What a fucking shit show. This is going to be a rant so I‘m putting it under a cut so you can decide whether to engage with all my negativity or not.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Charles is too loyal for his own good. As much as I admire this trait about him, it will be his downfall. At this point it’s more a weakness than anything. He will never win a championship with Ferrari and he is too blinded by his love for the team to see that. He hopes but it doesn’t change anything. The hard work he puts in doesn’t pay off. He won’t leave the team and he will end his career at Ferrari where - at this point - he can count himself lucky if his wins reach the double digits. He’s suffering on their behalf and sacrificing his chances at becoming a WDC in the process and the team really doesn’t care. He won’t bring the title “home”, not this year not ever. He obviously hasn’t accepted that which is why he won’t leave.
(On a different note: he has nowhere to go and that’s also on him because he waited too long and trusted too much in a project that has been dead for a while and now all the good spots are taken. And I for once would be suspicious if I was a team principle because Charles has been very vocal about his love for Ferrari.)
I‘m so over being disappointed and furious week in week out by the desolate state of Ferrari. I‘m way too invested in Charles‘ success for it to be healthy and I can’t turn it off if I keep following him and F1 in general.
I won‘t make the same mistake as Charles and stay on a ship that has long sunk. I don’t want to watch him fade out. I can’t sacrifice more of my mental health - which is pretty fragile as it is - on him and his success. It has been like that for far too long and I have to put a stop on it. So I will take a step back. I’m aware that no one’s going to care but I at least wanted to put it out here.
