's an ex rugby player turned driver trainer and seems to be a very kind man, used to be Alex Lynn's trainer and if that's who Logan surrounds himself with for his care then I don't think he's Santino Ferrucci; there are a lot of cunts in motorsport, you don't have to make them up)

loving swamp son is not a bit. i will aggressively defend him against all Logan haters man is driving an inhumanly terrible car, being made in a factory so far behind the FIA are going to let Williams breach the cost cap to upgrade it and staying cheerful while he's trying to live up to Alex. he's as good as Oscar, they were rivals in junior series, he just needs a chance.

[scuderlia]

f1 twerk list you say?

this ranking was taken based off of the following criteria: bunda levels, documented dancing, clubbing record, susceptibility to getting white-girl-wasted, tendency to give into peer pressure, and the word of god (this is also my opinion, so...)

Lewis

Daniel (hipgate.)

Valtteri (bottass calendar 2023)

Fernando (this man is at the CLUB)

Max (he’s stacked, plus Kelly’s influence)

Yuki (documented ass-shaker)

Checo (you can’t tell me he didn’t twerk after his Monaco win)

Lando (EDM girlie)

George (treadmill vid + clubbing footage)

Charles (vulnerable to peer pressure)

Pierre (THE instigator, also known party boy)

Alex (Lily would need to hype him up severely)

Logan (if he got white-girl-wasted…)

Lance (with his friends, maybe)

Carlos (that arch pic from Don’t Blink)

Zhou (prema nae nae vid + braids incident)

Kmag (ik we’ve all seen the ice bath video)

Oscar (BUNDA LAWD but he isn’t twerking sorry)

Esteban (he may shake it but does anyone want that?)

Hulk (in no universe would this ever happen.)

shoutout to @racecrafting who spent an hour making this on discord with me <3