#maxiel powerpoint

[romanscool]

behold.

the maxiel powerpoint has been finished. I will drop a link here for it tomorrow. I will sleep now. tired. bye.

[wanderingblindly]

hi liquid i have a very strange ask beware

my friend asked me to make a powerpoint presentation to explain the basics of F1 (like rules, race weekend schedule, etc.) when i asked if she wanted me to include a list of all the 2025 drivers, she said “yes, i need to know name, age, nationality, and which other driver they have a homoerotic relationship with”.

and now i’m spiralling because like which ones do i tell her about?! because obviously there are endless rpf ships between the drivers, but in terms of drivers being actually incredibly weird around each other in real life?? i’m thinking brocedes (obvs) but not sure which other relationships i should analyze for her entertainment.

basically if you have any suggestions i would love to hear them thank you in advance ❤️❤️

HELLO I really wanted to go through and find individual clips but if I’m honest — the state of My City has been hell and it’s taken more out of me than I thought. I hope this is an adequate response even though it’s not up to my usual (neurotic) snuff :(

Ok so obviously there are a million ships, but I think there are two main categories: those who are compelling based predominantly on Lore™️, and those based around their F1 behavior specifically.

For the Lore, the obvious choices are:

1. Brocedes

There’s so much here…. Nico’s inability to eat anything but their favorite cereal before the deciding race of 2016. The theme of yellow in their helmets (started in karting, Nico ditched the yellow when their relationship when sour, Lewis has retuned to the yellow now that he’s left the team where they fell apart). The story of them on keke’s yacht, promising to make it to f1 together. Them sneaking out for ice cream ((Nico’s wife now having a vegan ice cream brand.)). You could analyze this for years. Years.

2. Lestappen

Though all these fuckers have raced each other for ages, Charles and Max are weird in how often their paths intersected despite not always racing in the same category. One that specifically comes to mind is Max recommending Charles for the seat that he left open when he moved up the ranks; this vocal awareness of and respect for his craft is brought up often when people show them racing wheel to wheel.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the second category, too:

1. Maxiel

it’s objectively INSANE how often Max and Daniel joked about making out. Like at some point — AT SOME POINT — you have to wonder why they’re both so comfortable with that bit, right? Beyond their weird behavior, their dynamic is extra interesting when you consider that Daniel was Max’s first Red Bull teammate: he was almost too young for f1, a bit socially odd, terrifyingly talented, and yet here’s this gregarious man that laughs at everything he says (yet has to remain wary of his threatened career)…. Formative experience.

2. Carlando

This one fascinates me threefold. First of all, there’s their online history. Baby baby baby Lando was constantly in Carlos’s comments and mentions as he moved up through the ranks — he clearly idolized him. To the second point: baby rookie Lando has him as his fucking teammate. Young and naïve, giggly and infatuated Lando got so close with Carlos so quickly, it’s almost nauseating. And then after they were no longer teammates!!!! Carlos is still one of the first people he seeks out to celebrate with (Singapore 2023 hug, forever famous,,,) he goes out to dinner with his FAMILY (Mexican gp 2024,,,,), it’s insane.

They’re clearly still so connected to each other despite no longer having any formal ties — they can’t break their orbit. (Also, why did we stop talking about Brazil 2023 when they rented a house together and everyone’s pretty sure they cheated either with each other or the same model????? Hilarious)

3. Landoscar

This one is fun to analyze for the progression and the new dynamic it presents. Lando’s always been the junior teammate despite being the number one driver — and he acted accordingly. But now he’s in a leadership position after a weird inter-term implosion, and it’s just Some Guy??????? But the way they warm up to each other, the way Oscar starts to understand how to read Lando during their PR videos, THE HESITANCY AND DELICACY OF ONE OF THEIR FIRST TOUCHES (Silverstone fan stage 2023), the way that they allude to their private interactions without ever actually showing them????????

They’re infatuating to analyze in the same way that a Victorian romance is — the details are so small and drawn out that it makes everything feel heightened, scandalous.

4. Piarles

The TRUE childhood friends to lovers angle is criminally underrated in this fandom; we get an approximation from so many of the drivers, since they all grew up racing, but Charles and Pierre went on family vacations together. Pierre calls Charles nicknames that no one else does. He constantly brings him up in interviews, they’re always gossiping before races, they hang out at private events in the off season!!!!!!!

It’s further compelled, I think, when you consider the different level of notoriety they have. Pierre is often out of the spotlight, he has nowhere near the cult following that Charles has garnered. When it comes to someone you’ve known and loved your entire life, how do you deal with that, you know????

[scuderiaspringsteen]

for the reverse unpopular opinion i WOULD ask u to do lando but i fear u would kill our friendship on the spot 😔 give me some maxiel and george opinions instead thank u

lane we have been through various rpf trenches together even your lando enjoyerism couldn't kiill our friendship. so for you only i will try.....

i like that's he's a very heart on your sleeve type of guy, not to say he doesn't play the pr game but for whatever reason he's not great at masking his emotions and in a way i admire that, especially considering the number of eyes on him. uhhhh. his friendship with max is cute and as it gets more rancid i will enjoy that as well but like. kitten friends they're fun together !!

okay so i deliberately did not go down the maxiel rabbit hole when i got into f1 and i said it was bc i didn't care about daniel but probably it was actually bc i'd have too many feelings bc. auuugh. daniel probably shaped so much of how max experienced the world of f1 and has definitely influenced the adult he's grown to become. they put a baby in an f1 car and daniel could have been a dick or just like apathetic !! but he took max under his wing he took care of him and showed him how to let loose a little and have fun all while max killed his wdc hopes. god. insane. and somehow. even after he left when max wanted him to stay. THEY STAYED FRIENDS. DO YOU SEE THIS MY GOD. THEY STILL CALL YOU DANIEL. aaauuauauugh. i have still refrained from actually getting too deep into the lore of it all but even in a broad sense it makes me wanna throw up and this past weekend has made it soo much worse bc like. not to veer of course but yeah probably daniel's time has come but they could have done it in a nice and dignified and kind way and instead they're taking him out back and shooting him and putting him in a box so he becomes schrodinger's driver - is he dead or not you can never know !!!

anyways. sorry. maxiel love the mentor and first friend aspects of it !! he showed him you can win and have a life outside it all !!!!

okay now for my absolute fave george !!! that's my guy my weird little british man my yabbadabbadoo-er. for one, as someone interested in sociolinguistics and specifically accent and class he fascinates me to no end !! but mostly i think people tend to view him as a pushover or whatever but he's really the opposite. he's got that dawg in him it might whimper every know and then but it's going for your ankles and it's not stopping anytime soon. he clearly wants to be liked and it's a blow to him when he isn't but he stays silly with it AND he's not letting that get in the way of racing ever and will absolutely give his all like i think he can get pretty self sacrificial with it. he's also so incredibly loyal like everything with alex and the williams seat makes me insane, and it's clear that he's very principled and sticks to his views which i admire. also as a fellow powerpoint and spreadsheet enthusiast he's like a kindred spirit to me <3

[maxybabyy]

Hi. I love your frat maxiel work! And I participated in fraternity and sorority life in college and I saw your tags about being frat rose. We called it being the frat sweetheart and idk how it works in other schools but the frats like vote on a sweetheart. Like PowerPoint slide and vote with like a little about you section and a picture. And also as sweetheart you are an honorary member and can wear the letters and go to chapter meetings and also attend formal and other social events.

hello!! i am sooo glad you liked it :)

a friend of my told me the story of being kicked out just like max (don't remember if it happened to them or someone else) but they at least called it a 'rose'. google did mention the sweetheart thing as well, also rose sweetheart (?), but i thought that one was a bit too much ..

[romanscool]

oh we're going LOW

[romanscool]

I would love to show the ppt to my best friend, to whom I recently explained the 2024 f1 grid (using a diff ppt from tumblr) and she chose Max and Daniel as the ones she liked most even though I hadn't mentioned their relationship at all and barely scratched the surface of their individual lore

hi anon! this is so so sweet

I haven't finished the ppt yet but I'll be sure to leave a link here on Tumblr when I do!! im happy someone than me is excited for this haha and I hope you (and you friend) will like it!

her latching on Daniel and max is such a cool thing, too, relatable as hell. honestly, I did the same. saw a glimpse of a toothy smile and red cheeks and thought, 'yeah those are the ones.'

[romanscool]

Awwh yay thank you!! Sending you all the motivation energy and good vibes 💖🫂 (same anon)

thanks so much <33 I'll be sure to post a link to the ppt as soon as it's finished!!

[romanscool]

gf asked me to do a literal powerpoint of me explaining maxiel to her (because she doesn't watch f1 and doesn't even know who Daniel or max are) but it ends up being a very good resume of whatever happens in 'which should mean nothing',,,