#ferrari engineer vibes

[oconist]

'why is it a redflag?' my brother in christ that car is totalled, on fire, and the barrier broke, why do you think?

[fazcinatingblog]

AFLM finals week 2 footy tips

"apparently there's men's footy this weekend" round

Demons vs carlton

Port vs Giants

[hensunrik]

It's the fact that everyone on the ferrari side of the paddock seems to be on xanax for me 😭 mercedes have been kicking screaming throwing up lighting fires made 4738 statements apologizing have forfeited the entire season publicly at least thrice meanwhile ferrari is arguably going through a much worse integral restructuring and is not even that far from them on pace and everyone is like this is fine 😌🤚 *car starts spitting parts on the track* we are cautiously optimistic 😄 *the components predictably shit the bed and we are talking recovery on the second race of the season* there are positives to take 🧘‍♂️ *the italian press has been going ham with the speculations and the libel all week* it is all under control 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️

[cheriladycl01]

2026 Rewind - Grid x AudiDriver! Reader

Plot: After some devastating deaths within the F1 industry from unmistakable names in 2025, the FIA decide to make a plan to race at all of the old tracks that are iconic but haven’t been on the grid for a while.

A/N: this is racing heavy with only drivers name dropped, but if you want cool Ted and Crofty with Y/N vibes while learning more about some of the FIA Grade 1 Tracks, have a read!

Credit to celestinovietti for the GIF

“So Ted, let’s talk about this years line up. It’s just so iconic that I can’t bear it!” David Croft says as they are in the commentator box at pre-season testing.

“Yeah Crofty, obviously it’s so unfortunate the reason behind what we are calling the 2026 rewind because of some losses we had in the industry and this was the way the FIA decided to pay tribute to those people!" Ted explains before the onscreen for the year comes up.

"So, lets go through the year together and analyze it. We're starting of the season strong in the lovely Kuwait, here at Kuwait Motor Town, this is where we are kick starting off this season. It's a high speed track here just north of where we would typically start in Bahrain. This is a track consisting of 20 turns, and is 5.609km of racing ahead. I'm very excited as no-one in F1 history has raced here in an F1 car. Who do you think's going to do well here Ted?"

"Well, there's some really nice corners, and it's a similar temp to Bahrain so i think it's difficult to tell but I can imagine the Audi with Y/N now having done her rookie season learning all those key values about the F1 car and how it works. McLaren will also be good here, really tightening up the constructors championship this year!" Ted offers looking at all the onboard footage.

"Yes I agree, I think Red Bull tend to be quiet strong a the start of the year naturally and its a game for the other teams to be playing catch up!" Crofty agrees.

"Okay, then after Kuwait, we'll be travelling to and correct me if I'm saying this wrong but the Kyalami Circuit in South Africa near the wonderful capital Johannesburg. It's in replacement of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, we haven't raced in South Africa since 1993 and what a beautiful circuit this is, its got some really high speed corners and yeah, I think the Ferrari will really be great on those long straights." Ted says analysis the data of the cars in testing.

"And now here we have with us, Y/N Y/L/N Audi F1 driver here to talk through the rest of the tracks!" David says and points to the camera for you to smile and wave before he pulls out the microphone in front of you.

"Hello!" you grin and David and Ted both burst out laughing.

"What did I miss, I'm really sorry i was late!" you smile looking between them and they both nod in understanding of how tight the weekend schedule could be, they are shocked they actually have your time right now.

"It's completely okay, we understand! We've only introduced Kuwait and South Africa, we are about to move onto the changed Australia track! Your thoughts?" he exclaims and you smile.

"Yeah, obviously it's going to be exciting with all these new tracks that none of us have driven, so of course there was a lot of testing in the sims... but yeah its great to be here in Kuwait, and I'm excited to go to South Africa as well!" you smile.

"Yes, and how do you feel about Australia being changed from Albert Park in Melbourne to the Adelaide Street Circuit?" Ted asks with a grin on his face knowing how you felt about the Australian races.

"Well, after the spider incident in 2022, I've always been so scared to drive in Australia" you giggle, before Crofty pulls up the video of you in P4 of the Australian Grand Prix in 2022.

Y/N - Theres a fucking tarantula in my car Race Engineer - Copy that Y/N - No i dont think you guys get it, its on me

"And you ended up pitting there was no time to get it out of the car because of where it was, you were crying for the rest of the race and you were going so quick so you could just finish that you actually ended up winning your first race here and overtaking Charles Leclerc in, what back then was an Alfa Romeo." Crofty smiles and you nod.

"Yeah, so where ever that race is in Australia I know ill be on edge the whole time, I'll have my crew do like 6 inspections on my car before each session to make sure. It was traumatizing i tell you!" you admit.

"So after what will hopefully be a spider free stint in Adelaide on their street circuit we move on to south east Asia where we will exchange Suzuka Japan, for the Fuji SpeedWay, a truly iconic track before going back to an old favorite of some of the older driver on the grid like Lewis and Fernando in South Korea at the Korea International Circuit!" Ted says showing the line up for the races after Australia.

"I'm really excited for these, the atmosphere of the fans is always amazing and the tracks here are great I think Audi thrive on these sort of tracks and yeah, I'm excited to see what we can do there!" you smile, looking at the spinning track layout that popped up on screen.

You move on to Miami's replacement being the iconic Californian Long Beach Street Circuit.

"And we've been tipped of, by a certain Cash App driver that he'll be taking you to DisneyLand while out there?" he asks looking at you.

"Yes, Liam has already been once and when I said about wanting to go to radiator springs he and Daniel jumped on the opportunity to go, which then Yuki and Max wanted to come so it's now turned into this whole massive group trip!" you laugh knowing that half the grid would come with you guys.

"And of course much like the UK Italy is another pinnacle of Motorsport and we've had to change out two of the iconic track Monza and Imola. So for the first change of Italy we've changed it to the iconic Mugello track which I just really love, don't you Y/N?" Ted asks looking at you.

"Yeah I think Lando and Osc will be really strong there, I'd like to think me and Carlos are as well with the Audi this year... so yeah I'm excited for Mugello! Obviously they raced here in 2020 so it's the most recent of all the races this year to make a return so its only really me, Oscar, Logan, Fred, Theo and Kimi who haven't raced there" you smile analyzing the twisty track up on the screen.

"Yes, then we'll be moving onto, what was probably one of the toughest decisions of this year which was switching out Monaco and what to switch out such an exciting race with, so they didn't its the only race on the calendar this year that has remained unchanged!" David explains making you nod.

"I think, where this year is to show the history of F1 and what it means to all of us, the teams and the fans. And by keeping Monaco on there where its such a historic track, i think that's actually staying true to a rewind year!" you smile, you'd always loved the vibes in Monaco, from the fans to the track to how your car performed there.

"Yeah i agree i think it was the right choice keeping Monaco!" Ted exclaims also loving the vibes at Monaco.

"Okay, then moving all the way to the west, we'll be in Canada moving from Montreal over to Quebec at the second oldest track, the Mont-Tremblant Circuit!" David shows the new Canadian circuit on screen.

"Then after Canada we've got a really special double header with two Spanish Grand Prix's at different locations. We have the Valencia Street Circuit and Del Jarama Circuit. Both very exciting and it will be a long weekend in Spain!"

"I'm excited to see a street circuit in Spain, obviously we had Madrid for the last two years after Barcelona, so I'm excited for both Valencia as a street circuit and Jarama which is such an iconic track because of those tights turns and yeah I'm really excited for this one!" you smile.

"Obviously next one was another tough one, Silverstone again another iconic track and the UK has so many other iconic tracks that its hard to choose, there was talks of Aintree, Watkins Glen and Donington Park but ultimately they went with Brands Hatch what do you think on this?" Ted asks looking over to you, holding up a page showing all the different UK tracks.

"Yeah, I think there's some really iconic tracks in the UK, its my home so i grew up racing on a lot of those tracks in different motorsport categories, I think there's ones that are arguably better for Formula one, which is why Silverstone is the main circuit as it gives for the most interesting race, however for me it would have been a call between Brands Hatch and Watkins Glen so I'm glad that they chose Brands Hatch, I've got some great memories there at testing and showcasing the car or working with the Top Gear team, so I'm excited to race there!" you explain, the United Kingdom is the like Monaco in being both a founder and royalty when it comes to Motorsport.

"I 100% agree with that, however I just love Aintree so much and am gutted we wont see it!" David Croft admits.

"So after Brands Hatch we move to Monsanta in Portugal which we haven't raced in Portugal since 2021 because of the COVID restrictions but that was in Algarve so it'll be interesting to see the difference!" Ted offers looking at the next circuit floating on their screen as he zoom's in on turn 4.

"Then, again there another track we hate to see go even if its for one year but Spa, its so iconic and its one of the most dangerous circuits we race now and it's being swapped out for Circuit Zolder on the other side of Belgium! Thoughts?" David asks out in the open.

"I" you start.

"Well I think" Ted also starts and you both look at each other in shock before laughing. You let Ted go first to say his piece.

"Well, I think it's no where near interesting as Spa, and especially where its the last race before a break... I think it's going to be way more uneventful than Spa!"

"Y/N?" Crofty asks looking at you.

"I actually think the opposite most of the tracks have been very high risk with lost of turns and chicanes and hairpins that really catch you out, however this reminds me of the simplicity of Monza and everyone, everyone loves Monza. So i think it will really even out the mid field cars" you says observing the track that had nice long straights and minimal turns.

"I agree with you there Y/N! Next after Zolder we head over to the heavily missed Nurburgring in Germany, the last time we saw it was 2019 so again, up until our 2019 rookies would have driven there how'd you feel about this track Y/N?" David asks.

"Well, it's such an iconic track for so many reasons I really wanted to race there after I watched Lando, George and Alex all race there in 2019, I was actually there in the paddock that year with Ferrari as a part of their driver development programme" you nod, explaining to them how excited you were for it.

"Now next in the place of Monza which we just mentioned we have a complete wild card of the Scandinavian Raceway in Sweden! Now this, this is one I'm excited for it's a beautiful track and has the coldest track temps we'll probably get all season! So it'll be a real fight to see who can protect their tyres and manage them well!" Ted explains and you nod, knowing it would be an exciting race.

"Then after that we travel to France where we haven't been for a while, however the Bugatti Au Mans Track in France is iconic, there are so many great tracks in France like Paul-Ricard or the Charade Circuit or Dijon de Prenois, all of them are great but the Bugatti hasn't been done is so long and really means a lot historically to the sport" David offers, showing you one of the only tracks you didn't feel too excited a lean towards.

"Then, we move back across to Aisa, going to an age of favorite of the age old Sepang International Circuit in Malasiya which is one fans have been wanting to see back on the race calendar for a while so i wonder if this will stay into 2027!" Ted takes over, and you nod.

"I'm also very excited for Sepang! After Malaysia we move onto the first ever FIA grade 1 race track the Chang Circuit in Thailand, how to we feel about this?" David asks directly looking at you.

"Not only is it a beautiful track, but it means that Alex now has a chance to race at his home track while racing under his home flag and I think he's really excited for it. He's in a great car, the Williams has come leaps and bounds and are top midfield contenders and definitely will be up there fighting for race wins!" you smile, knowing Alex was so happy to have this opportunity to race in his home country.

"I agree Alex Albon to win in Chang Circuit, I've put my money on it! Our next circuit it one that NASCAR share with us in F1 taking it back to the Indianapolis Speedway, on the lower F1 circuit of course rather than the Oval that the NASCAR drivers use!" Ted explains.

"Yeah, that lower track is great, you got the nice curve and we'll be able to get to those really high speeds. It's an iconic US track just like COTA!" you admit, taking a sip of the water you'd brought with you.

"After Indi, we'll make our way a little further down south to the Rio de Janiro International Track in Brazil, which is instead of Sao Paulo" David explains looking at the second F1 track in Brazil, it was a nice track but Sao Paulo had been on the roster for so long.

"Then, we are back in Las Vegas, but not on the Strp track that was created in 2023, no we are going back to the Ceaser's Palace Track and I know many people complain about these Las Vegas Grand Prix's because of the timings and the drivers not really liking driving at 12pm!"

"Yeah, i agree they are really strenuous just like Qatar for the heat but I love the vibe Las Vegas brings and I like the whole weekend with all the activities in the fan zone and yeah I'm excited they used Ceaser's Palace rather than the Pheonix Street Circuit which i know they were considering.

"I agree. Our last two races, then consist of the Buddah International Circuit in India and rounding off instead of in Yas Marina in the Dubai Autodrome, which will be a really nice round off" David exclaims.

Slowly you end the interview up, needing to go down to the track to get into the car for you leg of pre-season testing.

What a year it would be.

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[wisteriagoesvroom]

📚 10 f1 fics i've loved lately 🏎️

been thinking a lot about how to organise fic recs into some sort of sensible post, 'cus there are so many (great!) pairings and (delicious!) driver combinations, not to mention so many varying styles of fic and SUPER TALENTED WRITERS!!111!!

just gonna list a bunch in no particular order, with accompanying pics, so you can get a sense of the vibes.

'cus what is f1 rpf but all about the ✨ vibes?! 🏁

p.s. people are in this community making amazing stuff for freeee!! if you liked these please leave a kudos or a comment, it makes a writer's day 🫡 

let's gooooo--

objects in the mirror by linearity (@drivestraight) charles/max. 87k words (series), rated t then e

listen. LISTEN! charles to rbr is one of the best premises ever and i will read it in like a thousand iterations. but this fic. this fic series in particular cleared my skin, made me want to cut my hair into a bob out of sheer emotion. i would be remiss not to start with this one because its impact on my f1 rpf trajectory should be studied by science. you know when a story just jumps off the page and it's so real that it becomes your canon. a kind of meteoric inevitability. plus, i almost never cry at fics. but by the time the third act of this one hit, i just went -- damn, am i rly about to tear up at a f1 rpf fanfiction rn? (yes.)

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sawtooth by nottonyharrison (@nottonyharrison) charles/max. 40k words, rated e

max as a f1 engineer? for CARLOS at FERRARI? sign me the fuckkk up. first off, awesome premise. there's always going to be something so heartwrenching about "what ifs", especially in any universe where max isn't a racer. despite the change of circumstances, just... the sheer poetry of two characters who just inexplicably find their way to each other in any universe... 🤧 also this story nails racing scenes in a way that's so visceral, i feel like a fly on the damn halo with them. and, aside from the gourmet lestappen, carlos's whole thing in this fic is joyous! spicy! he's so unapologetic and vaguely annoying! hilarious! + the swimming pool scene lives rent-free in my head.

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salt skin by peachbellini (@strawberry-daiquiris) oscar/lando. 12k words, rated e

this fic is magic. literally and figuratively. (MERMAID LANDO???? MERMAID LANDO.) the kind of story that makes you gasp and melt a little bit. and made me want to throw my phone at the writer, 'cause it's really that good. the yearning, the metaphor for all that's monstrous, a boy who is lost (and the boy who he finds, is equally so). this is just beautifully written and a little quirky and so well executed. i think i put it in my bookmarks as "what if lando was a mermaid and it was filmed by a24" or something. pearl of a story.

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hockey!! shrimp colors :) by leafmeal0ne (@ocontraire) oscar/lando. 13k words, rated t

leaf meal one. i have only known you a week but if anything were to happen to you i would wreck everyone in the room including myself. in all seriousness, anything that leaf writes is brilliant. they're one of these writers who could do a throwaway line on the label of a ketchup bottle and i will probably scream about it. the precision, the way they switch up sentence structures, the freaking darcy-level regency yearning transposed onto a contemporary sports setting. i'd rec all of leaf's sports AUs and i'll probably talk about more in a future fic rec post. BUT. the hockeyyy one my GOD. the barely restrained violence, their mutual desire, the theme of finding your place... *wails uncontrollably*

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you almost unearthly thing by anonymous max/daniel, 3.7k words, rated g

max is a governess(govern..lad?) and daniel is the mystery man at the manor. this was a response to a request i made in the kinkmeme! (if you haven't read those fics go check 'em out, there are so many great ones, and not necessarily all rated e). this is a criminally underrated little story that has my favourite repressed feelings + people dancing around each other + gothic vibes + "what the hell is wrong with y'all in this tale" combo that i really adore. it's really well written and captures the atmosphere so well.

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the so-called narrative by antimonyandthyme (@antimonyandthyme) oscar/carlos, 10k words, rated e

i'm once again asking why there are only 7 carlos/oscar works in the tag. I'M ONCE AGAIN ASKING-- *is sedated*. *jolts awake* okay but for real this is a great story. hot, fake-friendship-to-situationship which so happens is one of my favourite places to be. also hello miscommunication/they're so weird about it/they both want each other but can't express themselves for shit/insane racer boys energy.

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and silver, and samarium by pink_mink (@on-softs) george/toto, 5.2k words, rated e

i profess i am not usually the biggest fan of A/B/O (altho!! this fandom has made me go BUT ACTUALLY HM at least a few times). and this fic freaking nails it, along with the twisted power dynamics between TPs and drivers, as seen through the lens of omegaverse. this story rattles around my head like a stubborn ghoul just from the style and prose and sheer audacity alone. george kneeling at toto's knees while he's working..... ohhhhhhhhh i was this close to calling my lawyers.

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algorithm by anney (@badboy-george) charles/max, 16k words, rated e

i LOVE, LOOOOVE a sci fi concept alright. love that shit, will inhale it like moon dust with zero regrets. and what a fantastic one this one is!! the premise is that the FIA can now statistically show the compatibility of drivers on the grid and it's very pacific rim-y drift compatible, mixed with the surreal vibes of eternal sunshine or HER or some such. it should be outrageous, but it really works. that's the beauty of a great fic right there.

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trajectory of trojan asteroids by redpaint (@redpaint) nico/lewis, 3.3k words, rated g

also one of the fics i first read when i hopped on board the f1 rpf train. the pain and poignancy just gets worse the more i learn about brocedes. you know when you're like "there's no way this was reallll" and then you're like "fuck, it was so real". then you get a fic like this that just encapsulates all that rage and loss and grief and upset, set against the starry vista of endless space. *clutches tablecloth* god.

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p.s please bear in mind that these recs are entirely subjective! i enjoy loads of f1 stories but these are the ones that have especially stuck with me for some inexplicable reason.

p.p.s if your fic is on here and you want it taken off for whatever reason, i'm happy to, no questions asked 💛

BYE for now / until part 2. (i also love talking to ppl about fics so pls feel free to send an ask or hit me up in DMs or whatever.)

xoxo, -- wizz

[azaprocky]

┃ pairings ➣ 〔 ❛ platonic f1 drivers x reader ❜ 〕

┃ summary ➣ 〔 ❛ emma chamberlain's vlog got taken over by formula 1 drivers. ❜ 〕

┃ face claim ➣ 〔 ❛ Nailea Devora + Bianca Bustamante ❜ 〕

┃ warnings ➣ 〔 ❛ cursing ❜ 〕

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❝ On the way to Ferrari's motorhome, (Y/n) is calling me like crazy, she clearly missed me ❞ Emma said to her camera, walking to the paddock on the way to Ferrari's Motorhome that's currently stationed in France, once she had arrived to the Motorhome, the 23 year old driver rushes to give her a hug that almost knocked her over "I missed you so so much" (Y/n) kisses the cheeks of her childhood friend

"Aww look, maybe Ferrari's It Girl isn't all that tough" Emma gushes with the camera having a full view of the interaction "Shut up" (Y/n) pushed her friend Jokingly "Oh fuck here comes Lord Perceval" the female driver said in a jokingly disgusted tone looking at the older Ferrari driver who's walking to their direction "Emma what are you doing here?" Charles hugged the youtuber greeting her, while mouthing to (Y/n) "shut up, Mickey Mouse" the nickname referring to where (Y/n) had wore a Mickey mouse costume when she was a child on Halloween.

"What happened to 'hello?'—'How are you?'—'My name is—' " (Y/n) clapped back to the Monacan after breaking the hug with her childhood friend, "yeah, like eversince he became a multi millionaire he acts like he can ask women whatever he wants" Emma said teasing the Monacan driver who just seem to roll his eyes at his friend's antics "oh I swear to God I will put a fucking pencil on your eyes, stop rolling your eyes, here take my camera, your bad vibes is like bumming out my entire existence right now" Emma handed her camera to the 25 year old driver

"What am I gonna do with that— omg you're filming a vlog!" the older Ferrari driver excitedly said as he snatched the camera from the girl's hand "Vlog takeover—Hey Carlos!" Charles singsonged to the camera while calling out to the Spanish driver who's making his way to the younger girls who's conversing and Charles who's putting his literal face to the camera, the Spanish driver hugged Emma "Hi Emma!—what is Charles even doing?" the Spanish looked at his Monacan team mate with judging eyes

"I'm doing a vlog takeover and say hi to the camera" Charles said to his team mate putting the camera quite close to the Spanish driver's face "Hello Everyone!" Carlos said to the camera rolling his eyes to his friend in contrast to his smile that was displayed on his lips, while the two older drivers continued to talk and goof around the camera, the younger girls was now Infront of (Y/n)'s Ferrari car with (Y/n) teaching Emma the basics of F1 cars "Chassis is the main body of the car which the engines and suspensions are attached, Power unit is the term for engine, Sidepods keeps the car as tight and possible—" "Wait hold on, is there any safety feature in here?" Emma questioned (Y/n) slightly interrupting her discussion "I was about to get to that, this bad boy right here is Halo " (Y/n) touched the bar that is positioned on the top of the driver seat "Keeps us drivers safe whether there's an incident occuring, aside from the helmet" (Y/n) explained to her friend "So you ready?" She continued, Emma looked at her confused

"Ready for what?" She asked "YOU'RE DRIVING AN F1 CAR! PLEASE PLEASE" (Y/n) pleaded giving her friend the biggest puppy eyes she could master "WHAT?! no, nope, no way" Emma walked backwards as to run off from her friend but (Y/n) gets a hold of her wrist "Give me an acceptable reason first." The Brunette argued

"Because Ferrari. wants. clout." (Y/n) said to her childhood friend in a serious tone but still smiling while the nervous vlogger was looking at the white and red car unsure what to reply to her "what's in it for me?" Emma muttered as she huddled closer to the girl, I mean why would she agree immediately if she just saw her life flash through her eyes while her friend was explaining earlier, there must be an exchange for her friend's deal.

" i mean Ferrari will be paying for your extended 3 days stay here in France" The Ferrari driver offered confidently, she knew her friend would agree to this for mountful of reasons, her right hand was now offered to the now grinning brunette "deal " Emma spoke with ease as chuckles escaped from her lips, she has to admit that this was a dumb idea but anything she will do to let her stay here in France for a few days and to just avoid being in Los Angeles, a place she wanted to avoid for too long now.

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Charles and Carlos

While the two girls were currently in the Ferrari motorhome, the two older Ferrari drivers are on their way to the McLaren's humble abode not until they came across two alpha Tauri drivers who was currently filming a video for Yuki's YouTube channel.

"YUKI" Carlos screamed catching the attention of the Alpha Tauri drivers, "He runs like Cookie Monster whenever it sees a cookie" Charles spoke to the camera while displaying Carlos who seem to be now carrying the Japanese Driver

"OMG, PUT ME DOWN!" Yuki screamed "my son, how I missed you" Carlos had put down Yuki who has a clear discomfort look on his face "wow, like I wasn't even here" Pierre said to the Spanish driver who was clearly just paying attention to the younger alpha tauri driver, "You're not as valuable as Yuki, stop acting like you're all that Mate" Charles entered the conversation with the camera still intact with his hand and is beside Pierre "Oh really? not like you're just as important to (Y/n), actually yesterday, she said that she'd choose Daniel over your stupid ass" Pierre said pretending to do a hair flip on his hair

But before Carlos could reply to the other french driver's 'joke' Daniel and Lando approach the four

"Hey guys" Daniel was the first one who spoke from the McLaren drivers followed by Lando snatching Emma's Camera "Let me take over, Leclerc!"

"I'm about to—" Charles said trying to reach the camera from lando who was now running far from him, "Hi guys" Lando said posing for the camera with Daniel also joining to pose "so this is the feeling when you're a vlogger—" before Lando could even finish the sentence a sudden voice was heard from speakers around the paddock "This is Ferrari's (Y/n) (Y/l/n) speaking to the mic, can I call for the attention of Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz—"

"do you know who holds your Camera em? .. Yeah, unfortunately it's in the McLaren motorhome .. how did you even know that?! .. Gps, the camera costs me 500 dollars and memories ain't wasting that money for just someone to steal it ..."

"Ehem" (Y/n) clears her throat "And also callingfor McLaren's Lando Norris or Daniel Ricciardo, or whoever holds Emma Chamberlain's Camera, please go to Ferrari's Garage, thank you and goodbye" (Y/n) added walking out of the room and heading to the Ferrari's Garage

"I'm Nervous, what if I die?!, who's gonna feed my kids?!" Emma panicked, she was now using her phone to vlog slightly regretting giving Charles her vlog camera

"You'll be fine, You can do this!" (Y/n) cheered for her childhood friend while Emma was still asking herself what did she do to have gone through this point, as they enter the Ferrari garage they immediately saw Lando, Daniel, Charles and Carlos joking around with Emma's Camera, the four was greated with a now racing suit Emma fuming about them being careless about her camera "I swear if you break this Camera, you will never ever see the light of day" Emma ripped her camera from Lando's hand as she gave it to (Y/n)

"Hey not fair"

"If we were careless, (Y/n) wouldn't even holding it right now"

"True"

"I saw Lando almost drop it—"

"DANIEL—"

Despite the ongoing protests of the drivers, Emma rode the Ferrari car, a camera span to her face and her flashing a heart before gearing it up, she held her breath and remembered the things that (Y/n) said to her, but damn she forgot

"if I die, then I die" Emma said to herself as she start the car.

(Y/n) heard all of it she couldn't help but laugh at what her friend said, "She is going to die" Charles said to her laughing as they monitored Emma through a tv.

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WHERE is the AD18 post you liar 🤕 jk ilysm pls take your time I'm just curious

sorRY I FORGOT OKAY

let me preface this by saying that there really wasn't anything notable about AD18 (Fernando was "retiring" but we knew that for months in advance, Charles was replacing Kimi at Ferrari but we knew that for months in advance, it was Daniel's last race at RB but we also knew that for months in advance etc) most of what I feel about that weekend is probably nostalgia but. It was the ✨️vibe✨️ the vibe was so immaculate. Drivers used to say that the last race of the season feels like the last day of school but 2018 really just captured that sentiment, no one wanted to be there but in the best way possible you know?

Formative event for me personally was Sebastian and Lewis trading helmets. I think what makes #sewis compelling now is how far they've come. But how far they've come also has the added disadvantage of neutering and sanitising what Seb and Lewis were back in the day. I mean 2018 literally started in Aus with Lewis telling Seb he wanted to wipe the smile off his face. At the beginning of 2018 Lewis was a 4 time champion, tied with Seb. Seb said again and again and again that he had a vested interest in Lewis not winning anymore championships, for his sake and for the sake of protecting Michael Schumacher's record. Anyway it was like. WILD and heart-warming and a very big deal

Re: Fernando retiring. So like. At that point, his last race of his career*, Fernando had already shat on McLaren in literally every fucking conceivable way, calling the engine an f2 engine (gp2), when asked about the very expensive updates on his car he replied "feels good. Much slower than before. Amazing". And ofc in AD18 he couldn't leave without one last jab, his race engineer was trying to gas him up to fight for p10 and he's like "you can fight for that 1 point ☝️ Fernando🔥🔥 1 point is on the table💯" to which he replied "👹I HAVE 1 THOUSAND AND 8 HUNDRED POINTS⁉️👹"

Re: re Alonso retiring, they painted him an ugly ass mural (support artists pls but it looked funny) in the driver's meeting room and during the important drivers debrief while Carlos was giving a lecture about safety or something Daniel lost it and Fernando filmed him losing it

nothing will ever go harder than this im afraid + obvi it was the champions sending Fernando off with 🍩 but fate is a fan of aesthetics so Kimi who was supposed to do donuts with them retired from the race (I think it would have thrown off the composition of the photo with 2 red cars so I'm glad)

Lewis offering Seb a Monster and Seb replying "I prefer Red Bull" (<-I Died that day)

During the last Team Principal conference of the year, of course they sat Christian and Cyril next to eachother. And of course they asked him about losing Daniel and the renault engine, to which Christian decided the best way to answer that question is to remind Cyril that while they're both basically the same age, when Christian was the youngest TP in F1, Cyril was working in the kitchen 😭

In conclusion it was chaos and I loved it so much and it will forever hold a v special place in my heart

[toasttt11]

ice princess; lando norris

summary: the basics of kaarina raikkonen

lando norris x kaarina raikkonen

tag list: @faithm120601 @chelawrites

kaarina emilia raikkonen the daughter of kimi räikkönen formula one world champion and marie de vos number one model worldwide, owner of starlight empire and ambassador for dior.

kaarina raikkonen

age: 23

birthday: december 13, 1999

job: formula one driver for mercedes AMG petronas, ceo and owner of starlight empire, admassador for and heir for christian dior

started karting when she was three for fun and have been modeling for her mother’s company and for dior since she was young. she began really karting when she was five proving to be the best of the track she made few friends during her years but did keep a few close by. she met lando when she was around seven and while she’s always been close off and quiet around anyone besides family she seemed to have a few more words for lando than anyone else. oscar she met when she went to watch a karting race and he won, they quickly became good friends as their vibes just clicked while they didn’t race against each other until formula one they still saw each other lots and considers each other their best friends. joining formula four at fourteen leading the championship with ease, untill the a few days before the last race she had to win to become the champion she lost her mother marie in a bad car accident she was killed by a drunk driver, kaarina went to the funeral and the same day went to the race, later in the day and won the race and the championship, deciding to take a year off to learn everything about gaining the company from her mother, when she joined formula three at the age sixteen she decided to drive under the belgium flag as her home country to honor her mother and the part of her she still has of her, kaarina won the championship in her rookie year with prema and heading straight into formula two winning the championship her rookie year again in 2018, and then joining formula one in 2019 at 18 and signing straight with Mercedes formula one team coming from their junior team and coming second in the championship her rookie year, winning the WDC in 2020 only in her second year of formula one, she continued to come second in 2021, lewis retired after 2021 and decided he wanted to become her engineer wanting to be apart of formula one but not wanting to drive anymore, george joined in 2022 becoming her new teamate even tho they karted together they didn’t hang out just the two of them and maybe it was his calmer nature or his presence was soothing but george became quite protective of her and began seeing her as a little sister, in 2022 kaarina secured her spot in second in the championship and so far in 2023 she is breaking records and leading the championship miles head of any competition.

kimi raikkonen

age: 43

birthday: october 17, 1979

relation: father

kimi raikkonen a formula one world champion, the last driver to win a world champion for ferrari. kimi a ice cold finish man a great driver and a excellent father, he was best friends with mother of his daughter, he is now married and has three more children a boy and two girls and the older two are know following in the footsteps of their father and older sister.

marie de vos

age: 48 (died 38)

birthday: march 13, 1979

death: october 28, 2013

relation: mother

marie de vos number one model worldwide, owner of starlight empire and ambassador for dior, and was set to be the next owner of Christian dior before her death, she grew up with the schumacher’s and always saw them as family, when michael took sebastian under his wing they became quick friends with each other and even more so when sebastian become best friends with her best friend kimi. kimi and marie were best friends since childhood, platonic soulmates you could say, the two were completely different kimi cold as ice and marie warm as the sun but they balanced each other and one night had a one night stand with each other leading to their precious daughter kaarina to be born, they raised her together with ease untill the death of marie.

carter de vos

age:69

birthday april 13, 1958

relation: grandmother

carter de vos the co owner of Christian Dior came from a wealthy belgium family and went to big school with her now husband louis, she started doing modeling and fashion design passing down her skills and creativity to her daughter and granddaughter.

louis de vos

age: 72

birthday: may 17, 1955

relation: grandfather

Louis family is the original owners of christian dior, he learned from a young age how to take care of business and continue to stay on the top of the market, he married his wife who had a passion that fit well with his job the two began growing their business more and more everyday.

michael schumacher

age: 54

birthday: january 3, 1969

relation: godfather

michael schumacher a eight time world champion. his family grew up with de vos’s making them all very close he was ten years older than marie but still saw her as his little sister and he became her only child’s godfather and she became both of his children god mother. michael is the reason kaarina wanted to driver with mercedes she never knew why but she always loved watching him race with mercedes than ferrari, she just began to want to drive with them one day and her and mick still hope they can drive together in mercades together they almsot do now as mick is now a reserve.

mick schumacher

age: 24

birthday: march 22, 1999

relation: godbrother

mick schumacher is a F1 reserve driver for mercedes, he grew up with Kaarina and her family, kaarina and him treating each other like siblings, the two dream is to be each others teammate again, they were once in F3 but they wish to be together on a team in f1. mick and kaarina have very opposite personalities and mick is like sunshine so kaarina definitely has a softer spot for her godbrother even tho he is older than her but she is protective of him.

gina schumacher

age: 26

birthday: february 20, 1997

relation: godsister

gina schumacher a competition horse rider and a sometimes a model, gina schumacher chose a diffent path than her family choosing to become greta with horses and continued to love riding them, she’s best friends with her godsister kaarina so she will model things for her here and there.

[leclercinvegas]

2+36 with lando please, maybe enemies to lovers vibes and the reader is either a driver or a engineer or driver's sister ;) have a good day

HEAD TO HEAD

i like this. i'm doing a driver and ill try my best at enemies to lovers but it shouldn't be too hard. also were just going to pretend that max is not good and that both mclaren and ferrari actually is a good team!

2. "i care about you." 36. "im not leaving." (from my prompt list)

summary: a ferrari going head to head with a mclaren.

warning: reader deals with anxiety, car crash

You hated him. You hated Lando Norris. You wanted to win and so did he. Sure that's everyone's goal, but between the two of you, he was your rival and you were his. You two were at war with each other. You would switch back and forth between who had the most points for first.

It was nearing the end of the season and you and Lando were still going at it. You were leading in points but Lando only needed to win one race to over take your spot in first.

There were 5 races left. It was the United States Grand Prix. You knew this was going to be a difficult race but you knew your team was going to get you through the race quickly and safely. As practice 1 came to an end you had the second fastest lap but Lando had the first. Practice 2 was almost the same until the last lap of practice when you finally beat his lap time. You were extremely nervous for qualifying and practice 3 cause you knew that he could beat you and your lap time easily.

The next day came that and your anxiety level was through the roof. As you were walking through the garage you were stopped by your teammate Charles. He said to you, "Don't worry and wherever you end up on the grid you will get into first. I believe in you." Those were the words that you needed to hear. His encouragement and kind words help ease your anxiety. As soon as you were in the car you felt like the whole world was blocked out. No noise. No people to shout at you. You closed your eyes and let yourself be at peace for a second before you started practice 3. In that moment that was what you needed. You needed to clear your mind of thought of Lando and thoughts of anything bad that could happen.

After you rolled into the garage with the second fastest lap time you felt like you just needed time to yourself. You needed to just be in your own world until qualifying. After the strategist spoke to you about what you can do to improve and beat Lando, you went into your driver's room and closed the door to be away from the loudness of the world. You put on your favorite playlist and the first song that played was Don't Blame Me by Taylor Swift. It was one of your favorites. As you were listening to your music you started to drift off to sleep.

You woke up to the sound of banging on your driver's room door. "y/n get up! you have to get ready for qualifying!" It was Charles, they sent him to wake you cause they know you could never be mad at him. You started to wake up and move out to the garage to get in the car. One last song played before you got in, it was SOS by ABBA. That song always gets you pumped for no reason. You got in the car and out of the garage and you felt free.

After qualifying you ended up on P1 with Lando behind you at P2. That sent anxiety coursing through your body. The way that he made you nervous no matter what. On or off the track Lando made you nervous.

As the cars get in their spots for qualifying, you had to take a moment to take a deep breath. Everything felt super surreal to you at the moment. You were ready. You knew this race was going to be a good one. You felt it in your bones. All the sudden it was "lights out and away we go!"

Everything was going good until in lap 49. You and Lando had been battling all race long. All the sudden your car is hit from the left side and your car flips and spins out until it hits the barriers. You felt like you couldn't move. You were in complete and utter shock. All you could hear was your team trying to communicate with you through the radio. "What happened." you asked your team but none of them responded with a real answer they just kept asking if you were okay and if anything hurt. So you asked again, "What happened?". Someone finally answered.

"You were in a crash. Norris was pushed by Verstappen and spun out colliding with your car," they told you.

The first thing you asked was, "Is Lando okay?" but you didn't even have to wait for their response. You could hear him yelling for you. He refused to listen to his teams wishes of him to get out of the car and just move behind the barriers. He had rushed over to your car after getting out of his own car. "y/n? y/n are you alright?" you could hear him whisper under his breath, "please be alright."

As he came over to help you out of your car, everything started to move slower when he came up to the side to help you. "I'm alright Lando. No scratches or anything." you said to him while giving him a weak smile. "Don't lie to me y/n. Are you sure youre okay?" he said to you while walking over to the barriers where there were people there to help you back to your garages.

When you got back to the Ferrari garage he said to you, "y/n, I'm not leaving until I am 100% sure that you are okay. I care about you. I know that's like shocking to hear considering how much we think we hate each other. But I don't think that we actually hate each other. In fact I'm pretty sure I have a crush on you. Do crushes even exist at our age?" he said and you gave him a soft giggle. His expression softened when he heard your laugh.

"I think I have a crush on you too Lando Norris. Now I'm pretty sure I'm okay. I just have a slight pain in my shoulder but-" he wouldn't even let you finish your sentence by saying, "That's not 100% sure that you're okay. Were going to the medics." You couldn't even say no to him. I mean who could.

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guys i actually really like this one. i didn't originally it was going to be this long. i was actually going to make it longer but its late and i should go to sleep. much love, addison

[toppersjeep]

Chapter 5- All For Love Charles Leclerc

Masterlist

Elena’s POV

It had been over a week since what went down with Charles. Obviously we still talked to each other. But he vibe was different. Was I an idiot for making him wait for me. He could have an woman in this world so why did he want me.

I sat in my car as the engineers checked it and made sure everything was all set. I was in P1 in Maxs home race. He was directly behind me. I knew this race would be difficult.

“Elena radio check” Bono said. “Loud and clear Bono” I said. “Alright Elena we got a good race today good starting positions” Bono said. “Yeah we do” I said. Looking back in my mirror at Charles car. He was in P3.

“You alright Elena” Bono asked. “All good” I said. Everyone cleared the track and the lights went out and we were off. Defending a position against Max is one of the hardest things to do.

But I knew that I was better than him. He got to pushy always and tried to cut corners. But not with me. I’d never let him. I was able to hold my position for ten laps until Max had hit my car from behind and we spun off the track together.

I flew into the barrier. Landing sort of sideways. I then saw Charles go off after he hit some debris from maxs car. Max was off beside me. They both managed to get out but I was stuck.

“Elena are you alright” Bono said. “Yeah just a bit stuck here” I said. “Marshall’s are coming to help” Bono said. “Was that all Max” I said. “Yeah the F.I.A is looking into it Elena” Bono said.

Charles then ran over to help me out.

“Elena are you okay” Charles said. “Yeah Char just stuck” I said. He then managed to move the piece of metal that was trapping me. “Grab onto me” he said I wrapped my arms around him and he pulled me out. But I realized my necklace had fallen off somewhere.

I couldn’t lose that. Charles set me down on the grass for a second. I took my helmet off. The paramedics came over to check me out. But I was fine. Just a couple little cuts.

“What were you doing Elena” Max said. “Your the asshole that ran into the back of me” I said yelling. “Me you took up the whole track” Max said. “Your a sore loser Max you can’t take it when someone is better then you” I said standing up.

“You think your better than me you’ve never even won a world championship” Max said. “Hmmm… you know what Max this year I will” I said. “Yeah right” Max said. “Oh I will and when I do everyone will know who the better Verstappen” I said. “El come on” Charles said.

Later..

After the race I just hung out at the Mercedes paddock going over what happened. It was so annoying how Max got away with it. He always got away with everything he did.

“You alright” Lewis said. “Yeah.. he’s an idiot” I said petting Roscoe. “He’s a dick he could’ve killed you” Lewis said. “Yeah and Charles” I said. “You didn’t hear” George said. “Hear what” I said. “Charles never hit anything he just went off the track” George said. “I heard Ferrari is pissed” Lewis said.

“Excuse me for a moment” I said. I then began to walk over to the Ferrari paddock but was stopped by Pato. “Oh perfect just the Australian I was hoping to see” Pato said. “Hey Pato shouldn’t you be with Addie” I said.

“No actually I was hoping you could help me plan a date for mine and Addies anniversary” Pato said. “Yeah why not” I said. We then sat down outside of the Mercedes paddock. “So what should I do” Pato said. “Maybe a candle lit dinner on the balcony of our apartment” I said.

“Ahh anything else she’d enjoy” Pato said writing it down in his phone. “Well she’s like me she loves roses and maybe like pasta or something” I said. “Got it got it thank you El” Pato said. “Is that all” I said. “Yeah sorry go back to get your man” Pato said.

“He’s not my” I said. “Sure he’s not” Pato said walking away. I then got up and went to the Ferrari paddock to find Charles. I saw Carlos standing there talking to some engineers. So I went upstairs to find Charles.

He was sitting on a couch. But he looked upset to me. I then sat beside him.

“Hey Charles” I said. “El how are you feeling now” Charles said. “I’m fine now just lost my necklace I’m sorry” I said. “Ah it probably got flung across the track” Charles said.

“So whys everyone saying you went off intentionally” I said. “… I hit debris love” he said looking at me. “Charles” I said. “I did though you saw” Charles said. “Okay” I said. “Are you doing anything tonight” Charles said.

“Probably just going home Charles” I said. “Yeah summer break right” Charles said. “Silly season yeah plus I gotta sort things out” I said. “If you need help with stuff for your Mom I’ll be there” he said. “Thank you Charles for everything” I said hugging him.

Later that evening…

Addie stopped the car at the entrance to our apartment.

“What are you doing” I said. “Oh I gotta go see Pato something about a date night” Addie said. “Everyone has a boyfriend but me” I said. “April is at George’s so it’s just me” I said. “I’ll be back later this evening” Addie said.

“Yeah have fun miss P1” I said she laughed. “Bye El Bell see you later” she said driving off. I then went up to our apartment. And carried my suitcase up the stairs. I was just ready to relax honestly. I opened the door and set my bags on the couch.

I then shut the door. But something was different. Someone’s shoes were here. And I smelt good. But impossible nobody was home. Unless Danny was here again stealing my food. I then saw the balcony all lit up. So I went outside.

And there Charles stood. In a nice button up shirt and black pants. His hair all messy the way I liked it. But he looked good. And in his hands he held something.

“What are you doing here” I said. “I was hoping to have dinner with you” Charles said. “So you broke in” I said he laughed. “No Addie lent me her key but… before dinner I believe this belongs to you” he said holding up the necklace he had gotten me years ago.

I thought I lost it in that crash earlier.

“Char I thought I lost it” I said. “I saw it on the ground and it had a broken chain so I had my mom fix it” Charles said. I held my hair up as he put the necklace back on. “Thank you” I said he smiled.

“Wanna eat” he said. “Yeah” I said. “Don’t worry I didn’t cook” he said I laughed as we sat down. “I was gonna say” I said. “Well thank my mother” Charles said. “I thought it smelled familiar” I said. “I know her cooking is your favorite” Charles said.

We enjoyed a nice dinner together and just talked for a little while. But I still didn’t know what I wanted from him. Was I really ready for another relationship. We picked up the dishes and went inside. I then set them in the sink.

“Charles..” I said he looked at me. “Yes Elena” Charles said. Here it goes just ask him. Did he really go off the track for me. “Did you purposely go off the track for me” I said he hesitated. “Love I.. I did” Charles said. “But you could hurt your career Charles” I said.

“I don’t care about that.. the only thing that mattered to me in that moment was you” he said looking at me. “I .. love you.. Elena and I can’t lose you too so yeah I did” Charles said. “You’d risk your dreams for me” I said. “Elena you are my dream” Charles said I teared up.

And in that moment I knew. Nothing else mattered but him. That’s all I wanted. Daniel had never given me the feelings that Charles did. This was what true love really felt like.

I ran over and kissed him. He was all I wanted. There was nobody else.

“Charles.. I love you” I said looking into his eyes. “..I’ve waited so long to hear you say that” he said I kissed him again. “Stay with me” I said. “I’d want nothing more mon amour” he said picking me up and carrying me to my room.

The next day…

Charles POV

I woke up with Elena in my arms. It was everything that I had always wanted in life. I heard someone knock on the door.

“I’ll get it” Elena said softly. “No love I got it stay here” I said kissing her cheek. “You better come back” she said smiling. “I’ll be back” I said throwing my pants back on. I then left her room to answer the door.

I opened it to see Daniel. He was standing there with flowers. I’m assuming for Elena.

“Oh hey Charles… uhhh shirtless Charles” Daniel said. “Whats up” I said. “Just wanted to check on Elena after the race yesterday” Daniel said. “She’s fine just laying in bed” I said. “Yeah I knew this would happen eventually” Daniel said.

“What are you talking about” I asked. “You and Elena it’s always been you two” Daniel said. “I’m not following” I said. “Ummm just tell her I stopped by she knows where to find me” he said handing me the flowers.

I then shut the door. That was strange.

[thearchercore]

I don’t want to burst anyone’s bubbles bc Charles does look very quick and comfortable with the car but to me the 0.19s on the straight is an indication for higher engine settings at Ferrari (and/or more fuel weight in the RedBull) bc that is just too much of an advantage for them to suddenly gain over the RedBull who are known for their top straight line speed.

His long run looks pretty awesome though but we don’t really have a comparison to Max as he was late to start his program bc of the work on the car.

yeah! fp's are just for vibes but we always love to see lec/ver track dominance

also charles' long runs so far were faster than checo's so that looks encouraging but again, it's an fp so all we can do is wait and pray

[mecachrome]

i love andrea so much because whenever he talks about lando or oscar's strengths he's very much like (Guy who has only ever worked with nando and schumi voice) Getting a lot of 'Fernando Alonso' and 'Michael Schumacher' vibes from this... and then everyone gets mad and starts 10 pages of reddit discourse about how presumptuous it is to compare those winless frauds to them like it's somehow his fault he was a performance engineer at ferrari in its glory days

[f1amboyant]

Thank you for the tag @leclercsbf ❤️ Tagging @drspleenmeister and @curiousthyme (if you want to of course 🥰) and anyone who wants to do it! 😘

Tell me about 1-5 ideas that you’ve not written a single word for yet. (notes don’t count)

Charlos - Engineer!Carlos AU: Carlos as Charles’ race engineer. They are both pining hard and finding all kind of excuses to spend time with the other. Also people online going crazy over this new hot engineer at Ferrari and asking admin to post more pictures of him and speculating about his relationship with Charles 👀 A lot of ideas for this one but no plot whatsoever at the moment 🫣

Charlos - vampire x werewolf AU: vampire!Charles and werewolf!Carlos. No real plot or ideas yet. Just… Just look at their arms next to each other, I’m going feral and it’s giving so much vampire and werewolf vibes ✨

Charlos - sugar AU: Sugar daddy!Carlos x sugar baby!Charles. Need I say more?

Charlos - therapist AU: this is all @drspleenmeister’s fault. They planted this idea in my head and I can’t get it out! Therapist!Charles trying to warn patient!Carlos to stop sleeping with his toxic fwb while trying to not lust over his patient.

Charlos - single dad AU: Inspired by this. Single dad Charles taking his son to football training and falling for sexy coach!Carlos in the process.

Aaaaaand that’s it for the ideas folder (I have more). Feel free to ask about any of these ideas or throw some inspiration, it might spark something and I might finally write some of them 👀

[f0point5]

going through my saved reels on Insta, and it made me think that we didn't talk enough about the shift between Max and Charles.

at the beginning of the year there still was some tension between them. they didn't talk much, were more cold towards each other... maybe it was the fact that the championship was still in fight. but then summer break came, and it was like you turn a switch. suddenly, so much Lerstappen content EVERYWHERE, the atmosphere between them changed completely. their times at press conferences? during driver parades? shared padel match? shared interview? Max calling Charles "Charlie"? the overall shift of vibes between them? they actually look they like the presence of each other now! like, I really wanna know what happened between them, what changed that atmosphere so suddenly.

and don't let me even start about the RB x Ferrari sticker war. because that. took. the. cake.

-🦥

I love a chat…but I may not be the person to talk about this with because I just never got picked up by the lestappen hype train I’m not going to lie 🫣🫣🫣 (please don’t hate me 🥺)

If I’m being honest, I think what happened is marketing picked up “Lestappen” and ran with it. For whatever reason, in the second half of the year Charles has been doing a lot more work on branding himself away from Ferrari (I got theories but obviously we don’t know why). The intensity of his racing persona has dropped a bit, I think, which coincides with his less “rival” attitude with Max. Also, his increased visibility around another top team probably didn’t hurt his bargaining position for contract negotiations. Also, Max could always do with looking a bit less like the Darth Vader of F1…it’s been undeniably helpful to see him publicly having a good rapport with Charles.

(Plus, wasn’t Max wearing a pair of shoes from Charles’s brand in one of his holiday pictures? You can’t tell me Charles just randomly gave them to him?)

On vibes, I’ve always said, I think Max just copies other people’s vibes most of the time. Like in the cool down room he always waits to see if the other person will talk to him and how open they want to be before he follows suit. I think he was probably always open to being more friendly with Charles but it was Charles that was a bit more reserved with him so he just matched the energy. Now that Charles has more rapport with him he’s happy to build on it. Just my take.

Imo the sticker war was probably a fun thing that started between the engineers and when it blew up on social media there were so many comments wanting Max and Charles involved.

I might be cynical but I think the shift was well timed

Maybe I’m just crazy because SO many people see chemistry between Max and Charles and I just never have. Clearly they get along, but I think racing and a competitive mentality is the only thing they have in common, and I think they know it. To me they’re friendly, but definitely not friends.

I agree with you though I would die to know what the general shift was really about, if it was collusion etc 😂 I would die to know how Max got the shoes (if indeed those were Clace shoes). I would die to know what Charles’s PR strategy has been all about lately.

Basically I’m nosey as hell

[onboardsorasora]

❄️Enchanted Au: Christmas Part 19 ❄️

Hello my lovely friends! Its Enchanted Christmas Thursdays! (workshopping) Anywho! You're not here to read my chatter lol

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Part 19

“There! All done!” Daniel spun to Max who was sitting on the couch, he waved his arms in a ‘tadaaa’ motion. Max grinned and applauded, Daniel bounced in happiness. The tree was completed! He had taken his time finding spots for all of the ornaments, including the personal ones– those got pride of place near the top of the tree. Mainly so Sassy and Jimmy couldn’t get to them. But they had already promised Daniel that they wouldn’t attack the tree, so he wasn’t truly worried.

“Lovely!” Max praised. And it was, it was beautifully decorated along with the rest of the flat. There was most definitely a Christmasy vibe to the room. Daniel had even taken to setting up the remaining guest rooms to be ready for when Max’s family finally flew in; it had been a whirlwind of excitement that Max hadn’t the heart to tell him that he didn’t need to do all of the work.

“Are you ready to head over to Charles’?” He asked, standing from the couch and patting his pockets.

“Yepp!” Daniel chirped, scratching Jimmy's belly as he laid on the floor. He stood up and stretched his arms above his head, his black shirt lifted a bit to show a sliver of his lower belly above his jeans. Max looked away quickly.

Daniel gripped his long sleeves to stretch over his palms and pulled on his leather jacket– well, Max's leather jacket. He patted the pocket to find his phone and grinned up at Max with the two thumbs up gesture to confirm that he was ready.

They drove to Charles’, it wasn't that far away but Max hadn't wanted Daniel to have to walk back home when it got colder later. He glanced over at a red light to see Daniel snuggling into the leather seat with a large awed smile, they were driving in his Ferrari this time and Daniel was clearly enjoying himself. 

Max may or may not have sped through the tunnel to see Daniel's excitement at the echoing of the roar of the engine around them. He wasn't disappointed, because Daniel's mouth dropped open and a happy choked laugh left his mouth. And he had a feeling that if they were out, Daniel's tattoos would be fluttering.

They pulled into Charles' building and Max followed a bouncing Daniel. He was overflowing with excitement, and Max was only a little happy when Lando opened the door and Daniel launched all of his energy on him. 

The party was in full swing, Max greeted a few of their other friends and drivers. Skillfully ignoring questioning looks about Daniel. He didn't usually bring anyone to parties and he vaguely worried about what Charles or Lando told people about Daniel.

It didn't matter because Daniel had found and latched on to Lily, who was introducing him to Logan and Oscar. Max focused on the conversation happening around him, but he kept looking out for Daniel until he saw him leaving the room eagerly with Lily.

Daniel settled in what looked like Charles bedroom, he took off his jacket and sat on the bed as Lily instructed. She was wearing her glitter eyeshadow again and she brought them with her because she knew Daniel would be coming. He was excited.

She sat on the bed in front of him with the pot of teal glitter and smiled at him. “I didn't know what colour you'd want. But this matches your shirt.” 

Daniel looked down at his shirt and smiled widely. It was his favorite, the one he wore to the club. The large teal 3 on the back made him really happy because his house at home was number 3.

“That's perfect.”

“Close your eyes.” She instructed and he did. His eyelids twitched a little at the first touch of the brush. She worked quickly and soon Daniel heard her closing the small pot. “All done!”

Daniel bounced up and looked in Charles’ mirror in awe. He looked so pretty. He kept tilting his head this way and that to see how the glitter changed with the light. It went teal then silver and a little blue. 

“It's so pretty! Thank you.” Lily grinned at Daniel and they made their way back into the thick of the party. He nearly barrelled into Lando in his excitement.

“Danny! You want some egg nog?” Lando offered up a red cup with a milky looking liquid. Daniel bit his lip.

“Lando, I'm lactose intolerant.” He smiled an embarrassed slash of his lips and then bit his thumbnail.

“Oh!” Lando paused, “well how about some punch?” 

That Daniel could do, he nodded happily and watched as Lando poured him a full cup of the sweet looking sparkling juice. He thanked Lando and took a sip, it was lovely. He took another gulp and gave Lando a thumbs up.

They chatted for a few minutes about nothing, making fun of a few of Charles’ friends who looked like they stepped off the covers of magazines. Daniel kept sipping at his punch, for something to do with his hands. He was kinda nervous around so many new people, and the punch tasted really good.

“When do Vic and everyone come over?” Lando asked, sipping the original glass of eggnog he had offered.

“In a few days, we finished decorating everything so I think we're ready.” Daniel was excited, he couldn't wait to see the boys again. He also knew that he was maybe overdoing it a little to overcompensate for not being hom. But Michelle had also told him to enjoy himself. So he was doing just that.

“That’s good, normally Max is gon–”

“Lando! There you are!” A tall man walked over and clapped Lando on the shoulder. He turned piercing blue eyes to Daniel and Daniel couldn't help but compare his eyes to Max's. Also this guy had some serious eyelashes.

“George, here I am. Oh! This is Daniel. Daniel, meet George Russell, he drives for Mercedes.” Lando introduced. Daniel shook George's hand, and giggled a little that he had two first names.

“I get that a lot actually.” George laughed and Daniel realized he might have said that out loud.

“I'm so sorry!” Daniel flushed and slapped his hand over his mouth. He turned wide eyes to Lando who was wheezing. 

“Oh this is amazing!” Was all Lando said before dragging Daniel off.

“Nice eyelashes Russell George!” Daniel called before trundling along behind Lando. They came to a stop by Charles and Max who were talking to a few other people.

“Special delivery!” Lando called out cheekily and hooked Daniel's hand onto Max’s arm. Max looked at the duo dubiously and Charles started grinning as if he was told an amazing secret.

“Maxy! I was looking for you!” Daniel said around his almost empty cup.

“Here I am.” Max smiled, he took in Daniel's flushed cheeks and his uber wide smile. This felt familiar but he couldn't pinpoint why 

“Look!” Daniel closed his eyes and tilted his head a little to catch the light.

“Oh you sparkle! You match Lily now” Charles pointed out and Daniel laughed happily.

“You look very pretty.” The man beside Charles said with a smile and Daniel smiled shyly at him.

“Oh!” Charles muttered something in French that Daniel didn't catch, “this is Pierre. Periot, this is Daniel.” He introduced them before saying something else to Pierre in French which had the other man smiling and nodding. Max narrowed his eyes suspiciously at them.

“He looks like a dog–uhm wolf.” Daniel whispered to Max in broken Dutch. Max's eyes widened at him and Daniel shrugged before fluttering off. Well yes, Pierre did kinda look like a wolf sometimes when he let his hair grow out but when did Daniel learn Dutch?? We're the cats teaching him?

“Is he ok? He looks a bit tipsy already.” Pierre asked Charles who’s eyes widened and his mouth formed an ‘o’. Max’s head whipped to Daniel who was draining the last of his cup and giggling at something George said. 

“Daniel?” Max made a beeline for the pair, Charles and Pierre followed behind quickly, muttering to each other in a mix of French and Italian. 

“Maxy!” Daniels eyes lit up and he threw his arms around Max’s waist in a hug. Max and George’s eyes widened comically. 

“Daniel, are you ok?” Max tried again.

“Of course! You smell nice, Sassy was right.” Daniel sighed and Max stopped up suddenly. 

“Danny dear, what are you drinking?” Charles asked tentatively.

“Lando gave him some of Pascale’s punch.” George supplied, looking dubiously over at the jug sitting innocently on the beverage table. 

“Oh shit.” Pierre bit his lip then started talking quickly to Charles in Italian. 

“You spiked mom’s punch? It was literally here so we didn’t get Daniel drunk again.” Charles complained, dragging his palms down his face. 

“It always tasted better with a splash of tequila.” Pierre mumbled, sheepishly. 

“Oh no, Maxy’s gonna be mad.” Daniel slurred in a weird mixture of languages. 

“He only had a cup right? And it’s early. It shouldn’t be too bad I think?” Max muttered, clutching a squirming Daniel to his side. Daniel’s hug moved from his waist to his neck like a clingy octopus, he rested his head on Max’s shoulder. 

“How much did you put in there?” Charles tsked, running his hand through Daniel’s curls. Daniel closed his eyes at the sensation, his glittering eyeshadow smeared a little onto his cheeks as if he had rubbed his face. 

“A whole bottle?” Pierre admitted hesitantly. They all looked at the size of the sharing jug, mentally doing the math at just how much alcohol their friend had unknowingly ingested. 

“Pierre!” Charles rubbed his forehead with a sigh. “I’m so sorry Max.” He apologized, “I’m sorry Danny, we didn’t mean to get you drunk.”

“‘sok Sharl.” Daniel mumbled in slurred English, then in Italian he said; “don't tell Max.” Which had Charles and Pierre laughing.

“It's bad enough I can't understand when he's talking to the cats, he can't, of course, have a private language with you too. It's unfair I think.” Max groused, good naturedly.

George's brow creased, but Pierre didn't seem very surprised at Max's words.

“I'm sorry, what are we talking about now?” George cut in. Charles ignored him.

“Pierre, can you bring some water please, non alcoholic.” Charles sneered then turned back to Max's drowsy scarf. “Daniel, do you want to lay down sweetie?” Charles brushed Daniel’s curls from his face.

“No ‘m fine.” Daniel snuggled closer into Max's hold. Max unconsciously tightened his arms around Daniel's slighter frame.

“Stop ignoring me, I know you heard me.” George muttered. Pierre can back with a chilled bottle of water and a straw, Charles grabbed and uncapped it before helping Daniel to sip some of the cold beverage. 

Lando saddled up to their group and his eyes widened in horror. “What happened?”

“Pierre spiked the punch.” Max grumped and Lando facepalmed. Max caressed Daniel's cheek tenderly. “Help me get him to lay down.” 

Max walked Daniel slowly around the edge of the party so they wouldn't attract too much attention. With Charles’ help he got Daniel laying down in the bed. He complained at first, not wanting to release Max from his hold but Max promised to check in on him and bring him snacks. That had been enough for Daniel to agree.

Max was reluctant to leave him to go back to the party, so they stayed close to the hallway in case Daniel woke up and needed help. A happy compromise is what he told Charles.

The party continued boisterously for a while until Charles announced that they should have dinner. Max went to the bedroom to wake Daniel up, hopefully he had slept off some of the alcohol in his system. The bed was empty when he entered the room and that worried him a little. Daniel hadn’t come back out to the party, Max would have seen him.

“Daniel?” Max called out, he considered looking under the bed but hoped that drunk Daniel didn't think that was a good place to hide. “Daniel, where are you hiding?”

He checked the closet and then under the bed, to no avail. He decided to check the en suite before asking Charles if he had any random tunnels going from his room. He 1000% believed that Charles would have something weird like that in his home. 

He knocked on the bathroom door before entering the dark room. Max turned on the light and walked over to the large tub to glance inside. He stopped suddenly, mouth pulling into a soft smile. Daniel was curled in a ball, stroking and whispering softly to a silky furred dachshund. His eyes were closed as if he was dozing.

Max sat on the edge of the tub, his fingers itched to reach in and stroke through Daniel's already messy curls. His eyeshadow was even more mussed now, teal sparkles winked at Max from his cheeks and hairline like gossamer.

Secretly, he still felt Daniel's arms around his waist and neck, still felt how nice it was to have Daniel openly clinging close. Of course, he wished it were under completely different circumstances, but he couldn't ignore the flutter in his chest.

“Daniel.” Max called lightly, not wanting to startle them.

“Mm Max?” Daniel's eyes blinked open lazily. He smiled up at Max, tilting his head backwards to rest against the back of the tub. Max swallowed thickly, and tried to ignore how… lovely Daniel looked.

Daniel looked very lovely, smiling lazily up at Max as if he was the most amazing person in the world.

He shook the thought out of his head. It was best to not go down that road. 

“Are you ready for dinner?” Max asked instead.

Part 20

[russilton]

in that sense I wouldn't mind if Lewis and George just went somewhere to Italy for a year off, I just can't bear it, t*to can handle it on his own

Considering Ferrari apparently preformed the monetary equivalent of offering Lewis the world for him to sign, I don’t think it would be hard for him to show up with George under his arm like a purse dog and say “if you want to keep me, you’ll give this one a third car, he comes with 4 wdc references, multiple engineers if you take us both, and proably a few mechanics. He’s house trained, has an unfortunate history of unionising, but he likes pizza”

And frankly I’m not sure he’d be turned down. I fuckin hate the Ferrari philosophy and vibe in general, but totos seems stuck in and I don’t think we’ll be able to convince JV to stage a coup anymore, we’ve lost him to the spreadsheets. Needs must, and I refuse to accept a pair this so talented being wasted.