#grid dynamics

[tsarinablogs]

has anyone checked on George

[valyrfia]

still not over the national anthem incident yesterday btw because max verstappen throughout his career has constantly been disrespected either by those he has been nothing but friendly and encouraging towards and it pissed me off a great deal that three world championships under his belt later some drivers still don’t respect that he is THE generational talent

can i ask what exactly happend, i turned off before the podium

Crowd started chanting “Lando” during the podium, which in itself is a little disrespectful but nothing we haven’t seen before (ie. chanting Charles during Imola). The national anthem started and Lando put his fist in the air cheering them on/encouraging them DURING the national anthem. Needless to say, Max and George gave him the biggest side eye. A lot of people have also drawn comparisons to Charles’ behaviour during Monza qualifying last year, where the tifosi booed Max and Charles told them off/shook his head.

Lando also went on to blab about how he would’ve won if not for the safety car, which a lot of Max fans were a little ?! about because Max’s skill definitely made the difference during this race. Also Max would have won Miami if not for the safety car, but you didn’t hear him say any of that directly to the press, instead he just praised Lando’s skill.

All in all it’s plain disrespect and immature as hell. I would NOT guess that Lando, George, Charles, and Max all fall within the same two year age range. Also it’s disheartening because this level of entitlement and general non-awareness is nothing new, lest we forget when he broke the Hungarian GP trophy last year (which takes like 4-6 months to make) and he said some pretty dismissive stuff about it forcing McLaren PR to go into overdrive, or him saying that Trump is his lucky charm after his Miami win. I’m sort of done making allowances for some rich asshole’s behaviour, especially because the media seems ready to glorify him. If a non-British driver had pulled that same shit during the national anthem you bet all English-speaking F1 media would be up in arms but no Lando gets a pass because the British are desperate to have a second coming of Lewis Hamilton.

[sixteensecrets]

I think the difference in relationship between Gabi and Max and Kimi and Max is quite interesting. Because I don’t think Max dislikes Kimi, I do think that he is fond of him, however I do think that this “fondness” and the friendship/relationship is in a sense limited to racing, most specifically whatever racing they’re doing at the moment. Perhaps it can change. On the other hand, Gabi has been a part of Max’s circle for years with redline, I mean Max has called Gabi Bubbles, his nickname, they’ve streamed together, went on a podcast together and go for dinner. Their relationship is more of a legitimate friendship. And obviously, one can argue that Manx is closer to Gabi because he has known Gabi longer. But, I do think that Max might favour Gabi because while Gabi admires him, he doesn’t worship Max. It seems more equal, and Gabi treats him as simply a man, a great man but a man nonetheless. And Max enjoys being human, he doesn’t consider himself above others in such a way. We see that in how he was at Nürburgring, not trying to use his name to get special privileges (Like Kimi’s mentor tried and failed to do). He wishes to be treated as human, not as a god or otherworldly being, and I do think that sometimes Kimi can come off quite strongly. Obviously, Max will also want to talk racing, and as said I do think that he is fond of Kimi, but I don’t believe Kimi will become a part of Max’s circle in the way Gabi is.

This was such a great write up and I completely agree, anon! I definitely think that Max if fond of both of them, but Gabi seems to be a real, genuine friend where Kimi seems more like a co-worker (a well liked co-worker, but a co-worker nonetheless).

Loved this part of what you wrote- ‘I do think that Max might favour Gabi because while Gabi admires him, he doesn’t worship Max.’

That’s so interesting to me, and I could definitely see someone like Max really appreciating someone who treats him like a real person instead of a living legend/celebrity! In regards to his relationship with Kimi, I could see it actually being quite hard to have a genuine friendship with someone that puts you on such a high pedestal 🤔

[thearchercore]

oscar choosing charles over carlos and lando making a face, the mclaren silverstone press tour is a gift that keeps on giving

[amityandeir]

So it's finally official... Daniel Ricciardo leaves RB.

It's not even that this is shocking, but the way they went about it is, as is apparently the norm for F1 in recent years, absolutely horrendous and disrespectful

The middle of the year seat changes can be debated about (even though in this case it really is just ridiculous with 6 races left imo) but the way they go about it is just unnecessary

They start weird rumours and then wait for ages before actually stating anything

At least in this case they didn't ignore the leaving driver completely and focused solely on the new one

But still I find this treatment of drivers absolutely disgusting. Even if you want to exchange them you should still treat them with a modicum of honor and respect. This constant maybe we'll do this maybe not and unnecessary secrecy is idiotic

[charles-leclerc-official]

So a friend of mine had a theory that Georgey was being a two faced bitchy (affectionate-ish) in public, both with the pole position and Red Bull vs Max team dynamic to protect his seat in Mercedes. 

Because he's out of contract next year and if Max shows interest in Merc, Toto is more likely to keep Kimi and trade in George for Max. 

But wouldn't George want stability in Red Bull so Max stays there? So why air out that team's drama and risk Max looking at other options? Because I can name at most 3 drivers a team wouldn't drop to get Max.

I don't think George is doing anything more destabilizing to Red Bull, they've been crumbling for months.

What he is doing is showing that he can and will leverage the media and the stewards room to get his way and set a narrative. Like his way of showing "yes I can be the villain you need me to be for a title fight" (unlike some others this year) Because that is half of it. So I'd say it's more establishing leadership at Merc, and also George is just like that.

Also sometimes Gax just see each other and see red and all "reason" goes out the window and they have to bicker until someone passes out.

[monacodarling]

Since almost everybody in the paddock stays in Monaco in the onseason or offseason...

D-do you think when videos of Charles Leclerc can't fucking park or does something

They just dump in a Monaco group chat memes about WTF has Charles been up to that day

(Charles obvs has the GC on mute unless there are good things to say or its another person in the hot seat)

[tsarinablogs]

George trying to turn the entire grid against Max and the entire grid using that dinner as an opportunity to make fun of George, because no one realised how serious George was about it all is so fucking funny to me. George really WAS fuming