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i like formula 1, that is about it she/her *sideblog*

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okay everyone strap in for another year of mclaren ruining everyone's days

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new fonts driving anyone else batshit or is it just me

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back from the dead for no reason other than to express my pleasure at the mexican gp having the special f1 intro song

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josh allen got hurt. someone check on daniel ricciardo

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italian national anthem at monza you'll always be special to me <3

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i am a williams racing anti now xoxo

(this does NOT include alex albon tho)

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the f1 movie social media is so fucking confusing to me? like what are you going to feature all of these in the movie? why? so many questions and i fear no real answers

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mclaren fully needs to put out a statement saying "oscar lead and held p1 for most of the race on his own merit, and we messed up the strategies. it was not fair to either of our drivers to put them in the position that we did" like that's the only way, in my opinion, that they can even somewhat reduce some of the bad feelings that came from yesterday and even then is it enough? probably not but at least it's something and they're taking accountability for what happened

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my twitter has been full of british heat wave vs american heat wave discourse and then i watch silverstone and they keep showing people in what look like full on winter coats? in july? i'm sure maybe that area isn't in a heatwave or maybe it's done entirely but it's funny to me

but also yay lewis p1 and yay logan p11!!!

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haven't been able to renew my f1tv because my hours keep getting cut at work and i have actual bills to pay, so i've been watching through ESPN on youtubetv, and holy FUCK show the positions thing! i have no idea where like half the field is! tell me where they are outside of the points! that's where my faves are!!!!!!!

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if there's one thing i love it's kevin magnussen's commitment to the bit

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saw some 2024 bingo cards and decided i also needed one

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OH MY GOD DANNY RIC PODIUM IS POSSIBLE GIVE IT TO ME

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Somebody tell me what you hear. Because I am unsure about the first part, its either "Logan stop" or something about his lap (Maybe "Abort this lap?".) But the end, I very clearly hear "Make sure you don't beat Alex."

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i've listened to this a couple times at first i heard the "abort this lap, don't beat alex" but after a few times it sounds like "if you abort, make sure you don't impede alex" which i sure hope is what was said

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danny ric said give me a cunty car and new chassis and i'll perform and you know what i have to respect it

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I have so many thoughts on why this is a horrible idea and not enough words to properly describe it.

The age regulations were put into place for a reason — just because Toto Wolff is obsessed with finding the next Max Verstappen does not mean that Kimi Antonelli should be granted an exception that will only serve to rush his development.

The fact of the matter is that only Max Verstappen is Max Verstappen … forcing Kimi into a struggling Williams team with barely any time in Formula 2 under his belt after completely skipping Formula 3 will only serve to hurt him.

Kimi Antonelli deserves time to develop. He deserves time to at least finish a feeder series season before being thrown straight from the frying pan into the fire. There are very few cases in which rushing young athletes does not ultimately cause more harm than good.

On the other side of the coin, dropping Logan Sargeant (and doing so in the middle of the season) has the potential to massively hurt Williams from a business standpoint. They are finally in a trajectory to recover financially after years of struggle thanks in large part to the many American sponsors who ended up signing thanks to — you guessed it — them having an American driver in Logan Sargeant. This comes at a time when Williams has already taken numerous hits to its image throughout the earlier races of the season. Considering Formula 1 is just as much about business as it is about what actually happens on the track, I would be concerned about the repercussions that such a move could have.

Now, on to Logan Sargeant himself. It is no secret that he is far from the best driver on the grid, but improving performance requires support from your team, something that has unfortunately been quite spotty to start the season despite the pretty words James Vowles often spins. Logan has been given the short end of the stick race after race after race at a crucial time for his development, the opposite of what any driver that has to prove themselves needs at such a point in their career.

Last, but certainly not least, James Vowles famously said that he is not looking to turn Williams into a “mini-Mercedes” … but is that not exactly what dropping a driver from Williams’ own development program in favor of doing Toto Wolff’s bidding would mean for the team? Williams has no hope of moving away from being viewed as Mercedes’ B-team if their actions directly counteract these words.

I’m sure there is so much more I should say about this, but I hope I managed to adequately explain why I think Williams dropping Logan Sargeant in favor of Kimi Antonelli in the middle of the season has a lot of potential to backfire for all involved.

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kendrick was so real when he said "i hate the way that walk, the way that you talk, i hate the way that you dress" bc that is exactly my feelings about ferrari teasing a blue car then the car not even being blue

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she's beauty, she's grace, she's miss (miami) united states