So I wanted to ask what are your favourite Carlando moments? Like your favourite popular moments and also your favourite moments that you think are underrated/not appreciated enough?
love i swear i didn't forget about these!!!!! i really had to ponder about it and look for the moments i swear!!!!!!
let's go!
1. baby lando trying to get carlos' attention
13/14 year old lando trying to get 19 years old carlos' attention on twitter, and carlos actually answering but the thread broke and i don't think lando ever noticed at the times.
i still wish sometimes someone would bring this up to them.
2. that one german interview where they asked who was the wife and who the husband
self explanatory.
3. carlos' bedside table photo
mind you, i don't even know if he has it anymore but they were truly crazy times.
the photo is from carlos' first podium in mclaren, brazil 2019, clearly an emotional thing for both of them (it was also carlos' actual first podium in all his career, after years of lower field teams treating him truly wrong) because they really wanted this to be a team effort. any achievement was achieved because of all of them, and you'd think that a rookie would take that badly on his first season but carlos made sure it wasn't going to be the case.
it clearly meant so much to the both of them.
(people found out about the photo through a dont blink episode, carlos' youtube series)
4. singapore 2023
linking a pretty much self explanatory tiktok here, probably the race i'll never forget... both because of what a masterful spectacle it was but also because i was literally in a pullman in the hills trying to watch it, and the moment carlos won i also saw these little shops in the little towns all bringing out the ferrari flag and carlando and everything... overwhelmingly beautiful race.
5. caco's wedding
so, caco is carlos' manager and cousin (they have the same name, caco it's a silly nickname) and he got married in 2022. all the mclaren team got invited, ofc lando was there , dj-ed, met carlos' godfather - super normal thing to do with your teammate - and they had the time of their lives seen how they all posted about it with the caption: "carlando: wedding edition" totally ignoring the fact that it was caco's.
6. australia 2024 and lando's log
carlos had just had an emergency surgery because his appendix exploded not even two weeks before this race, and not only he came back earlier against the advice of the doctors, he also gave another masterful lesson to everyone and won a beautiful race? becoming one of the only drivers to ever win a gap after a life-endangering physical issue, but also it was a testament to a team that had literally sandbagged him out of nowhere leaving him without a team for the following year.
and lando's log was in the first days of the week, they met up and had breakfast and it was also lando's last log ever ahsjshsjj.
but lando was truly extremely supportive, both mentally and physically — he literally supported him on the podium, creating probably one of the most beautiful carlando moments ever.
oh and the hug!!!!
and the song!!! never let lando's music choices go for something random and unimportant, he's talking to us!!!!
and now, what i consider the most underrated ones:
1. lando getting into carlos' seat
i don't even have context for this one if not for utter disgustingly (affectionate) homosexual behavior🫵
2. the joint speech after mexico 2024
again, can't really give you more context than just they did a beautiful podium together, it was carlos' last win in ferrari (still ferrari's last win) with the most extra podium celebration ever, and after they had this dinner (mind you lando was basically in carlos' lap while carlos' gf was on the opposite side of the table looking at them) with carlos' family... and they did this speech of which we KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
but the thought of a joint speech at a family dinner like they just got married or they're announcing something????? crazy.
honorable mention to this.
also this, and this, and this, and the after party lore.
3. "sorry i was looking at the podium"
monza 2023. my beloved.
nobody wanted carlos on that fucking podium, it was weird times in that team, and yet the little twink was just... in awe.
and mind you he was still dreaming of that 1-2 with carlos back then!
4. and last but not least, my personal favorite ever, that is divided in two moments: ollie (lando's older brother) fixing up carlos' sim and carlos calling lando to "come home" but mostly this.
it's just... i dont even know man... carlos' natural flush, teasing lando with his brother when he's not even there, being that fond of your teammate, leaning on the door, smiling to himself HELLO???? AM I THE ONLY ONE CRAZY ABOUT THIS??????
