what the fresh fuck is going on

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[joehills]

It’s trendy to claim that individual choices can’t do much to improve the environment, but I’ve been reading a lot lately about the global best-in-class ecological impact that families in Ukraine have been making by eating less meat and decommissioning oil refineries. Very promising!

[sheepshot]

[anneliis18]

hermit a day 29 - bdubs

[cream-and-pumpkin-pie]

Here’s my two cents on the whole Redbull-McLaren Oscar-Max swap rumours

I don’t think it’s happening.

Because really there’s no financial incentive for it. And in this sport, isn’t all that matters?

Why would McLaren, a team we know was having financial troubles less than a decade ago, choose to triple their driver budget for a guy who might lose them sponsorship money. Because remember, two of Max’ biggest things with redbull are that a) he does whatever he wants outside of f1 (including a collab with a direct competitor, cause AMG Mercedes is the one giving him the car for Verstappen racing) and that b) he does little to no media/marketing bs. Dropbox? Gemini? Mastercard? Quadlock? Lego? Those are all financial incentives to keep a driver that will play along. And do we really think Max would sit and play those stupid games with Lando? Colour and paint and answer questions? Or that they could force him to compete for McLaren outside of F1 instead of Verstappen racing? Cause I really don’t.

Also makes no sense for McLaren, who got so much shit for their two nr1 papaya rules bs last year, to sign someone who’s ALWAYS been nr1. U can say whatever u want about how they treated oscar last year, but they have two drivers who clearly want the car going in similar directions, who get along well and can keep their shit on the track without ruining the vibes. Because it would’ve been so easy for it to get rancid after Hungary 24, after Canada 25, etc. but it didn’t because Lando and Oscar chose to not let it.

One more thing, do we think Mark would let Oscar suffer the same faith as him and Danny? Let’s say Oscar goes to redbull, they promise him he’ll be nr1. But what if he has an unfortunate accident or mechanical failure or is still getting used to a different car. While Hadjar is popping off, he’s been driving Redbulls for a couple years now, comes from the development program, went through the redbull purgatory that is Racing Bulls. Been with the team for a while, knows the team. Has the same seniority Lando does at McLaren. And I have no doubt they would make Hadjar nr1 if Oscar wasn’t immediately delivering results and got briefly outperformed.

Point is I don’t think Oscar’s leaving McLaren. That’s a duo I don’t want separated.

[dizzyduck44]

The black sheep of Silverstone 🇬🇧

I’ve been to Silverstone the last three years and there is a feeling I cannot shake. Over that time I’ve sat in 5 different grandstands and stood in 3 different general admission points. This year I walked round the track on two different days.

Silverstone is the house that Lewis built, Lando has extended and George doesn’t even have a parking space!

It sounds cruel and to anyone who goes to their first British Grand Prix it seems impossible, till you have seen it with your own eyes.

Silverstone is a sea of Ferrari red and fluro. Papaya and old Lewis Mercedes and Hamilton Crew merch. Yes there are Mercedes fans, but it’s not being paired with a George cap.

On Friday this year I saw more Danny Ric fans than George fans. A driver that has been out of the sport for 2 1/2 seasons was more visible.

Silverstone is a strange beast. Lewis is god, Lando the heir to the throne, then it’s Max who the crowd support and appreciate. Charles, Oscar and Fernando are all more popular than George. Arguably I saw as many Racing Bulls shirts as George fans. The whole track is just quietly waiting for a reason to cheer Carlos. Last year the entire track erupted for Nico Hulkenberg’s podium. The cheer for him from Landostand was as loud as the one for Lando winning the race! And louder than for George finishing 2nd this year.

George’s home crowd does not throw their weight behind him. And all I can think is, he’s not played the game to make the British public love him. Lando has a magnetic personality. Pair that with the fact Lewis takes every single opportunity to tell the world how much he rates Lando and the British crowd said yes, we accept him too.

But it goes both ways. Lewis delivers for his home crowd year on year on year. 16 podiums, 9 of them wins.

Lando has been on the podium for the last 3 British Grand Prix, winning one of them. This year it was one step shy but he got up there for the sprint race. His investment in Landostand, which is now considered the best driver lead fan experience in F1 has cemented his place.

Even Ollie knows how to play the game. Praise Lewis at every turn, showing off for the Landostand in the Lego race was a genius move of, hi, I’m a fun guy too, you can like me as well.

George has attempted none of the above. Sadly his first Silverstone podium has been greeted with “hmmm the safety car robbed us of Lando being up there”. George doesn’t really have a brand like the three Brits I’ve already mentioned. And if Arvid is paying attention, by next year he will have a logo that stands out across the multiple merch stores like Lewis, Lando and Ollie.

The thing is George hasn’t really don’t anything wrong, he’s just not done some things well enough to have the huge fan support his fellow countrymen have. And that’s really sad at his home Grand Prix.

And don’t let the “booing” of Kimi make you think they were George fans or Mercedes are just not liked. Poor Kimi had wrong place wrong time syndrome all weekend. Being presented your pole position trophy by an unpopular politician and then driving the Lego race around MBS meant he was always around a boo aimed at someone else.

George needs to be careful because the commonwealth drivers are also trying harder than he is. Oscar did show the Landostand some love. The Aussie flags may have encouraged him to do so. However the driver that showed us the most love after Lando? Mr Liam Lawson.

I’m not sure at this point how George changes this.

[pwhl-mybeloved]

[rosethistle]

love this hadjar max dynamic where max is the one being more careful with his words about the team and hadjar is just 'the car sucks, the upgrades tried to kill max and the car is probably dnfing on lap 7 tomorrow'

[helcef]

Good Hunting

(birthday post for the big OB)

[versainzscrapbook]

Carlos is the mom chilling with his bestie and Ollie is his toddler that won't let him be 😭 cause he wants to show him something

[ef-1]

I wanna know what sedatives Aston has him on, im asking for myself he just seems so Zen and I wanna live life on easy mode like this

[d-avis]

Lando I am always so fucking proud of you. P4!!!!!

[loosergremlincore]

shoutout to whoever threw the umbrella from landostand we love you for your efforts to help Oscar

[squeeegs]

happy birthday, techno.

[daco-showman]

why can rockstar games institutionalise you for life like nikita kruschev for being autistic

[transhuman-priestess]

He didn't steal 10 million dollars. They made that number up as a loss, they never fucking had it. Rockstar has spent more than a billion fucking dollars on GTA VI and will likely make billions more when it gets released.

Uber is a fucking shell game of a company designed to leech investor capital and output bootleg cabs.

Nvidia posted a profit in 2023 of $4.37 billion. This is like someone stealing less than a penny from me.

And they lock this kid in a prison hospital for LIFE?

Capitalism is disgusting.

[fuckblast]

Nobody should buy GTA til they free Arion Kurtaj

[transhuman-priestess]

What with GTA VI going up for pre-order i'd just like to remind everyone that rockstar conspired with the UK government to lock an 18-year-old away for life for hacking them.

[dandelion-gray]

Just listened to Lando's Beyond the Grid ep and I have Thoughts on Budapest 2024.

I feel like there's so much focus on Lando not giving the place back immediately, like that was something he did in a vacuum and it's not reasonable that he needed to think about it.

But there's so much context missing from that: he was in a title fight with Max Verstappen, and all he was hearing every day from every direction—commentators, social media, Netflix, podcasts, everywhere—was that he'd never be a world champion because he wasn't ruthless enough, he couldn't be Max, he didn't have the mentality.

But he gave up that win anyway, knowing that he was proving them all right. He knew exactly what they'd all say: "Max never would have done that."

I don't care how many laps it took him to make that choice. The fact is that with the helmet on, in the middle of a race and a title fight, running on pure adrenaline, with just one win under his belt, with 'Lando No-Wins' and 'too soft to be a champion' probably echoing in his mind, he still chose to do the right thing by his team and his teammate.

[fcbswiatek]

also ALEX FINISHED THE RACE

[massive-alboner]

Why aren’t drivers messy/bitchy anymore? Alex Albon. Where can I find a driver who regularly jokes about his own dick and other drivers’ dicks? Alex Albon. Are there any drivers somewhat less beholden to toxic masculinity? Alex Albon. Do any drivers seem to treat their girlfriends well and not like objects? Alex Albon. Where can I find someone with a story that makes you want to root for them in a sport where it’s hard to find that? Alex Albon. Why don’t drivers stoke the rpf flames as a bit? Alex Albon. Who is someone fun to watch drive because of ups and downs and ballsy overtakes and contact without bad faith? Alex Albon. Is there anyone who isn’t scared of a teammate battle and gives teammates advice over the radio? Alex Albon. Does anyone even do good gifts on secret Santa anymore? Alex Albon. Which drivers give deeply entertaining radios? Alex Albon. Does anyone even care about the nutritional benefits of breastmilk and repeatedly talk about it? Alex Albon