"Francesco is a bad person!" Uhm no he is not
The reason why Francesco is my favourite cars 'villain' of McQueen is because he DOES have morality.
Jackson Storm isnt explored, Chick is just a cocky, selfish fellow racer that cheats his way into victory, but Francesco is actually the only rival in Cars to become friends with Lightning and end up appreciating and respecting him.
Francesco is famous, cocky, young, is a showoff and has talent, but he is not as emotionally lacking as a lot of people say.
Take the crash scene in Cars 2. Not only does Francesco immediatly move out of the way to let the ambulances pass, but when the crash is seen on the flatscreen, Francesco looks genuinly worried and shocked. He knows these racers and is probably friends with a few of them just like Lightning.
When the ambulances pass Francesco is heard in the background asking "what is going on?"
Like he looks a mix of shocked and weirded out, but he CLEARLY DOES CARE about his fellow racers and seeing them injured clearly worries him like it does Lightning.
Not to mention, Francesco does know how to talk to people and treat others with respect. The way he spoke to Sally in the last scene of the movie was a hint of "hey girl 😘" in there, but it was WAY more respectful and friendlier then how Lightning talked to her at their first encounter. Lightning straight up HARASSED her in the courtroom when THEY first met. Francesco keeps it short, greets her and even tells her "Lightning is the luckiest car in the world" like WDYM HE HAS NO RESPECT?? 💀
I find it such a pity we haven't seen Francesco ever since Cars 2 because i would honestly love to see more of him. He is genuinly a good character, a nice friend to Lightning and Sally, and a good ally to Team McQueen and the Radiator Springs fam as it is. Like they could have done so much more with Francesco because he is one of the best characters in the movies.
GIVE ME MORE FRANCESCO PIXAR IDC WHAT YOU DO GIVE ME SOME FRANCESCOOOOOOOO!!!
