[backmarkerr]

spiritually i'm the ESPN commentator at the 1997 Monaco GP talking about "a little private party between the boys" and speculating on them going out to a club to celebrate and saying a "love affair" between Michael and Jean Todt and Eddie has started, while also commenting on schumivine’s height difference

[racingghost]

Mika and his son Hugo wearing a Kimi hat at the 2004 Monaco GP (x)

[ineedsomecakee]

Wait, this reminds me of the 2003 Nürburgring. This is Nico cheering when Kimi got his first pole position.

I always thought the cap Nico was wearing was his own merch, because back then he was still racing under the Finnish flag (correct me if I'm wrong), and number 6 was Keke's car number when he won the championship. I only just realized when I saw this photo: isn't that Kimi cap?

PS: I looked it up on a secondhand website, and it looks a lot like the cap Nico was wearing.

[racingghost]

Yes! That is Kimi's signature on the cap. You can tell especially because Kimi always adds that little dot in it.

It's funny that Nico wore that cap that could have been his fathers, since Kimi let him have the number 6 later on because of it too.

[kittenkeke]

Close-up view of Michael Schumacher's pendant, which bears his wife Corinna's name | German GP | 1998

[racingghost]

Mika and his son Hugo wearing a Kimi hat at the 2004 Monaco GP (x)

[backmarkerr]

✍️ taking notes...

[mnnkafwaskilled]

Hhmmmm

[backmarkerr]

ok I need to talk about Ferrari's brilliant strategy (yes those words are in the correct order) at the 1997 Japanese GP.

For context, this was the penultimate race of the season and coming into the weekend Jacques Villeneuve was leading the world championship, 9 points ahead of Michael Schumacher.

During practice Jacques was one of the drivers who didn't slow down for yellow flags, and since he already had a suspended race ban from a previous GP he was disqualified. Williams lodged an appeal to allow him to take part in the race, but it was pretty obvious to everyone that they would lose the appeal (Williams would in fact withdraw it after the race), which meant that any points that Jacques got would be taken away.

So his aim for the race wasn't to win (he was starting on pole and Michael was P2), but rather to push Michael back into the field enough that other drivers could overtake and take points away from him.

So what happened? Brilliance happened. Michael was in P2 and Eddie was down in P4 after Mika overtook him at the start, so Michael lifted to allow Eddie to overtake them both in one go.

When I first saw this I thought it was such an amazing move, but knowing the two were working in tandem makes it even more amazing. From what I gather it was a possibility that they had discussed, but the execution really was perfect.

Eddie then overtook Jacques as well...

... and because Jacques' main focus was still on keeping Michael back, Eddie got to work creating a gap. Then Michael overtook Jacques in the pitstops, and the plan culminated in a successful swap between the Ferrari drivers, with Eddie managing to keep Jacques behind.

HHF later nabbed P2 from Eddie in the pitstops, but the strategy still saw Michael emerge victorious and both Ferrari teammates on the podium. Which they were very happy about!

Speaking of the podium... I think Michael was so elated about the strategy working out that HHF had to remind him to take his cap off during the anthem 🤭

[racingghost]

He has no business being so beautiful while wearing a hat like that x

[ineedsomecakee]

Wet Mika, 1997

[kittenkeke]

Michael Schumacher | Japanese GP | 1997

[kittenkeke]

Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt | F1 testing at Estoril, Portugal | November 1995

[backmarkerr]

Mika Häkkinen | 1994

[racingghost]

I was entertaining myself with a Vampire AU I have with @backmarkerr

This started out as a Simi AU with background Makkinen (here and here), but in the meanwhile I started focusing on Michael and Mika more and they hijacked it.

I grew up watching Buffy the vampire slayer, so this has a similar lore (but not identical).

It starts off with immortal vampire Michael finding Mika to be a funny kid with slayer potential, but as time goes by and Mika grows older, they are suddenly more "equals".

[ineedsomecakee]

Why is this so Japanese drama vibes😭 It's like they're having some kind of forbidden love affair.

[flatoutin-eaurouge]

Look at this sweet Opel-Lotus EDFA Euroseries Champ of 1988!

[backmarkerr]

what's wrong with him | 1998 Brazilian GP

[backmarkerr]

imagine being so in love with someone but being such a moron that even your own biographer roasts you over it and says you'll regret it

and your friends join in. in your own autobiography. while you have a different gf btw.

and you try to save face and say she's the one still in love with you

but you can't keep the denial for long

and 20 years later you're still posting about how cute she is

and your daughter roasts you bc her mother was so out of your league AND YOU AGREE

imagine fumbling this bad.

[ineedsomecakee]

I really love this story. It’s not a perfectly happy ending, but it’s probably the best possible ending you can get in real life. Maria is a very clear-headed girl. (and also very beautiful ((and also a strong mother)

Sometimes this heartless bitch occasionally shows some real emotion, which makes me go a little ‘awww🥺’. I hate him.

ps: I think this is Eddie and Maria during the 1989 Macau Grand Prix

[backmarkerr]

That's very true, this type of "ending" kind of fits them in a way (although I still hope he crawls back to her on his knees... even if she rejects him again lol)

That is her, yes! (How was he so lucky, she's so gorgeous.....)

Here she is too at a race in 2002 (with little Zoe and Eddie's parents!)