#overtook a redbull

[pressedstresseddepressed]

ESTEBAN OCON YOU ARE SO SEXY

[oscahpastry]

if alex albon doesn’t get dotd im actually gonna commit a felony.

[eloves-writes]

🤍 with Max verstappen. 🌶🌶 pretty pretty please

i really really enjoyed writing this one🫡🫡

song lyric prompt: “oh i’ve never done it, let’s make it cinematic” naked in manhattan ~ chappell roan 🤍

warnings: loss of virginity, sex, fingering, swearing

minors dni

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“you are serious? you haven’t done it before?”

you shook your head.

max looked at you incredulously. he was supposed to be helping you practice different circuits on the racing sim since you were new to the team, but as it had gotten later at the redbull factory, you’d ended up sat on the floor next to the sim talking to max endlessly about your careers as he demonstrated his best laps for you. conversation was easy with him; as intimidating he seemed on track, he was actually very talkative once he got started, and you’d be lying if you said you couldn’t listen to him talk for hours. whilst having a crush on your teammate wasn’t technically against the rules, it felt like a slight misstep, even thought it was practically impossible when max was so fucking hot. after a particularly impressive lap time, he’d remarked that that feeling was ‘better than sex’, and you replied jokingly saying you wouldn’t know, which had lead you here.

“you don’t have the time? you don’t want to?” he probed, apparently more interested in your lack of a sex life than finishing the mock practice session he’d started.

“um, i just haven’t, i guess,” you laughed awkwardly.

“wow,” he replied, raising his eyebrows. “you’re very beautiful, you know y/n. not to mention how talented you are on the track.”

“are you trying to tell me something, verstappen?” you joked, completely unserious and not expecting his reply at all.

“no. i’m … offering.”

your face dropped. “what?”

“there’s no one here. if you want to do it, why not do it with me?”

your brain short circuited. 3 time world champion max verstappen had just casually offered to take your virginity. he had an inarguable point; why not do it with him?

“ok,” you said simply, feeling like a complete rookie once again. you looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to tell you what to do.

he was still in the driver’s seat of the sim, a wanting lust in his eyes. he had found you hot since the first time you got into the redbull car and overtook him on a flying lap, finishing the practice session just 2 tenths ahead of him; he had wanted to fuck you since you got out of the car afterwards and teased him about it.

“come here, schat,” he encouraged, motioning to his lap. you carefully stood up and straddled his lap.

“don’t look so nervous. i’m not gonna hurt you. unless you want me to,” he added with a smirk.

“i don’t think i’m there yet,” you laughed, easing into his lap more. “what do i do?”

“well have you kissed someone before?”

you embarrassingly shook your head; you didn’t think any of your teenage ‘kisses’ really counted towards anything.

“ok,” he said nonchalantly, tucking you hair behind your ear. “let’s start there then.”

he pressed his lips against yours, letting you get used to the feeling before you kissed him back, the movement coming to you instinctively. his hands remained firmly on your waist as he deepened the kiss, with his fingertips gripping you tightly as if he needed to hold you there. it felt like a movie scene, kissing him with such passion as the sunset cast golden streams of light through the large window at the other end of the room.

once you seemed equal parts comfortable and needy, max pulled away. “can i take your shirt off?”

“okay,” you replied. he lifted the redbull shirt over your head, revealing a plain but cute blue bra. you were glad you’d at least worn matching underwear, even if they weren’t particularly sexy. max ran a finger under one of the straps.

“can i take this off too?”

you nodded again. nobody had ever seen this much of you before. he expertly unfastened your bra, slowly taking it off you before throwing it to the floor with your shirt. his eyes darkened at the sight of your bare boobs.

“so perfect,” he commented, mostly to himself, before palming one side with his large hand. he gently pinched your nipple, watching it harden beneath his fingers and enjoying the soft gasp it elicited from you.

“take yours off,” you whispered as he continued to play with your nipples. you tugged at the bottom of his matching redbull shirt so he knew what you meant. he smiled at you before obliging, adding it to the growing pile of clothing. his chest was beautiful, toned to perfection but not too muscled, unlike his biceps that were thick from years of vigorous training. you knew he was bigger than you, but this visual confirmation made you involuntarily grind yourself against him.

he took this as a signal that you were ready to go further, helping you out of your jeans and underwear. you felt completely exposed, but it somehow turned you on even more knowing it was max you were exposed to. you sat back onto his lap, starting to worry about getting his jeans damp from your growing wetness. he placed a hand at the top of your thigh.

“i’m going to touch you, ok?” he said, making careful note of your body language and facial expressions in case you were uncomfortable. that was not the read he was getting; you wanted him, badly, and it was obvious.

“ok,” you breathed, his finger tracing the length of your wet cunt.

“all this for me, y/n? pretty girl.”

you murmured in agreement, completely lost in the moment. his fingers moved smoothly against your clit, making you moan out and place your hands on each of his shoulders to stable yourself as he begun to tease your hole, starting by inserting just one finger and pumping it gently in and out of you.

“feels good, max,” you confirmed, whimpering a little.

“going to put another in, ok? get you ready for me.”

he inserted another finger, your pleasure increasing, especially as he angled his hand so the heel of it bumped your clit as he fingered you. you’d touched yourself before, but having max do it was a completely different feeling and you found yourself releasing onto his hand sooner than you thought.

he coaxed you through your orgasm, telling you how good you were and encouraging you to cum until you were so overwhelmed with pleasure you came with a loud moan.

“you like that, schat? huh?,” he said as you came down, brushing your hair back behind your ears.

“yeah,” you managed. you felt unashamed of how needy you were for him.

he took your hand and placed it over his crotch. even restrained against his jeans, you could feel how big his hard cock was.

“that’s what you do to me,” he said, staring intensely into your eyes. “unzip my jeans, schat.”

you followed his order, unbuttoning the top and sliding down the zipper. he nodded, encouraging you to keep going. he moved his hips up so you could slide the jeans along with his boxer shorts down past his ass and push them down his legs just past where you sat. his cock hit his stomach, leaking a little precum from watching you orgasm minutes earlier. he ran a hand over himself, jerking it to show you that it wasn’t scary.

“can i?” you asked, nervous again. max nodded and you copied his movements, your hands much smaller than his.

“ok, baby,” he moaned, moving your hand away. “gonna make me finish before i even fuck you.”

“what do i do?” you asked again, eager to have him inside you.

he instructed you to place your knees either side of him on the race seat so you could hold yourself up, and lined himself up with your entrance. you sank down onto him, gasping at the way he filled you up.

“ok?” he asked, hands finding your waist again.

“yeah,” you replied. “feels weird. good weird.”

max laughed. “you want to start moving?”

you nodded and brought your hips up and back down again, sliding along his cock. “like that?”

“yeah like that. that’s good, baby.”

you did it again, feeling butterflies in your stomach and pleasure building up. max guided you up and down with his strong hands, never looking away from your perfect face and the expressions of pleasure that were gracing it. as he sensed you getting closer, he decided to help you and thrust his hips upward to match the pace you’d set for yourself, which slammed the tip of his dick into your g-spot and you really realised what sex was all about. it felt insanely good, bordering on too much but not crossing the line. max was getting close too; having his beautiful young teammate bouncing on his dick was really working for him, as he continued his praise of you.

“taking it so well, schat. so pretty, you feel so good,” he moaned.

his words pushed you over the edge, another orgasm washing over you and the fluttering of your walls as you came was enough to push max too, and he spilled out inside of you.

you both went still as you came down from your highs, panting and sweaty, yet each of you thought the other had never looked better.

“that was good, yeah?” max asked as you both re-dressed.

“really fucking good,” you laughed. “i see what i was missing out on now.”

he chuckled as he checked the size of the redbull shirt in his hand to determine which was yours and which was his. he threw the smaller one to you and you put it back on.

“you know, if you wanted to make this a regular thing, i would be happy to do that.”

you looked at him and smiled. “sure. thanks, by the way.”

he smiled back. “the pleasure’s mine, really.”

[natailiatulls07]

Radio Moments

Formula one grid & driver!young!reader

Summary - A compilation of the young drivers radio moments on track

Warning - Jake Gyllenhaal is mentioned, apart from that nothing really

Reader drives for RedBull

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"Radio check please." Hughs, Y/n's current race engineer, voice came through the young adults earpiece.

"Have you heard that Taylor Swift is releasing speak now taylors version in five days?!" Y/n had been known by everyone who knew her to be a totally swifty, so it didn't surprise Hugh and the rest of her technical crew as she had been no stop talking about the albums release.

"Thank you and yes I have heard about that... from you" The engineer let out a small chuckle at the girls antics.

"Oh...well atleast you know for sure this time"

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Austria - 02 July

"Hugh, my man! I am pretty bored here without any music or anyone to talk to so... what did you have for the most important meal of the day, breakfast?" Curiousity was one of many things you could describe Y/n as, for sure.

"You're not gonna like me for this but I had toast with butter. What did you have for breakfast Y/n?" Hugh answered the drivers question to satisfy her curiousity.

"Well I had some nutella on toast with some cut up strawberries, it was fu***** delicious! you should try it some time" There was a pause. "Sh** I fancy some now, you reckon I can get some after this?" Always snacking was another thing the media had pick up on the 19 year old, she could never eat a fully plate of food without a few breaks.

"Maybe, we'll see. Be careful Norris is approaching your left rear." Upon hearing about the presence of the British McLaren driver, Y/n soon abandoned the breakfast conversation in order to focus on staying ahead of the 23 year old male.

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Great Britain - 09 July

"This is me praying that! This was the very first page, not where the storyline ends, my thoughts will echo your name, Until I see you again! Oh hey excuse Russell overtook me aw come on!" Her little concert was cut short by the Mercedes overtaking her on track.

"But I was paying my respects to mother Taylor and he ruined it. He is just like a certain Jake!" Hugh refused to even reply to the girl annoyed complaints.

It was a few days after the British race when the formula one tiktok released this clip, which soon went viral among swifties. It was only noticed by the driver when she posted on instagram.

yourusername

On and off track ❤️

Liked by carlossainz55 and 860,378 others

username I was enchanted to met you!!

username Ignore Russell, he is definitely a Jake Gyllenhaal

= georgerussell63 You know that I am definitely a swiftie, definitely wouldn't treat a women like he did!!

= yourusername This is why we love you Georgie!! ❤️

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[loganswdc]

LOGAN GOT P11 TODAY IN SILVERSTONE ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!! HE DID SO WELL !??! I'M SO INSANELY PROUD OF HIM 🥹

what i really want to mention is the fact that logan's race today was MEGA , he did such a good job . he made sure to save his tyres , he maintained position and even overtook kmag , and then he made sure that kmag stayed behind him to secure p11 . and even though that isn't a points spot , he still did AMAZING . and i think what needs to be recognized is the fact that he still doesn't have equal machinery to alex but he did get a few upgrades and LOOK HOW MUCH HE'S IMPROVED . just by getting those few upgrades -- still not the same ones as alex , mind you !! -- he's gotten up to p12 in quali and p11 in the race . and on top of that he's p11 above a ferrari and a redbull ???? like dude . this man . he's absolutely killing it and it makes me so happy to see :)

logan sargeant you're the man . you did so well today and we're all so so proud of you !!!

AND LEWIS WON !!!!! OH THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY , HE'S THE DRIVER THAT GOT ME INTO THE SPORT AND THAT MAKES ME SO SO HAPPY TO SEE 🥹 HE DESERVES IT SO MUCH I'M SO HAPPY FOR HIM . LEWIS YOU ROCK !!! WE LOVE YOU TOO ,, CONGRATULATIONS YOU'RE THE GOAT !!!!!!

ANDDDD ALEX GOT POINTS FOR WILLIAMS !!! LET'S GO HE DROVE SO WELL TODAY !!! he seriously killed it and that overtake on tsunoda was so good . i'm so proud of both the williams boys today !!

photo credit to @/fzanchikk on pinterest

i am this cat rn :3

[thearchercore]

Charles Leclerc, ice cream shop owners thoughts on max: hmm max verstappen is in my ice cream shop. Ugh why is he in redbull? I hate redbull. Hes kind of cute tho... but why is he in redbull? I wish he wasnt in redbull :/ i cant believe he overtook the ferraris last week :// i cant believe there was no ferrari 1-2 last week, i cant believe- oh wait. Why is cute.

charles would give max like 2 additional months of hopelessly trying before he would say yes to a date only because he drives for red bull and needs to pay for his anti-ferrari crimes

[delicatesoundofthunderr]

Lock up ~ Chapter 6

{Charles Leclerc x Reader}

French GP - race 8

Y/N POV

I didn't really know how to feel towards Leclerc's words. It shouldn't affect me since I'm not even dating Max, but the fact he seemed so mad made me feel a thousand things. Mostly satisfied, since there was nothing more fun than to annoy Leclerc deeply. I don't know where his anger comes from though. Maybe the thought of me happy? The same could be said for me when I saw him and that girl laugh.

With all these confusing sentiments, I decided to open my phone.

Not this account again...

@F1.drama

MAX HAS BEEN CAUGHT CHEATING...

Yall... We don't even know who this girl is, but that is not Y/N. They've also been caught kissing :((. I feel so bad for Y/N, she's never gonna win a grand prix ever again without Max's help...

@chloe.gal: nah that's wrong... also wdym by Y/N never winning again?

-> @F1.drama: Max let her win obvi.

-> ->@faia.gg: girl shut up...

@hrts414: omg Charles predicted it in the interview... it did end badly :((

Fuck. I was gonna kill Max. First, he makes it look like he gave me the win, and now, he's cheating? He's doing the contrary of what the deal's purpose was supposed to be. He's making me look so bad right now.

I furiously get up from my chair and almost knock it over, and make my way to the other side of the RedBull garage.

I spot him near his car, and when his eyes meet mine he already knows why I'm here. He motions me to follow him. We're now in his quarters, and I explode.

" Are you fucking kidding me Max? You're ruining everything for me!" I start, with emotion.

" Listen,"

" No, I won't listen, I'm not done! Did you hear what they say about my win? About me? Fake dating or not, you should say something,"

I fume.

" It's not my place to say anything..." Max stammers.

" It is! It fucking is, because you know what? You're a man. You're a fucking man and the media likes to make your voice louder than mine." I say, pointing my finger accusingly.

" That's not even true, you're overreacting. Everyone loves you, they have to, you're the only girl on the grid." He says almost rolling his eyes.

Who the fuck was he rolling his eyes to?

" Excuse me? Oh, be honest Max, did you, or did you not let me win." I say heavily.

" I... I did." he says, looking at the very interest wall.

The silence following suffocates me and my heart feels like it dropped a thousand feet. I guess that wasn't really the answer I was expecting.

" I hate you. I will always and forever fucking hate you for this, Max." I say with a shaky and cold voice.

Max's face is already contorted with guilt. I turn away without looking back.

•••

French GP - race #9

The free practices went great, and so did qualifying. P3. I could very much make something out of this position. I was going to prove to Max and everybody else that I didn't need any help to win.

With my head clearest as possible and a shaky breath, I start the engine. The first corner in France comes rather quickly, and I see Carlos in my mirrors getting closer and closer. I brake the latest possible, and make it out.

After a few push laps, I keep Carlos behind and slowly close the gap between me and Lando in front. I lose no time and overtake him from the outside, which lifts my mood up.

Next is Max.

He is more angled towards offence, which should give me an advantage.

Apparently Max had worked on his defense.

All througout the race, he braked a split second after me, tugged the steering wheel to close a path that was forming, and overall delivered a spotless, perfect race.

My thoughts were racing faster than me. He was doing this so... effortlessly. I can't believe I thought it was my efforts paying off when i overtook him back in Italy. Turns out it was just part of his game and I hadn't actually accomplished anything.

My thoughts seemed to cross the finish line faster than me as I parked the car and got up.

Acting for the camera, I jump in Max's arms and tap his helmet. I could very well manage a P2, it's a podium and good points. Something I was managing less at the moment was the growing pit in my stomach and a distant headache forming.

•••

On my way back to the garage, I see my dad appear around the corner. The pit in my stomach seems to deepen endlessly as he spots me and walks faster.

" I heard the news. You realize that win is completely worthless, stolen?" his stare is cold, and any trace of pride he had at the last Grand Prix was completely wiped off his hard face.

I want to say something. Scream, maybe? Nothing would come out. My throat has tighten to a point where I doubt I'm breathing anymore.

" I... I'm sorry." I manage to croak out, my eyes are burning with stubborn tears and I can't find one ounce of courage to look up at my dad.

He walks away without adding anything.

My nails dug in my palm and left a stinging sensation. My dad, who I had managed to impress for the first time in my life, was now turning his back on me again. He had every right, I was yet again making a fool of myself in a world I knew I didn't belong in.

I almost missed the pair of eyes watching my every move from a safe distance. How long had he been there? This was a secluded area of the paddock, and few people were around.

Leclerc's eyes burn holes through mine, and he seems to be looking at the parts of my mind I myself can't reach. With a final blink, he shakes his head and turns around.

My legs carry me stubbornly over to him, and my hand flies to his shoulder.

Taken aback, he turns around with a perplexed look.

" I don't know why you keep staring at me like I'm some fucking gum underneath your shoe, but can you please stop?" I furiously said, emotion painting my voice. Charles’ face morphs from confusion to anger.

" I can't believe you still let your dad walk all over you like that. And Max cheating! Do you not have an ounce of self respect left in you? I don't know what happened, but something changed ever since you joined that team"

" Changed!? You're the one talking to me about changing? I cannot believe you Leclerc." I spit. "Some of us actually have to make sacrifices to survive in this sport, you know?"

" Oh, I would know alright." his tone made me stepback. No, not his tone. His gaze.

His gaze was not angry anymore, it was full of regret and something more. Years ago this expression would've made me soften my voice, but like he said, things had changed.

" You're everyone's favourite. Ferrari's golden boy. You've got a supportive team ready to do everything to see you on top of the podium, and you don't have to get shit from the media when you make the slightest mistake." I accuse, but I'm not done.

" And you know what Charles? I think all of this would bother me way less if you actually treated me like a human being. Yes, maybe the media and pressure changed me, but you have nothing to excuse your shitty behaviour towards me." I fume.

He stayed quiet. He seemed to search for something to say that would make him innocent, but nothing could save him now.

“ You wouldn’t get it.” he mumbled, which I almost didn’t catch.

He takes my hand off his shoulder, which I didn’t notice was still clutching his shirt.

A thousand things seem to spill out of his head, but none of them make it to his mouth. He simply turns around and heads back to his garage.

I do the same, and opened my phone when I get to my own room.

@chloe.gal

stop because the pic of max cheating with the flowers literally makes me think of Charles when he gave Y/N some flowers after her first podium… what the hell happened between these two??

The flowers… I remember like it was yesterday. Charles had ran after me at the airport because I had to catch a quick flight, flowers and gifts in his hands. The bouquet combined my favourite colours and flowers, which was such a thoughtful gesture.

I re read the caption.

what the hell happened between these two?

Tears start to blur my vision and a wave of sorrow suffocates me, because what the hell happened between me and him? I miss our friendship so much but he seems to be doing just fine without me.

I get a text from Carlos asking me if I wanted to do something tonight and gladly accept. I had to get my mind off things for a bit.

•••

[blorbocedes]

blorbie, idk how closely you follow motogp, but a new kid had arrived and i think you’ll love him? a redbull wunderkind, youngest moto2 champion, he is annoying nephew shaped and doesn’t fuck with co-workers. he overtook marquez on debut and was super excited about it, but he cooked his tyres (of course), and in press conference afterwards said that his first race felt like losing virginity, you go in thinking you are fantastic, only to find out you don’t know all that much 😭

I love annoying nephew shaped baby redbull wunderkinds. What's this kid's name?

[racingcore]

its so sad that silverstone 2022 is such a traumatic event for us because that was one of charles’ most ballsy performances ever 🤙 that whole checo lewis charles battle is one of the best, most goosebump inducing shit to come out of these regulations. a fkn travesty that wasn’t for the lead 🤐

yes yes so are so fucking right about silverstone 2022 being one of Charles' most amazing performances.

That Charles-Checo-Lewis battle kept me on my toes the first time i watched it.

the thing is that moment have Hamilton Fans "through goes Hamilton" which they hold against Charles a great deal as far as ive seen. but i call bullshit on that, and i dont even know if they watched the whole race.

Charles held off two very experienced drivers who just had changed to NEW SOFTS, in a Redbull and Mercedes with his OLD USED HARD tyres. also, people dont remember that Charles overtook Hamilton again after a few laps. yes he did lose his position back to hamilton in final 5 laps of the race (new softs vs used hards. do the math its simple) but the thing is he did it all so well. there had never been a battle on silverstone like that.

all of which helped Carlos have a good lead in the front effortlessly. All because Ferrari fucked Charles over in strategy when he was the lead of the race for a long time and would have won the race if not for the ferrari fuck ups.

im all FORZA FERRARI. fuck binotto fr. dont forget the most heartbreaking infamous moment we got out of this race

[leclerced]

Do u know what would be Hilarious?

If Charles changed lanes for Horners daughter

honestly… i think you’re onto something?

Lets say Checo plans to retire after 2024, it hasn’t been announced but she hears from her dad that they’re going to bump Daniel back into the seat if he performs consistently through the end of next season. She asks if they had anyone else in mind and he mentions Charles, who she’d been secretly seeing for the past year. He immediately laughs it off and says he knows Charles would never leave his dream team so they weren’t even going to approach him. She really shouldn’t tell charles about it. She shouldn’t even know about it from her father, but Charles has a shit race where he started on pole and his hydraulics went out, so after he takes his frustrations out on her, she asks him it he would ever change teams. He says he doesn’t think anyone else would want him, with how badly he’s been performing.

She suddenly gets more serious and tells him he’s one of the best drivers out there, it’s just Ferrari who has a shit car. Then she giggles and asks “Would you ever join Redbull? I know we’re kinda rivals but it would be kinda cute wouldn’t it?”

Charles would laugh her off, tell her Christian would never make him an offer when he already has Daniel on the back burner ready to swap out for Checo when he underperforms. She teases that if he had a car like Max did, maybe he’d have a shot at the championship he so deserved. He says it would be nice, but when she doesn’t reply, he assumes she’s just talking nonsense in her post orgasm haze.

A few days later, she tells her father that he should have a chat with Charles. She won’t tell him why she was pushing so hard for it, but hints that him and Max would make great teammates because they push each other so much already and have both said they’d like to be in equal machinery, and everyone knew Max would never leave Redbull. Plus, his contract is running up at the end of the next season, so it wouldn’t hurt.

It happens after the last race of the season where Charles nearly swiped the final win from Max except he’d been on a one stop strategy while Max was on two and overtook him at the end when Charles’s tires went out. She’d been lounging in his hotel room for an hour wondering what was taking him so long when he suddenly comes in with red cheeks. “What did you tell your father? He just- he just unofficially offered me a seat in 2025.”

She grinned, “He did? I promise you it’s not because of me. He told me- well I can’t say everything but he said he had you in mind but didn’t think you would leave Ferrari. I reminded him your contract ended next year and hadn’t been renewed yet, so talking wouldn’t hurt.”

Charles would think about it for months, until halfway through the next season and Max was dominating the field and he’d had three DNF’s because the car was a lump of junk. They announced Checo’s retirement and he was approached with a contract a week later. He signed the contract, and before Ferrari came to renew his, he told them he’d signed to Redbull. It was a huge scandal, no one thought he would ever leave them. They never thought he would leave them. Sebastian would be the first person he’d tell, before it was even officially announced, he would call him up right after telling the Ferrari team, before he’d even made it out to his car. Sebastian would be ecstatic and rave about his glory days at Redbull, how he knew Charles would be a great fit.

Max wouldn’t even be mad when Charles steals the 2025 world championship before he can take his fifth consecutive, he’s happy that his best friend has finally been given the opportunity to prove himself. They’d somehow made it more than halfway through a season with them working together without getting caught, but he’d pull off his helmet and run straight to her and kiss her in front of the whole world. That’s how everyone finds out that he’s dating Christian’s daughter, when he practically lifts her over the railing as he kisses her before hugging the team.

[silentreigns]

Hungarian GP 2023 Post Race Reflection

I said I wasn't gonna watch the rest of the race. But like some teams on the grid, I lied and actually watched the whole thing because I had nothing to do. The race was terrible but it had some funny moments so I will give it a 5.5/10

Max having his best start of the season when Lewis is on pole is so... 😭 bro couldn't even give us 1 turn in the lead

Oscar being second was pretty cool to see, like I'm gagged at the amount of progress McLaren has made

I am so sad about the lap 1 incident. Both Alpines double DNFing in back to back races suuuuuuuucks. I need the Alpines from Monaco to come back

Praising Checo for overtaking cars because he's not that good at qualifying will never not be funny

Was George suggesting to pit on lap 64 strategic? Like did he know that the Ferraris would react that way and slow down considerably? Did George know that if he overtook the Ferraris he would be ahead of Carlos in the driver's standings? He's not dumb to suggest pitting and losing spots at the end. I think he was just in a silly goofy mood.

Someone explain to me how Lewis gained so much pace in the last 5 laps? Like what did the Merc engineers do? At one point he was like 5 seconds behind Checo but in the final lap he was 1.5 seconds behind? What is going ON

I don't know how much Charles and Carlos will take before one of them snaps on the radio. A bad pitstop, having to make the strategy calls, a 5 second penalty, like they had everything go wrong. At least they got more points than in Silverstone... 😭😭😭

Lando saying "they're not racing for anything" is hilarious if you remember how the McLarens were back in Miami. Bro you finished 17th in a race where all 20 cars crossed the finish line... 😭. Anyways thankfully he's not in that position now and he's consistently fighting for podiums

AlphaTauri screwed Yuki over so much with that 7 second pitstop, I'm baffled. They keep outdoing themselves to be the worst

Aston Martin are gonna bounce back eventually, right??? I miss them fighting for podiums

We are gonna hear nonstop about how RedBull are making history. And it's mostly just Max doing it by himself. Checo could contribute more if he just figured out how to qualify like he did in the beginning of the season

The excitement from Saturday's quali tricked me into believing that the race would be just as exciting and that's kinda my fault for thinking the race would end in any other way

I don't expect Spa to be better than this weekend either like they can just hand Max and RedBull their trophies already

[gaiassecretsportsdiary]

Esteban Ocon & Pierre Gasly: What Went Wrong?

Esteban & Pierre. Let's start all the way at the beginning.

2003

Esteban was 6 & Pierre was 7. They both grew up together in Normandy, France, the pair only living 20 minutes from each other. Both being on the track, they decided to get to know each other & over time actually becoming good friends, the two even describing their relationship as "very close". With Esteban even claiming that the first kart Pierre got into, was Esteban's. The two were friends for 4 years.

But the start of this beef between the two, started in 2008.

2008

Esteban & Pierre were racing in a national championship & Pierre overtook Esteban on the last lap of the race, which made Pierre the winner. While however Pierre did end up getting disqualified, it still made Esteban upset, therefore creating a wedge in between the two of them. While the two still competed against each other it is believed the rivalry continued brewing over the years until 2016-2017 came around.

2016-2022

Over the years Esteban & Pierre would try their best to steer clear of each other which meant not becoming teammates & not talking basically at all. So 2016, Esteban Ocon joined F1, signing as a reserve driver for Renault Sport F1. Esteban Ocon in 2017, signs with Force India which was a part of his multi-year Mercedes deal. But at the same time Pierre is making his debut with Scuderia Toro Rosso, at the Malaysian Grand Prix. 2019, Esteban joins Mercedes as a reserve driver after Racing Point (Force India had a name change) replaced Esteban with Lance Stroll. However Esteban was supposed to go to Renault, but the deal fell through. 2019, however for Pierre, was the year that he signed with RedBull Racing. But before the Belgian Grand Prix, Pierre is demoted back to Toro Rosso. 2020, Esteban joins Renault, signing a 2-year deal. At the same time, Pierre is signing with AlphaTauri, a 2-year deal. While in 2021, Esteban just signed a 4-year deal with Alpine.

2022

In 2022, it is announced that Pierre will be joining Alpine. Which for Esteban is a sore spot. But the two don’t seem to forget about the feud even bringing it up in Drive To Survive where the two say they will never be friends again but will try to be cordial teammates.

A/N - hiiii so I’m Gigi, this is obviously my first post here, let me know anything you guys would like to see about F1, if you want more deep dives about drama, let me know :)))

[dangerehrenn]

You can't convince me that Bam wouldn't be scared shitless of the roadman hanging around corner shops

oh definitely he’d be so intimidated

(i got a bit carried away lol)

“bam come on we’re going in this shop” you said, nodding your head towards the shop on the end of your street.

“why are all those guys stood there, they look like they’re gonna jump us” bam spoke, making sure to mumble the last part.

“they’re just chavs”

a flash of confusion overtook his features, “huh?”

“chavs, roadmen” you cut yourself off, he has no idea what you’re on about. “they’re just pretending to be tough. you know what, just ignore them they’re fine”

as you both started to make your way to the entrance of your trusty corner shop, one of the chavs spoke to bam as he walked past.

“what you sayin g? you got a fag?

“what? i didn’t say anything? did he just call me a?” he was cut off.

“aw what a tosser”

“he’s american innit”

“what you doin here then bruv”

a chorus of pre-pubescent voices spoke at the same time after hearing your poor boyfriends response to the ‘chav leader’ and his question.

“fuck off all of yous” you said, grabbing bams hand and making your way into the shop. this caused the chavs to start hurtling various insults at you - including ‘wanker’ and ‘cunt’ - how very creative of them, you thought.

as soon as you were out of sight of the chavs and the insults couldn’t reach you anymore, bam looked at you, his eyes wide.

“what the fuck was that, that was terrifying!”

you just chuckled at his reaction, “nothing but little boys bam, nothing to be afraid of”

“they’re so intimidating” he whispered to himself as you grabbed what you came for.

talking the item to the counter, you paid and started to leave, taking bams hand in yours.

when he glanced at you, you whispered, “i’ll protect you babe, don’t worry” you winked and carried on leaving the shop.

as you walked past, the group of boys seemed preoccupied with kicking around an empty redbull can they found - allowing you and bam to make your escape back to your house.

“maybe i should get one of those jackets” bam said, smirking at you.

“not a chance, margera” you responded, smiling back at him.

[vro0m]

vro0m's rewatch - 170/332

2016 Chinese GP

Okay so they reverted back to the old quali format, Lewis had a problem with his PU and he's last on the grid meanwhile Nico is on pole for the first time of the year… He's sharing the first row with Ricciardo. Raikkonen is behind them alongside Seb. Valtteri is fifth, then it's Kvyat, Perez, Sainz, Verstappen and Massa. 

From the drivers' truck Lewis tries to say hi to the crowd but they can't hear him. Johnny asks if he's ready for the race and Lewis says he doesn't have a choice. It reminds him of going to races with his dad and a shit car and starting from the back but this time he has a good car.

It's gonna be a challenge but he'll give it everything he's got. He hopes it's entertaining because he doesn't plan on staying where he is.

He knows he has great fans who will be on that journey with him. Johnny asks what result he'd be happy with today. Lewis says with a laugh normally you're never happy with anything other than first.

But considering where he's starting he just wants to make sure he gets points. He acknowledges the work his guys put in the night before, putting the car back together, so getting the most possible points is a reward for that. 

The build up isn't very interesting. There's a segment about Haas' good results in their first two races, and an Alonso interview

They're on the way to the grid. Crofty says nobody has ever won from the back of the grid, but John Watson, in 1983, started 22nd, so same as Lewis that day, and won. At the time, there were 28 drivers total. 

Okay. It's time for the race. 

They are racing! 

Ricciardo overtakes Nico while I see Lewis overtake at least two cars at the back. The Ferraris struggle! They got very close and Kvyat overtook them both. AND THERE IS CONTACT BETWEEN THE TWO FERRARIS! Oh it's chaos, the top 10 is in shambles. Apparently Lewis also got damage? HE LOST HIS FRONT WING omg. It's stuck under his car. Horrible horrible weekend. Seb is on the radio saying he made contact. He says the RedBull was coming up the inside "like a madman" and that's why he hit Raikkonen. At the end of the first lap, the order goes Daniel, Nico, Kvyat, Perez and Hulkenberg, Sainz, Massa, Seb, Jenson, and Valtteri. Raikkonen pits from P20 and Lewis is nowhere to be seen, unfortunately. Oh here he comes in as well. And Nico overtakes Ricciardo just as Ricciardo's tyre BLOWS UP! Completely delaminated 2013 style. Kvyat overtakes him as well, of course. And it's a safety car. There's too much debris on the track. That's good for Lewis because it brings him right back near the other cars but he's complaining of how the car feels. A bunch of people pit, of course. Including Seb. Loads of traffic in the pitlane. On the start replay we see Lewis ran over the debris from the Ferrari collision and then got hit by Nasr. We also see Seb overtaking two cars in the pitlane entry and then Lewis pits again?! They put him on supersofts now (he started on softs and then got back on softs after they changed his nose). I guess the idea is he needs to be able to overtake at the restart… On the radio, Bono says : "We have a plan, nothing wrong all part of the plan." – "Sorry I’m boxing again now?" he asks. OH MY GOD HE IS ACTUALLY PITTING AGAIN?! . "Affirm, we’re going to fit the soft so we don’t have to use any other compounds," Bono answers. It's not even lap 10 and they pitted him THREE TIMES already?! I mean I get it but it's not like he's gonna be able to do 50 laps on softs, is he?! Well I've shown over and over on this blog that I'm a terrible strategist so we'll wait and see and trust their experience but right now I'm mostly just baffled. Seb is still talking about the collision. "Kvyat's attack was suicidal, there was always going to be a crash. No way with the speed he had he could have done the corner." I haven't really watched the collision carefully so idk. I guess we'll see in the postrace. The journalists aren't convinced. Also Ted is about as convinced by Mercedes' strategy as I am because we get from the radio that they don't wanna use the mediums. Ted says getting to the end of the race only on soft tyres would probably necessitate 3 more stops, for a 6 stop strategy ultimately. So… Yeah… in the meantime we see all the traffic jam in the pitlane earlier. It's insane. Nowaday that would be a bunch of penalties. So many collisions were barely avoided. The safety car is about to come in. Here we go. Seb is making moves.

On lap 10, Nico is in the lead followed by Massa, Kvyat, Alonso, Wehrlein, Gutierrez, Perez, Valtteri, Pal ? Who's Pal? Oh it's Palmer, right, then Jenson is P10. Seb is currently P12, up two places in one lap I believe, Ricciardo is P15, Raikkonen is P18 and Lewis P19. And Seb overtakes Sainz for P11. Raikkonen overtook Magnussen for P17. Lewis overtakes him as well, quite aggressively. Seb is up in P10 in the meantime. Nico is cruising ahead but Valtteri attacks Perez who's on the tail of Gutierrez, Seb is just behind, now in P9, biding his time. LEWIS OVERTOOK RAIKKONEN! Good job. It would have been difficult having to follow him up the pack. Loads of action I can't keep up. Palmer and Ricciardo are battling over P12 and Ricciardo won, at least for now. Seb attacks Valtteri but can't quite make it. These four are very close to one another. Lewis is up in P15! Seb finally gets Valtteri for P8. Wehrlein is overtaken by Perez for P5, just as Seb makes up another place by getting ahead of Gutierrez. At the back Lewis overtook Palmer for P14. And as we're watching replays of his overtakes, Seb overtakes Wehrlein and puts himself in P6. Kvyat gets P2 by overtaking Massa and Lewis is P13 after getting Hulkenberg. Next step is Ricciardo. And here he attacks! Not enough yet… Daniel is also attacking Gutierrez for P11, they're wheel to wheel… It's done, down the inside, Lewis follows through and HE's now wheel to wheel with Gutierrez. But he has to wait for a couple more corners to do it from the outside. He's immediately catching Ricciardo. Seb overtakes Perez for P5! He's so close to Alonso he's basically tapping him on the shoulder. He attacks! He's ahead down the straight but Alonso gets the slipstream and tries to attack back. The straight is too short though. That's P4 for Seb. BUT OH HO some pieces flew off his car! Raikkonen pits. He wasn't able to follow Lewis up the field. Lewis overtakes Jenson for P10! He's 25 seconds away from Nico now. Alonso pits and that puts him on P9. Seb is chasing P3. Oh he pits. He's out behind Lewis, in P13. It might be interesting if they battle. But Lewis probably will pit as well. 

Alright that was a busy 10 laps, now we're on lap 20, and the top 10 currently reads Nico, Kvyat, Massa, Valtteri, Sainz, Oh but Kvyat pits wait. There's a three way fight between him as he gets out of the pits, Seb and Verstappen. So as I was saying. Nico, Bottas, Lewis now up in P3 somehow?????!?!? /? //// seriously what? Last I checked he was P9?! Anyway Jenson is P4, Kvyat P5, Verstappen P6, Seb P7 AND NICO PITS. So we wait again. And Seb overtook Verstappen and where is Kvyat?! I CAN'T KEEP UP. WAIT A SECOND SO I CAN RECAP THE TOP 10 PLEASE. Seb overtakes Jenson. 

SO. THE TOP 10. Nico, Valtteri, Lewis. Kvyat is now P4, Seb P5, Jenson P6, Perez P7, Massa P8, Ericsson P9, Alonso P10. No idea where Max went so I guess he pitted. Someone is being investigated for driving too slowly in the pitlane but I don't remember who and now we're informed some unsafe release concerning Perez will be investigated after the race. Lewis pits! He's now P14… P13. P12. P11. He attacks Raikkonen for P10. There's a three way battle for P5 between Perez, Valtteri and Jenson. A bit later, Raikkonen overtakes Jenson for P9, and then Lewis as well as he pits. He's back in the points! He attacks Raikkonen again! He still can't make it, Raikkonen is making it hard. But Perez pits so that's P9 anyway. 

That's lap 30. Nico is still ahead of course, followed by Kvyat again, and Seb. Massa and Valtteri are next, then Daniel, Sainz, Raikkonen and Lewis, P10 is Verstappen. On the radio we just hear Lewis say "I am." which is confusing. The transcript shows it was in answer to Bono telling him to give it everything he has. Oh yeah NOW we hear the complete exchange. He pits again and this time it's for the mediums so what was the point of the weird strategy earlier? He's back in P10 quickly enough but as the commentators– well it's P9 now. As the commentators point out though, most people ahead of him will not pit again so he's gonna have to work for it on track. Again. Kvyat and Seb pit. Nico pits but literally nobody cares at this point. There's a battle for P3 between Kvyat, Raikkonen and Seb. Seb overtakes Raikkonen pretty quickly and then Kvyat in about as little time. He's P3. Raikkonen pits. 

On lap 40, Nico, Seb, Kvyat. Four way battle for P4 between Max, Massa, Valtteri and Lewis. Daniel is P8, Perez P9– Massa overtakes Verstappen and Verstappen pits, Lewis attacks Valtteri, P5 ! Daniel is getting into the action as well. Oh that's an easy overtake on Valtteri, dangerous for Lewis. His tyres are fresher. But Valtteri strikes back! Oh he can't… ohhh there we go Daniel is right on Lewis… He defends, he defends, but Daniel has the pace… Lewis locks up again… He's looking for a way past Massa… and Daniel overtakes him. Now he's under pressure from Raikkonen… he's attacking Massa but can't make it and now Raikkonen is attacking him! 10 laps to go. He attacks again… Yeah. That's another lost place. Raikkonen overtakes Massa as well and Lewis is back to chasing the Williams. 5 laps to go now. The ending is pretty anticlimactic. 

And it's the end of the race. 

Nico wins again. In the end the rest of the top 10 was Seb, Kvyat, Daniel, Raikkonen, Massa, Lewis P7, Verstappen, Sainz, Valtteri. 

As usual Seb speaks with Nico in German. I don't understand German despite studying it for like 10 years but I think he mentioned "schlafen", to sleep. They watch the screens. Seb says something about Lewis, but I can't hear because Nico is shaking the camera and the mic makes a noise. Kvyat says something we can't hear as well. Seb turns to him. "You! Asking what happened at the start?!" he says, half stunned, half amused. "(Inaudible) to the left you crash into us and we all flew (inaudible)." – "Well," Kvyat starts but Seb interrupts. "No, not 'well', you came like a torpedo!" – "Well that's racing," Kvyat laughs like a 13 year old boy joking about boobs. "Uh that's racing but you know if I keep going the same line, we crash," Seb says. "Well don't keep going," Kvyat says with the same hollow laugh. Seb is not amused anymore. "Yeah but there was a car on the left also," he says. Nico is all smiles behind them. Kvyat says he didn't see that because he only has two eyes. Seb shrugs. He says they could have crashed if that's how he went at it and Kvyat says "we didn't". "YOU didn't!" Seb corrects him. They keep going. Seb says sure it's racing but he's gonna get damage if goes at it like he's crazy. "You were lucky this time!" – "Well I'm on the podium so that's okay," he answers again with the same equal cocky smirk. He's annoying. Seb raises his eyebrows. This conversation is going nowhere. Unfortunately the video glitches and I can't hear the end. 

On the podium they basically replay the same conversation. I'm over it. Oh apparently Nico almost got kicked out of his plane from Mexico because he was partying too much. Embarrassing tbh. 

I only have a partial post race. Hopefully we at least get Lewis' interview? We do, it's the first interview we hear.

He smiles as she says it hasn't been his weekend. He says he got a good start but it's always difficult from the back not getting caught up in what happens ahead. He tried to fight his way through but everytime he had to pit he had to do it all again. "But anyway, that's racing and uh… Not a great finish for us this weekend but uh, you know, hopefully onwards and upwards." She asks if in hindsight maybe one of the stops wasn't needed. He says he just got out of the car so he doesn't have any hindsight. She asks how difficult it is to follow the cars in front in the Mercedes. He's not enjoying the question. He hums. He says he talks about it all the time. The track is good because you can overtake but the car was pretty damaged. He suspects there was suspension damage as well. 

Toto says there's some stuff they need to work on but he's happy RedBull is back in the mix and it was exciting to see three teams battling for the podium. 

Out of the press conference, Ted says Kvyat has moved from laughing it off to standing his ground while Seb still can't let it go. He also confirms that Lewis not being able to do longer stints on his softs tyres (12 laps compared to Nico's 23) was due to the damage to the front of the car that was shredding the tyres.

At the end of the notebook, Ted mentions Lewis saying something about fighting himself during the press conference. He then says Toto said Saturday night during the Mercedes press conference that Lewis was so one with himself and it was fantastic to see so they asked Lewis about it. Apparently he said it was nice to hear that from Toto. "He's a very big part of the journey I'm on, you know earlier in my life, throughout my life my friends used to say to me 'Lewis you don't know who you are, it's like you're searching for yourself.' but now I've found myself, I've found my identity". And I think that's a very important thing to mention in this rewatch. 

That's it for now! 

[f1]

Red Bull's genius 'triple DRS' F1 trick explained

Lewis Hamilton said he'd never seen a car as fast as the Red Bull RB19 after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. And he wasn’t only talking about its all-round performance. For Hamilton was also amazed at the speed differential when Max Verstappen overtook him at the end of lap 11, breezing past on the run to the first corner. Yes, Verstappen had the DRS open and Hamilton’s was closed, but even so it was a big difference of as much as 34 kilometres per hour - as much as twice what might traditionally be expected. That’s led to questions about what clever trick Red Bull might be using to achieve this effect. In this video, we’ll explain just how big the Red Bull DRS advantage is and how it is achieving it. 00:00 Rocketship Red Bull 00:43 How big is the advantage? 02:16 Why we have DRS 03:31 What Red Bull is doing Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: @wearetherace Instagram: @wearetherace Facebook: http://facebook.com/wearetherace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace #f12023 #redbull #f1 #formula1 #formulaone #maxverstappen #lewishamilton #rb19 #f1news #therace #grandprix #mercedes #drs #redbullracing #redbullf1 #mercedesf1 via THE RACE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTxfj0BzL-MaCy-YUqPRoQ

[evolvingsidekick]

Am still a Bit new to f1, what was redbull Seb like?

I wasn't watching back then but I believe he was hated because he and his victory celebrations were seen as arrogant. He had his "finger celebration" where he'd hold his index finger up after winning, he would pet his car and bow in front of his car, and people saw that as arrogance

There was also an incident referred to as multi-21, when Vettel overtook his teammate Mark Webber for the win despite being told not to by the team. That also made him more hated as disobeying team orders and attacking your teammate are generally frowned upon (for being a vad teamplayer and setting both cars up for unnecessary risks).

Though I'm sure that a lot of the hate was also because he was dominating the sport, kinda like how Max has been dominating recently