#lestappen lore

[andthatsp1]

what if you stepped up to F3 and took the seat that was vacated by your biggest rival in karting because he got promoted to F1 at a ridiculously young age and you had an amazing start to the season and were in contention for the title until everything went to shit in Zandvoort (your rival’s home) and then you and the team could never get the car setup quite right again so it all slipped away and there’s only a few races left in the season and you show up to Hockenheim on your BIRTHDAY and there’s your karting nemesis rival hanging out in your team’s garage, chatting with your team principal—

Happened to my buddy Charles Leclerc.

Oh, but don’t worry, you did manage to clinch the Rookie Championship that weekend, so you got forced to go on the podium and take a picture even though your race weekend was abysmal :)

[souvenir116]

Not a web weave, but Max and Charles about each other throughout the years ❤️

[sixteensecrets]

d-do you have the video of max calling Charles "Charlie" or is that just a fanfic thing 👉👈

no, babe! that is real- we all lost our minds when that video dropped, let me tell you.

link to the moment itself

and an extra look at charles face after max calls him charlie

[oscahpitlane]

something so fun about them getting the same award at the same place on the same day, just in different divisions

which is also the same cup lando had his 481 kart

[sophthecoolperson]

I always laugh when I realise that when Max and Charles got named one of the best rivalries since Prost and Senna they just turned around and said ‘bitch no we’re gonna be in love instead’ and everyone was just okay with it

[lighteningleclerc]

Max is sleeping on the couch

[delicatewinterenthusiast]

Do y'all remember this? this iconic photo and interaction. So

that's Max right there.

And people from Twitter have brought things to my attention like the fact that Max and Charles knew eachother since they were FIVE. fucking five years old. that's like 20 years together

Am i late to the party? omg this changes soooooo many things. i thought they knew each other from back when they were 12 or 13. but it was 5. omg they've known eachother forever. they've been together forever.

also the "inchident" race where charles won? that was the race that made that man leave Max at the gas station. no wonder max was mad for years 😭

[bisexual-king-icon-tonystark]

not some people wanting to exclude max from charles' family tree (ollie bearman, oscar piastri etc blah blah blah) lmao.

motherfuckers forget that the lestappen lore goes back to when they were 5 years old and the line surrounding each other's lives became stronger from the age of 14/15 it never stopped and only strengthened.

give some respect and reverence for lestappen's story.

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