#japan gp 2010

[usersewis]

Sebastian Vettel looking beautiful on the podium: 2010

[umseb]

race winner sebastian vettel is interviewed during the post-race press conference, japan - october 10, 2010 (transcript under the cut)

Interviewer: "The top three drivers in the 2010 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. In third place, for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, Fernando Alonso; in second place, for Red Bull Racing, Mark Webber; and taking the win for Red Bull Racing in the team's third 1-2 of the season, Sebastian Vettel. Seb, last season, pole and the win. This year, pole and the win, and all n the space of just one day." Seb: "Yeah. Incredible day, obviously, this morning with qualifying and the pole position, and this afternoon we just continued, so fantastic. I think it was down to the team. They have been working very hard. Most of the guys, they didn't sleep from Thursday to Saturday, so actually was good that there was no quali so they didn't have to touch the car and then cut some sleep, and I think they deserve it today. Obviously this track is, like, drawn for us. With all the high-speed corners it's always a pleasure, and with the car getting lighter and lighter in the end it's just more and more fun, and yeah, incredible. Good start, which was obviously the key from the clean side, and I could see Robert obviously got a bit of momentum, but the way down to turn one was too short for him. And then with the safety car, which stayed out quite long, obviously, with the incident with Kubica… But then after that I think both of us were able to pull away from the field and just controlling the pace until the end. There was a little bit of a rest behind Jenson because we couldn't really go through him, so we had to wait until he pits, but after that, just incredible. So really, really happy, and it's about time." [laughs] Interviewer: "You looked to have the race pretty much under control from the off, but Mark was putting you under some serious pressure after the pit stops, wasn't he?" Seb: "Yeah, I mean, obviously in his position he tries to push. I know that overtaking is not so easy and obviously… I think I just went as fast as I had to. Obviously I could see that we were pulling away. I was mainly given the pace Fernando was doing for the majority of the race. Obviously I can see Mark when he's about one, two, three seconds behind, so [laughs] as I said, obviously with Button in the middle after the pit stop halfway through the race we had to, yeah, back off a bit, and then once he pulled obviously it was free fast to go. But, as you said, it was pretty much controlled until the end, so just trying to carry the car home. But still you want to push every single lap because the car is magnificent around here. Just feels fantastic, so really happy." Interviewer: "Congratulations. Well done." [time jump] Interviewer: "Back to you. You're now tied for second in the championship. Only two drivers have ever taken back-to-back wins at suzuka other than yourself-Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher-and they both went on to win the title. It's a pretty good omen." Seb: "I guess! I wouldn't mind, obviously. No, I'm very proud. I love this circuit. It's always special to come here. The fans, I think, the atmosphere for all of us is special. And yeah, it's the first time I win a grand prix for the second time, so I think ultimately you have to fall in love with this track. And yeah, very proud, so as you say. Think that's a good omen, so I wouldn't mind." [laughs] Interviewer: "Thank you very much, guys. Congrats."

[umlewis]

lewis hamilton takes laps during a very rainy fp3, japan - october 9, 2010

[feraltwinkseb]

yeah.

[avida-heidia-5]

Sebtember Challenge #23:

Success at Suzuka

Did you know Sebastian Vettel has won in Japan 4 times, all of which were with Red Bull? He won in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.

🇯🇵🏆🏆🏆🏆

The other times he’d won 4 races were in Malaysia (2010, 2011, 2013, 2015) and Bahrain (2012, 2013, 2017, 2018).

[uraharashouten]

@katsu-at-the-bottom​  answered:

ASTRAY :  for both muses to take a detour and lose their way.

X-Human were traveling north to their next gig in the middle of the night with their newest member Jinta joining them in their van. Up ahead, the road was severely clogged up due to an accident. Katsu, at the wheel, let out a frustrated grunt and took the next turn to avoid a complete standstill for who knows how long.

With the rest of the band asleep in the back, there was no one else but Jinta riding shotgun to help navigate. Boy, did Katsu need some navigation because the detour led them way off: they were in a small fishing village somewhere east.

“Oh… What the fuck?”

“Dude... is that a harbor?” Jinta squinted ahead through the bug-splattered, spotty windshield. Then stared at the map in his lap. Then squinted again. “No, no, no... this is so stupid.” Stupid to be using this crappy old map, crisscrossed with creases and ringed with coffee stains. There was this new thing called GPS that could’ve steered them clear but oh no, the old man wasn’t sharing any of his tech until Jinta earned it, whatever the fuck that meant... his mind replayed, in a mocking version of the boss’s voice, some bullshit speech about how a young man must find his own way...  

“How?!” This wasn’t his fault. Couldn’t be his fault. In the grey light of early dawn he felt a cold terror grip him, and slowly, hesitantly, under his horror-stricken gaze, rotated the map ninety degrees. ...shit.

Shoulders sagging, he flopped back against the seat, staring defeatedly into the early morning fog, dimly aware of the cries of seagulls outside the van. “Well... now what?”

[skitskatdacat63]

Vettonso x Similar Helmets

SV Germany 2012 x FA Monaco 2013: Gold & Dark Red

I think a lot about Vettonso and their mutual relationship witn gold. They're both golden boys, they're both seen lit gold by the sunshine on many podiums throughout the years, both have worn golden boots, and as you can see here: both have worn golden helmets. The parallels in these particular helmets makes me feel insane. Both are: gold with dark red accents, both have their birthplace's coat of arms(Bergstraße and Asturias), both have team animal motifs, and both have symbols to represent their two championships(You by now know the signifigance of the ones on Fernando's helmet, but I think the ones on Seb's are actually a callback to his Formula BMW days when he used to put the smiley stickers on his car for every win.)

And did you know both of these helmets were designed by the same helmet design company? Yep, both of these are JMD helmets. I know JMD helmets are/were pretty popular, but still, there's something to me about Fernando commissioning the same designer that Seb has been using since he was a literal child. Parallels, am I right?

SV Japan 2010 x FA Japan 2023: White with Black & Red

Haha I remember @protocolseben and I discussing this a bit back in September when Fernando's helmet dropped. I honestly think Seb is such an innovator and trailblazer in terms of helmet design, and you can see his influence in helmet design as recently as this past season. I'm not sure if he was the first ever driver to don a matte white helmet with red accents as a representation of the Japanese flag, but it certainly envoked him in my mind when I saw Fernando's!!

I think Fernando's is pretty similar to all of Seb's 2010-2012 Japan helmets but I like this one the most so! I think if Seb wasn't restrained by the Red Bull logo, he def wouldv'e put the red circle where Nando put his so I think Fernando did a really good job, even if unintentionally, at emulating Seb's sense of design.

SV Singapore 2012 x FA Singapore 2012: Sparkly!

Like I said in the one above, it's crazy how much Seb influenced helmet design. He was pretty much the pioneer of sparkly helmets for Singapore, right? It drives me absolutely insane that there's actually pictures of them together in such similar designed helmets. It's kinda funny actually that even though they're pretty deep in the championship fight at this point, and Seb just got one up on Fernando; Fernando is wearing a helmet that is a direct influence from Seb!!! Is that not insane???

Also, Fernando trying to be camp with trying the now in vogue sparkly Singapore helmet, and Seb accidentally completely blew him out of the water with his outrageous light up LED constellation helmet. But god yeah....to have pics of them in matching helmets from this era particuarly makes me emotional ;;;

SV Hungary 2021 x FA 2022: Pink with Dark Blue

I really could've picked any of Seb's 2021 helmets, but I thought this one matched the best with Fernando's main 2021 helmet(with the color pallet.) Also one thing, it's crazy how much control BWT has as a sponsor, I don't think I've ever seen another sponsor go so hard at having a chokehold on individuality. I like that we got pink liveries and pink helmets, but I don't think they should have that much control.

I'm almost kinda sad there wasn't any Miami GP in 2021, because I think that was the only unique helmet Fernando had in 2022. But these match pretty well! Pretty in pink!! It's crazy that their parallels in the 2020s are ongoing even before Fernando actually takes over Seb's seat. Thanks BWT I guess?

SV Abu Dhabi 2022 x FA Abu Dhabi 2022: Fernando's Seb Tribute Helmet

AND HERE WE HAVE THE PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE!!! The ultimate conclusion, it literally couldn't get better than this!! This is still unbelievable, like how is this an actual thing that happened!? Fernando intentionally branding his helmet, the only symbol of individuality in F1, with his rival's flag colors, HIS FLAG!!!!! Not to mention the literal "Vettono Best Moments" collage he posted alongside it....and the hand-holding....and everything that happened with them at Abu Dhabi 2022....

But god, after years of incidentally making parallel helmet designs, Fernando decided to officially tie the knot of the red string of fate, and make a helmet directly referencing Seb's. I think it's funny because as I said with two of the previously mentioned ones, those Fernando designs are pretty much inspired by Seb's, and here he is openly making one directly inspired by Seb. I don't really have words for how this actually makes me feel because it's just. Yeah. The most open and clear declaration of love and respect and admiration one could ever make. TO ME.

[herohimbowhore]

Red Bull and its everchanging driver lineup will forever be interesting to me. The Red Bull ecosystem/family/industrial complex, whatever it is that you want to call it, is something that knows no stability whatsoever.

Very rarely is there stability in the driver lineup for both Red Bull-affiliated teams.

Recency bias may have us thinking that this revolving door of Red Bull drivers has only occurred since 2016 or 2018. Because the Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber lineup was stable, as was the Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen lineup. Not to mention that Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly were teammates for two seasons! And let's not forget the days of David Coulthard and Mark Webber.

Despite those examples of stable lineups, there is always instability occurring at one of the teams, if not both.

Looking through the years, I compiled a list of every driver who's driven for Red Bull or Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri. So, every new driver, every single race change, mid-season swap. If there was a change, then it is listed.

In bold are the drivers currently driving for either Red Bull or AlphaTauri with the most recent first GP start. Lines 28 and 30 with Kyvat and Gasly mark the period in which Toro Rosso became AlphaTauri. The duration counts how many days are between the first GP and the last GP.

Some fun facts that I learned while making this:

Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi were supposed to trade off every four races in 2005. However, after Liuzzi's four races, Klien finished off the season.

Robert Doornbos is the only Red Bull/Toro Rosso driver to not have a full time drive within the Red Bull industrial complex.

Daniil Kyvat was replaced for the second time in less than two years during his 2016-2017 run. He was replaced by Pierre Gasly for Malaysia and Japan in 2017 due to underwhelming results, then returned for the US GP when Gasly was competing in a Super Formula race. In the end, despite Toro Rosso saying that Gasly was not a permanent replacement and Kyvat was still a part of the Red Bull family, he did not finish out the season and would not return until 2019, making it his third time leaving and coming back to Toro Rosso. (And funnily enough, his 2019 return was to replace Gasly.)

Drivers who have driven for the longest in the Red Bull industrial complex:

Max Verstappen: 3170 days and counting (also has the longest run with only one team - 2757 days and counting)

Sebastian Vettel: 2520 days

Mark Webber: 2443 days

Daniel Ricciardo: 2379 days

Daniil Kyvat: 1793 days

Drivers who have driven the least total days:

Robert Doornbos: 21 days

Liam Lawson: 42 days

Nyck De Vries: 126 days

Brendon Hartley: 399 days

Alex Albon: 469 days

The table, while helpful, doesn't fully allow us to visualize just how unstable the driver lineups are. So, I made a timeline:

(please ignore that driver names aren't in the same places between pictures. the website I was using only allowed 18 events at a time, so there was some shuffling around.)

The driver changes on the top portion in each picture is Red Bull and on the bottom portion, it is Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri.

Maybe this is normal? You know, F1` is a sport that changes all the time. Every year we've had sprint races, it has been different. So, maybe driver changes so often are just the norm?

While there is no direct comparison (as is the case for almost everything in Formula 1), two other current teams on the grid had their first races in the 21st century -- Mercedes and Haas.

Mercedes might have one of the most stable driver lineups. Since 2010, they have only had five drivers. With the exception of George Russell filling in for Lewis Hamilton in 2020 for one race, all drivers raced every race they were supposed to.

Haas, similar to Mercedes, finished driver contracts and didn't make mid-season changes. The only exception was Pietro Fittipaldi completing the 2020 season after Romain Grosjean's crash.

Again, it's not a direct comparison, but there is a very visible difference.

Mercedes has had a stable lineup because they had their world champion driver and a teammate who could be there to pick up the points. Red Bull technically has the same with Max and Sergio now and did have the same with Sebastian and Mark.

But there's a key difference between the Red Bull industrial complex and teams like Mercedes and Haas. Red Bull, for as long as it has been in Formula One, has had a neverending list of drivers waiting in the wings. The Red Bull juniors are like a hydra - you cut off one head and two grow back. One Red Bull junior leaves, there's at least a handful to replace him.

Haas can't develop junior drivers and Mercedes tends to focus their attention on just one or two juniors. They don't have a list of drivers that they can pick and choose to replace a driver. They also don't have a junior team from which they can shuffle things around.

I doubt that Red Bull will ever have the same long-standing driver lineups like other teams, but I am curious to see if the reduced junior drivers will allow for some stability in AlphaTauri (or Racing Bulls I guess).

[hungriestheidi]

ao3: holidayblues

i think we're kindred spirits (so don't you dare walk away) (4.1k) - sebchal. ambiguous relationship. pwp / porn with feelings.

never complain, never explain (on-going, 2/4 chapters out) - galex. royal au. seemingly unrequited love. pining.

of other people's love (1.9k) - lewis x sebastian x hanna. ambiguous relationship. set before Austin GP 2023.

the house by the sea (on-going) - sebchal. bodyguard x prince au.

kinktober 2023 - three complete works, each under 2k.

romance by the fractures (43k) - sebchal. established relationship, not racing drivers au.

in your car, i'm a star (and i'm burnin' through you) (5k) - sebchal. secret relationship. set after Miami GP 2023.

he chose me (as his burial ground) (8k) - oscarmark. dead dove do not eat. non-con/dub-con, prostitution, corruption.

died all the way back to the root (now i grow again) (6k) - sebchal. written for sebchal secret santa 2022. secret relatiionship, fluff and angst. set in the 2022 F1 season.

in beds of flame, how often was i tried (2k) - sebchal. unhealthy coping mechanisms. set in the 2022 season (between Singapore and Japan).

monachopsis (43k) - sebchal. teacher au, infidelity, age gap.

real gods require blood (3k) - sebmark/martian. cover up for a murder. set after the Turkish GP 2010.

stick by me, close by me (1.3k) - sewis. casual sex. set after the French GP 2022.

you could kill me (and you should) (1.6k) - sebmark/martian. mildly dubious consent. hate sex.

[bunnieshoneys]

LMAO sorry!!!! idk why i assumed you would just magically know which photo i was thinking of 😭😭😭 im talking abt the photo where mark and seb are both smiling at each other and shrugging- i think if you google something along the lines of “mark webber sebastian vettel after istanbul” it should come up? for guidance- it looks a lot like a random stock photo, white background harsh lighting goofy over exaggerated pose etc etc

ppl joke abt the photo because it was taken after they both crashed into each other in turkey and rbr took a neutral stance. everyone thought tension was high so rbr response was to make them take a photo where they’re both just 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ <- like that lol. (@ sebniverse has the photo on their twitter account as well if you can’t find it on google!! they replied to a tweet that was like “how do you resolve workplace conflict” with the photo. lol)

((although honestly you are right. there are so many iconic seb and mark photos, and i would love to see them all applied to coanda effect stsg))

AHAHA omg thAT ONE!! im not as well versed in the vettel-webber rivalry as i am in rosberg-hamilton lmao

this fuckass image.

anon is referring to this collision, if anyone wants to watch it, from the Turkish GP 2010.

uh-- no is the short answer. the rivalry stsg have in coanda effect is very under-the-radar and backhanded right up until japan 2014, at which point the team/getou isn't interested in PR damage control or making the two seem like best friends. so something like this would be something unlikely.

its funny to imagine it though LMAOO

(if i had a nickel for every time RBR had a crash between its older aussie driver and a blonde prodigy and the prodigy was clearly at fault but red bull took a "neutral stance" pissing off the aussie and causing tension in the team id have two nickels. not a lot but weird it happened twice!)

(i hate red bull racing /lh)

HOWEVER

i have webber-vettel images linked for monaco 2010 cited as insp on ao3, including their pool celebrations and this from when they jumped in the sea, which just so happened to be IRL monaco 2010 (a complete coincidence!!)

which. yea

theyre insane

feel like f1 always peaks in monaco. the aura of these images is insane

(@s4turn-ly u wanted references? this is 2010 so gojo would be in blue/gold and getou in red) (NO PRESSURE!!!!)

[merionettes]

rubicon program references

due to the slow death of twitter i'm collecting my program links here. (almost) none of the rubicon skates are meant to be identical to real life programs, but some of the inspiration is pretty one-to-one… and some is a little less direct.

if you find yourself region blocked, try a free vpn - i recommend the veepn browser extension (firefox | chrome) or proton. 

if you only have so much time, i've starred the most important ones. if you want more… i have so many more.

chapter one

**tessa virtue/scott moir - mahler no. 5 (olympics 2010)

chapter two

tessa virtue/scott moir - carmen (worlds 2013)

kaitlyn weaver/andrew poje - the way you make me feel (canadian nationals 2017) | bonus worlds finish

chapter three

nadia bashynska/peter beaumont - romeo & juliet (gp espoo 2023)

maia shibutani/alex shibutani - smile (4cc 2011)

**michelle kwan - tosca (us nationals 2004) | music

chapter four

**meryl davis/charlie white - scheherazade (olympics 2014)

shizuka arakawa - turandot (olympics 2006)

**alexei yagudin - winter (olympics 2002)

chapter five

daisuke takahashi - blues for klook (worlds 2013)

mirai nagasu - pirates of the caribbean (olympics 2010)

chapter six

miki ando - the mission (4cc 2011)

meryl davis/charlie white - my fair lady (olympics 2014)

chapter seven

katarina witt - where have all the flowers gone (olympics 1994)

chapter eight

mao asada - bells of moscow (olympics 2010)

shoma uno - dancing on my own (internationaux de france 2019)

chapter nine & ten

mao asada - rachmaninov no. 2 (olympics 2014)

kazuki tomono - one more time (rostelecom cup 2018 gala)

tessa virtue/scott moir - what's love got to do with it (niagara ice show 2016)

yuna kim - les misérables (all that skate 2013)

ensemble - uptown funk (ice fantasia 2019)

chapter eleven

madison chock/evan bates - touch/contact (olympics 2022 team event)

chapter twelve

yuzuru hanyu - romeo and juliet (worlds 2012)

chapter thirteen

tatsuki machida - east of eden (worlds 2014)

johnny weir - the swan (olympics 2006)

kaitlin hawayek/jean-luc baker - feeling good (us nationals 2017)

tessa virtue/scott moir - prince medley (worlds 2017)

chapter fourteen

**jeremy abbott - lilies of the valley (olympics 2014)

nathan chen - le corsaire (us nationals 2017)

chapter fifteen

yuzuru hanyu - heaven and earth (olympics 2022)

denis ten - the artist (worlds 2013)

chapter sixteen & seventeen

ashley wagner - moulin rouge (us nationals 2015)

chapter eighteen

kaori sakamoto - elastic heart (worlds 2023)

shoma uno - dancing on my own (japan nationals 2019)

**adam rippon - arrival of the birds (olympics 2018)

chapter nineteen

michelle kwan - fields of gold (olympics 2002)

**tessa virtue/scott moir - moulin rouge (olympics 2018)

epilogue

tessa virtue/scott moir - long time running (olympics 2018 gala)

bonus 

the rippon lutz (quad edition)

stationary lift BASE?

f/f ice dance feat. madison hubbell and gabrielle papadakis

best of kpop in figure skating

fs dynamics 101

[yuzu-all-the-way]

Yuzuru Hanyu's Japanese Nationals Through the Years

Similar to the Yuzuru Hanyu's GP Series Through the Years, I compiled these links* of Yuzu's All-Japan Championships - all 11 of his senior competitions.

6x National Champion

☆ 2008

(Bolero / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini)

☆ 2009

(Mission Impossible / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini)

☆ 2010

(White Legend / Zigeunerweisen)

☆ 2011🥉

(Étude / Romeo + Juliet)

☆ 2012🥇

(Parisienne Walkways / Notre-Dame de Paris)

☆ 2013🥇

(Parisienne Walkways / Romeo and Juliet)

☆ 2014🥇

(Ballade No. 1 / The Phantom of the Opera)

☆ 2015🥇

(Ballade No. 1 / SEIMEI)

☆ 2019🥈

(Otonal + K&C / Origin + K&C)

☆ 2020🥇

(Let Me Entertain You / Ten to Chi to)

☆ 2021 🥇

(Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso / Ten to Chi to)

*Any broken links, let me know and I will try to find a replacement

[umseb]

sebastian vettel in the garage on qualifying day, japan - october 9, 2010 📷 jens buettner / alamy

[umlewis]

lewis hamilton runs wide and crashes into the barrier during fp1, japan - october 8, 2010

[ivettel]

2022 creator wrapup

this tag game is going around other circles of tumblr, so i figure i'll kick another chain off for f1blr! also tagged by @haydanakin -- thank you, shale <3 happy new year!

list your favourite and most popular creations from every month this year!

JANUARY • favourite: puma singapore 2010 appearance my beloved • most popular: aus 2011 cunt king moment - 510 notes

FEBRUARY • favourite: japan 2009 did you mean babygirl? • most popular: frank iero in the "blood" music video - 1011 notes

MARCH • favourite: hungary 2010 fuckboy press conference (took me ages to colour and match but literally on the list of all time favs) • most popular: lewis and seb mexico 2017 drivers' debrief bitchfest - 901 notes

APRIL • favourite: seb x adobe creative cloud suite edit • most popular: australia 2022 scooter - 2462 notes

MAY • favourite: grand theft auto miami 2022 edit • most popular: monaco 2022 red flag vogue - 1622 notes

JUNE • favourite: baku 2022 weekend wrapup edit • most popular: lewis @ seb "ur doing amazing sweetie" - 1772 notes

JULY • favourite: ferrari seb bleeding heart edit • most popular: 'i don't care about the legacy--HONK' encounter - 2328 notes

AUGUST • favourite: grill the grid finale edit • most popular: sebastian "i heard silly season was quite turbulent :)" vettel - 1249 notes

SEPTEMBER • favourite: abu dhabi 2010 x austin 2013 quote edit • most popular: mcrfirefly gerard way "these are the only legs on stage" - 7209 notes

OCTOBER • favourite: boyzone anakin charli xcx edit • most popular: frank iero singing along to "fake your death" - 2179 notes

NOVEMBER • favourite: luke skywalker's cv edit • most popular: seb abu dhabi instagram live - 771 notes

DECEMBER • favourite: seb's 2022 wrapup edit • most popular: luke and han in the empire strikes back - 1384 notes

no pressure tags! @josefnewgayden @maranello @crusaderkings3 @brawn-gp @toyotagazoo @princemick @andreagrimes @h-f-k @vetterrari @cedobols @kkmeeluqq @leqclerc @queerbenched

[leclerced]

Hey! What are your fave seb races?

hey! i haven’t watched very many tbh, i watched his debut and the beginning of the 2010 season, but i have a list of races i want to watch before the next season! this one is seb specific. tbh i want to watch all of the past decade but i dont have the time for that.

credit for the list goes to devyani on tiktok bc i copied this list to my notes app after she posted it ! i couldn’t find the tiktok though sorry!!

1. Monza 2008

2. China 2009 Quali

3. Abu Dhabi 2010

4. Monza 2011

5. Abu Dhabi 2012

6. Brazil 2012

7. India 2013

8. Malaysia 2015

9. China 2016

10. Silverstone 2018

11. Germany 2019

12. Singapore 2019

13. Hungary 2021/USGP 2022/Japan 2022

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber

Japan 2007, Turkey 2010, British GP 2010, Malaysia 2013

Controversey

Mexico 2016, Azerbaijan 2017, Canada 2019