jay (a little too obsessed with nico rosberg)

[trans-sebastian-vettel]

You guys comparing every rivalry to Brocedes makes me wonder if you guys understand brocedes at all.

Lewis, who was borderline poor, came from this English city and had a dream of becoming the best despite this.

And Nico, who came from money, his father won that championship, and he was chasing after it too. He lived in Monaco, surrounded by the richest people, and the sport.

Lewis, who knew that every weekend could be his last in karts, because he had co compete against kids like Nico, rich, white and surrounded by Formula 1. Always the exception.

Nico, who was bullied because he looked like a girl, and was just SO lonely.

Lewis and Nico, who became friends for theor shared passion, and loneliness. Coming from the most different background.

Keke Rosberg had to buy a whole karting team to make sure that Lewis and Nico were teammates.

Anthony Hamilton who told Lewis to beware, that Keke bought the team, so his son could be favoured.

Nico who got to Formula 1 to prove he wasn't just his father's son, he was more, his own person. Lewis who was the first ever black man to get to Formula 1.

Nico and Lewis who were teammates again at Mercedes, who promised Niki Lauda that they would go along and that they could handle it.

But they just couldn't, with Nico having to prove he wasn't just daddies money, always in the shadow of Keke, and now of Lewis, a world champion in his second year in F1, and Lewis having to prove it wasn't just the car, that he wasn't a one hit wonder.

Still everything happened, they weren't friends anymore, Nico could only eat Frosties before their last race, cereal they ate together when they were kids. Lewis couldn't stop talking about how everything had changed, they didn't eat pizza together anymore, they barely talked. And how Nico had went and got married.

Nico's first podium had seen Lewis at the top, and Nico's last podium had too seen lewis at the top. Just how much had changed in 8 years.

First podium

Last podium

All this to say, that Brocedes is just so particular and different from other rivalries. Because both of them had something to prove.

Lando and Oscar aren't like this, they weren't that different when they were kids. They were barely friends as is.

Kimi and George definitely aren't this. They don't have the history, don't have the pettiness or craziness or childhood lore that Nico and Lewis had.

Lando isn't all like Seb, he doesn't think of himself as a peacemaker, as also the wrong doer. Who says mean stuff about Lewis and Nico, all those clips I'm sure you have seen. Lando isn't PR trained, something like that would never happen today.

Also Kimi and George, and Lando and Oscar really aren't like Sebmark either. Mark being so close to retirement, just chasing that WDC, his childhood dream. Being there for the start of a team, suffering when he got bad results because he knew that RedBull would be good at some point.

Got paired up with this kid, who got favourite because he was younger, who was faster. Who sent Mark crazy. Because he was just that protected by the team, even if it was his fault.

Kid who sent Mark into retirement, without his championship.

But also Sebastian, who wanted to be friends wtih Mark but met this man who hated him, because he was just better.

The sport hated Sebastian because he was good. Sebastian in 2013 won so much he got F1 stats to go down in views.

I understand that Lando is hated, but he can never get this lever. And Oscar isnt all like Mark either, it isn’t over for him yet. But it was for Mark.

I am mentally ill and love their rivalries, and hate when people comprare them.

[ineedsomecakee]

I strongly recommend all Nicologist and anyone like me who enjoys studying Germancedes dynamics go watch this interview. Nico often repeats things he's already said many times, but this one is truly different.The most interesting part is when he talks about Michael, instead of the usual story about Michael blocking him from using the bathroom, he talked a lot about what he actually learned from him.

Nico said that Michael is a natural-born fighter who doesn't need to deliberately think about undermining his teammate—because the teammate is the first opponent. The moment he opens his eyes each day, he's thinking about how to beat his teammate. He's incredibly good at it, and Nico learned a great deal from him, as it involves so many aspects. Regarding teamwork, Michael remembered everyone’s names, kept a birthday list to send brief personal emails, and even invited the crew to go cycling at his home. It was these small gestures that won him everyone's respect, which made Nico realize: you can’t achieve anything alone; success only happens with the team. Nico said, 'I took all of that with me; it became a part of who I am.' Nico also said that at every race weekend during practice (he didn't specify the exact time, but I assume it was 2010), Michael would run off the track, ride over the high kerbs, and damage the floor of his car. The team was desperate, wondering if he had forgotten how to drive. But at the end of the year, it turned out he had been doing it on purpose. He deliberately damaged the floor so that he would have an excuse to exploit a loophole in the regulations and adjust the car's ride height, gaining a performance advantage of 0.08 seconds per lap.

(OMG the moment I saw this, I immediately thought of Nico asking Puma to adjust his gloves, changing his helmet colour, and stopping cycling to reduce his calf muscle size — all for a 0.01-second advantage.😭)

And this is just my opinion: What I love most about Germancedes is this — I don't think they had any kind of romantic relationship at all. But here's the thing: a GOAT-level figure, at the very end of his career, still spent every single day thinking about how to beat his young teammate. That proves why hes the GOAT (to me, and I don't care what others think, so don't bother trying to convince me). And then there's Nico, who hadn't won a single race. When he first learned that Michael would be his teammate, his immediate reaction was fear. But he never backed down, and he went on to beat his older teammate on track. That tension in their rivalry — that's what I love most about them.

[nakysme]

One thing that really REALLY annoys me is when people try to make it look like Nico Rosberg only won his championship because of the reliability problems Lewis Hamilton had, like that somehow means he didn’t deserve it, or that he lacked the talent and just got lucky.

Reliability has always been part of Formula One, it’s not some external excuse, it’s literally built into the sport. Plenty of drivers had lost races or even championships because of mechanical failures, that doesn’t make the winner any less valid.

I don’t think people realize the hell of a driver Nico was, he managed to beat THE SIR Lewis Hamilton in equal machinery and yes, “he is not on Lewis’ level” BUT ALMOST NO ONE IS, there have been almost 800 drivers in f1 and Lewis is undeniably top 3 of all time in any respectable chart. Nico obviously would look inferior if you put it against him. Just the way any other driver would look too.

Yet, he managed to stand against and beat Lewis in the middle of his prime, stopped him for getting those 7 titles in a row. Won 21 races against him and got 46 podiums in a span of 3 years.

They are literally the strongest pairing Mercedes has ever had, the pairing with the most 1-2 in f1 history. Despite only being teammates in a competitive car for 3 SEASONS.

And some people seriously dare to say Nico is not a deserving champion and an incredible driver (?), it is just unbelievable to me.

So, yeah, you may not like him, but let’s start putting some respect on Nico’s name.

You don’t accidentally win 7 races in a row, you don’t accidentally qualify only in the front row all the season and you definitely don’t accidentally beat your teammate in the same car over a full season and walk away with a title.

[nakysme]

No, Nico didn't deserve the championship. When your teammate is a GOAT in top form, they obviously deserve the win. Every single driver works hard, by that logic everyone deserves be champion, but that's not how it works. To the main point and this is why it's contentious; Nico, the German driver, was prioritized by Mercedes. Do you think that's fair? It's too long to go through all the times that happened. But that's why Nico won the championship, because Mercedes made sure they got their German champion. It's a slap in the face when people claim to be brocedes fans, but only value one driver's feelings. Imagine delivering everything possible and still not winning because your own team doesn't want you to. Lewis was so unfairly treated, but you don't care because Nico, your obvious priority, got his shallow victory.

Both of them put everything they had into that season, they knew they had a competitive car and chances like don’t come every year. They put enormous amounts of effort, so yeah, you can argue both of them deserved the championship, but at the end Nico won it and there’s nothing you nor I can do about it 🤷🏽‍♀️

And about Nico being prioritized on the team, I don’t believe that was the case, Mercedes had always been known to let, most of the times, their drivers race. If not, Nico would have won sooner because as you try to imply “he’s the German driver on a German manufacturer” but he didn’t.

Also, I believe Lewis was not treated unfairly in Mercedes, otherwise he wouldn’t have stayed so long at the team, even if we pretended he just stayed because they had the fastest car, he wouldn’t have the good relationship and respect he always shows towards Mercedes, Toto an all the team. You don’t maintain that kind of relationship with a someone that was actively working against you.

I mean even back at 2016, let’s not fool ourselves, Niki obviously preferred Lewis and he was an important part of the Merc team too.

Lewis is unarguably the best we have these days in the sport, but not even him is perfect. Sometimes his teammate or another driver one weekend is gonna deliver more performance and that doesn’t automatically mean they are sabotaging Lewis.

My post was not about me trying to dismiss any Lewis’s achievements, but just try to acknowledge the talent that Nico has and stop trying to dismiss HIS achievements too. His win wasn’t “shallow”, he worked hard for it all season and in the end that effort paid off.

[nicorosberger]

nico and simon crashing into each other and jenson very quietly saying "britney in the house!"

[nicorosberger]

full clip of emelia hartford and nico rosberg racing an f125 lap around miami - from apple tv's circuits in focus!

[ineedsomecakee]

[dearreader22]

"____ is the new brocedes" SHUT UP. NOTHING WILL BE BROCEDES BESIDES BROCEDES

[outchident]

I wish he was real

[sillyseasons]

social media fic but the only social media is nico rosberg's linkedin posts

[inchidentofftrack]

2016 Champion Nico Rosberg x Macbeth

"Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it." - Malcolm, heir to King Duncan, Shakespeare's Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 4)

[ineedsomecakee]

Rosberg family, 2000

[scribl-oi]

The many parallels between the Hills and the Rosbergs

Keke Rosberg won his title 20 years after Graham Hill won his first.

Nico Rosberg won his title 20 years after Damon Hill won his.

By extension, both sons won the championship 34 years after their fathers.

Both fathers won their first BRDC International Trophy with less than a two second margin from drivers who would later go on to be their team mates in official Formula 1 races

Both fathers made their F1 debuts 4 years before winning their titles.

Neither father had any great competition from their teammates during their championship-winning years.

British drivers finished 2nd in the championship when both fathers took their titles

Neither father won a Grand Prix before their championship-winning year.

Both fathers moved into team management (albeit Rosberg's team didn't compete in F1).

Both fathers attempted to defend their titles driving for the teams that they won the championship with.

Both sons stopped driving for the teams that they won the championship with once they won their titles.

Both sons won the championship with their teammates as their closest rivals.

Both sons lost a final round Brit-vs-German duel 2 years before winning the title themselves.

Both sons proceeded to lose the championship before the final round in the year before winning the title themselves.

Both fathers and both sons have been teammates with at least 2 other world champions each.

Both fathers and both sons only secured their championships at the final round of the season.

Neither fathers nor sons secured their championships in Europe.

Both Hills were teammates with a world champion's brother (Wilson Fittipaldi, Ralf Schumacher). The Rosbergs were teammates with the respective WDC brother (Emerson, Michael).

Of course, both fathers had killer mustaches

Note: This entire list is originally made by this user from reddit that I wanted to share here to bring more attention to. The comment also has additional info that isn’t included in the list so you can go check the link out.

[nicorosberger]

"maturing is realising that lewis was the reason brocedes fell apart—" SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPP WHAT IF I THROW A HAMMER AGAINST YOUR HEAD!!! STOP VIEWING REAL PEOPLE AS SO 'RIGHT VS WRONG'!!

[mightbeelara]

can we stop using straight f1 drivers and calling them ‘queer representation’?

i was just on tiktok and i saw someone say that Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are lgbtq representation. which is false. don’t get me wrong, i love talking about brocedes and theorising about it, but as a queer person myself i don’t want two men who *are* seemingly straight to be called ‘representation’ when nothing was actually confirmed between them.

Lewis i can be a little more lenient with, considering he has previously advocated for lgbtq rights, but then again, that makes him an ally- not a representative. but come on, Nico is married to a woman- don’t play.

and yes, this is damaging because it makes the community look like a joke. use our REAL representatives, like Mike Beuttler, Lella Lombardi or even fucking Ralf Schumacher as much as I hate the guy.

[oranttta]

and I cast a spell over the west

to make you think of me

the same way I think of you

🎧 fob — bang the doldrums

[schumis-weddingdress]

We always romanticise F1 nepo baby pictures like awh baby Nico awh baby Damon which is fine of course but I can’t help but think what it must’ve been like for a little child, not even a teenager but a literal toddler to have cameras shoved into their faces every 5 minutes.