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cars-on-the-moon · 1 year

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I have a request, if u don’t mind 😊 sry in advance if i’m a bit vague

sebchal Instagram au where Charles is in track to winning (and does win bc this season is painful and I need comfort) the wdc and Seb is being a supportive hab about it online.

thank you!!! I loved ur previous sebchal ig au. that was the cutest thing ever! <3

I finally did it! My first request! Thanks for requesting and I hope u'll enjoy it! :)

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f1 Look who’s back in the paddock. 4-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel. Welcome back!

scuderiaferrari Welcome Seb❤️

userqo68 What? We have an appearance after two years? What?

anniepol1 Look at him! Please come back Seb!

riotttjs Do we know who invited him?

feredferarra As if Sebastian Vettel needs to be invited by anyone.

f1newz

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f1newz Former teammates and friends Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, enjoyed a day in the paddock, playing football. Sebastian seems to have enjoyed his time in the Ferrari garage, where he watched the race from.

user097 Awe, Sebchal.

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user196 Not Charles lurking in the comments.

robbie2000 Not Charles still being a full-on fan.

drewuser Not Charles winning the race for Seb.

pierregasly Not Charles being at his giddiest.

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user187 Guys🤨

skysportsf1

skysportsf1 Sebastian Vettel replied honestly when he was asked about the championship winner. He gave us his predictions and surprisingly, the one he supports. After his first appearance in Emilia-Romagna, he has followed the races closely. Read on the link in our bio.

user199 Please someone be a hero…

madeline44 “According to Sebastian the outcome of the 2025 Championship is clear. He revealed that he thinks that Charles Leclerc will win over Max Verstappen. When he was asked if he was rooting for Lewis Hamilton, he nodded but spoke again. He said that he will always support Lewis but this time, his support lays with Charles, his former teammate.”

user297 not all heroes wear capes. Thanks!

fede3 I think they are dating.

sususer2 WHAT?

fede3 What? He has been in almost all races in Europe and now he’s going to be in Abu Dhabi for Charles? Come on!

f1gossip_

f1gossip_ Spotted yesterday in Monaco, just days before Charles Leclerc is to travel for his last race of the season. Sebastian Vettel leaving the same restaurant as his former teammate.

usershaun Um, do you see the freaking rings?????

user196 nah, that’s impossible

martinazcs You are telling me that those two are married? And to each other? Smh. Delulu

danielricciardo Awe, look at Sebby.

userlouis Give us answers Ricciardo!

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f1 Your 2025 World Champion, ladies and gentlemen. Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc. Congratulations Charles!

user017 Finally!

pierregasly Congratulations, mate! You deserve everything.

lewishamilton Welcome to the club!

sebastianvettel Cannot wait to see ‘Via Charles Leclerc’ on the streets of the factory campus.

charlesleclerc *Vettel

user196 what does this mean? WHAT DOES IT MEAN CHARLES?

charlecleclerc

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charlesleclerc I have been dreaming about this moment since I was a little boy. Thankfully, I had my dad and my godfather by my side to help me and guide me then. After, I had to push on my own. I quickly realised that I had to try harder. I did with the help of my team and my family. Now, I achieved my goal of becoming a World Champion with Scuderia Ferrari. Thank you team. Thank you family. Thank you my friends. And last but not least, I want to thank my husband for being there every step of the way. Even when he had to fight for his own dreams, he fought for mine too.

Forza Ferrari.

sebastianvettel Forza Charlie!

carlossainz55 Good job, WC!

scuderiaferrari No, thank YOU Charles!

user725 Like, congrats Charles and all but…HUSBAND?

gio7721 HUSBAND?

astonmartinf1 husband?

lance_stroll husband?

userjalexand1 You know things are serious when Lance Stroll is commenting.

sebastianvettel

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sebastianvettel Congratulations Charlie! You are one of the greatest talents I have ever come across. Also, your talents in eating and photography are unparalleled too. I’ll try to lure you into retirement after your fourth, though. For now, keep doing what you’re doing. Je t’aime.

charlesleclerc Maybe I’ll go for five just to one up you. Or maybe I’ll lure you into un-retirement. Ich Liebe dich.

landonorris Yes Seb! You can come back now that Charles won and kick his butt.

charlesleclerc He’ll kick your butt too, mate.

user176 Speechless & dead.

fayenother8 That, I didn’t see coming.

danielricciardo YUP YUP YUP

mercedesamgf1 Back from retirement we hear?

lewishamilton Leave it to me man

charlesleclerc

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charlesleclerc Honestly, not a bad year.

pierregasly Understatement of the century.

landonorris nerd.

kimimatiasraikkonen Via Charles Leclerc-Vettel.

scuderiaferrari Everyone liked that.

charlesleclerc 🤫

#formula 1 #f1 #fan fic #sebastian vettel #sebchal #charles leclerc #f1edit #f1 fiction #f1 fic #f1 imagine #f1 fanfic #instagram au #f1 instagram au #f1 instagram #sebchal instagram au #sebchal instagram #sebastian vettel and charles leclerc

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fire-on-thirst · 3 months

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Eeeeeeer’ything you do is incredible!

I’d love to see some Sebchal Instagram au! The dynamic of those too is so good. Perhaps an accidental hard launch or whatever you enjoy writing more! Like the drivers being all confused and shocked; the whole F1 world really!

Thanks for reading my request! *bows respectfully*

sebastianvettel story

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charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc And I’m the one with zero braincells.

Since one old man doesn’t know how to use Instagram and is now on an Instagram ban I may as well officially announce it and stop the many rumours and stop the speculation that is going around. (He is helping me write this but he is banned from instagram for the foreseeable future).

Sebastian and I are dating and have been for several years now. Only close family members really knew about it and that’s what the two of us ultimately decided. We wanted to be able to separate our private lives with our racing so decided to keep this relationship to ourselves. Something for just the two of us to enjoy. We never wanted the media or other people to use our relationship against us when racing both in the same team and against one another. It was bad enough when nobody knew we were dating so we could only imagine what it would be like if people knew and therefore we kept it a secret. From everyone.

I’m sorry to our friends whom we have hid this from and ultimately kept apart of ourselves away from you. I’m sorry that we lied to you for those years and for the extravagant excuses that we had come up with (mainly me) since we couldn’t tell you the truth. I’m sorry that we have left you out of some of our most precious moments and memories however we will make sure that you are involved in our future ones.

This doesn’t change anything about us and never has. It’s never affected our racing and never will just like nobody else’s relationships affect their racing abilities. This shouldn’t change anything at all as we are still the same people but if you are homophobic (and therefore probably old fashioned and don’t think there should be gay drivers, or female for that matter) go and watch some other racing series with some other drivers. We don’t need your hatred here.

Anyway, now Sebastian has outed this relationship he is able to come to every race now without it being suspicious. He can officially become a WAG or HAB. (The best one too)

- Charles & Sebastian Leclerc-Vettel (Leclerc only went first as it’s closer to the top of the alphabet and don’t have to wait forever for out names to get called if they do surnames first)

👥 sebastianvettel

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pierregasly I shouldn’t be that surprised considering you’ve always been a relationship kind of guy and then you were without a relationship for 5 years

pierregasly Also how you never even gave those people I tried to set you up with a second glance

pierregasly Also you can tell who wrote each part of this 😂

lewishamilton Congratulations to the both of you. You know we’re always behind you! ❤️

charlesleclerc YOU KNEW

lewishamilton I’m more surprised no one else did

pierregasly LEWIS KNEW

lewishamilton I’m just observant. Something that you could learn about being.

landonorris SEBCHAL IS A THING

user1 Lando fan girling like the rest of us 😭😭

lance_stroll So I don’t have to lie either

charlesleclerc No, thanks for keeping it a secret though

pierregasly LANCE KNEW

charlesleclerc He walked in on us when Seb was at Aston Martin… it’s not my fault

pierregasly STILL… I should’ve known

lance_stroll Is now a bad time to say that I told Esteban so Esteban knew too

pierregasly ESTEBAN KNEW TOO

pierregasly That’s it… I’m not talking to you

charles_leclerc Thanks Lance 🙄

mickschumacher Happy for the both of you 😁❤️

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sebastianvettel

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sebastianvettel 💍 15.08.2021

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charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc Just a short summary of our relationship:

14.02.2019 - First Photoshoot as Teammates and I persuaded you to go on a date with me

15.02.2019 - Our First Date (Picture of the table and my incredible outfit)

31.03.2019 - Became an official couple (unfortunately no photos, also hopefully I got the date correct. It was after my first pole position of my F1 career and my first podium too)

22.09.2019 - Our First (and only) 1-2 (Truthfully this was the day I truly knew that I loved him. He won yet knew it would be a difficult day for me so spent the whole day, mainly evening, with me instead of celebrating the whole night)

08.04.2020 - Proposal (Yes he made me go on a hike for it and yes he set up a camera to catch this moment)

15.08.2021 - Marriage (I did not copy the date from Seb’s post no matter what everyone says)

13.03.2024 - Now. One amazing little girl who is everything that we can ask for and another on the way. (This is a major factor as to why Seb decided to retire)

👥 sebastianvettel

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danielricciardo You got married and has no proper party or stag?? I’ll plan one

charlesleclerc Seb says no Vegas

danielricciardo Boring

charlesleclerc Tell him that

pierregasly YOU HAVE CHILDREN!!! YOU HAVE DEPRIVED ME OF BEING FAVOURITE UNCLE

arthur_leclerc Sorry Pierre but I’ve already won that competition

lorenzotl Think I have that crown

fabian_vettel Think you’d both find that title goes to me

charles_leclerc Sorry to disappoint you all but according to my daughter her favourite is Kimi

charles_leclerc .pierregasly if you message me normally you can come around to meet her. She’s been asking

arthur_leclerc KIMI?!?! HOW IS IT KIMI?? HE BARELY CRACKS A SMILE

charles_leclerc He gives her unlimited Ice-cream and is apparently funny. She’s always giggling around him

arthur_leclerc You’d kill me if I gave her that

pierregasly On my way now 🏃

maxverstappen1 I’ve sent over some of my merch and red bull stuff so your child can support the correct driver and team

charles_leclerc I swear to god Verstappen i will hunt you down if any red bull stuff ends up in my house

maxverstappen1 I think you’d find that your husband won his 4 World Championships with that team… perfect stuff for your children

charles_leclerc Don’t you dare

#instagram au #f1 instagram au #charles leclerc/sebastian vettel #sebastian vettel/charles leclerc #sebchal #cl #sv

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whoregaylorenzo · 2 years

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SPIELBERG: Sebastian Vettel helps some fans in getting an autograph from Charles Leclerc

#sebastian vettel #charles leclerc #sebchal #them!!!!!!!#the soft touch on the back!!!!1 I'm crying #so soft #f1 #austrian gp 2022 #via ferraris instagram #mine*gifs

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leqclerc · 8 months

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charles yacht (monaco sail gp when?) and shirtless posting once again since seb followed him in insta.. (how fast would seb unfollow.. after all that 🥹)

Seb really went from teasing Charles about growing up on a yacht (Monaco stereotype) or buying one to celebrate his first win to 1. Charles actually owning a yacht/several (?) via Riva sponsorship, 2. Seb getting involved in Sail GP which..... involves boats. Pot and kettle, Sebastian Vettel 🤨

On another note, since the following/unfollowing saga has everyone in a frenzy... when he first set up the Insta (or more likely it was set up for him) he followed a handful of accounts (among them, Charles), then unfollowed everyone bringing his following count down to 0. Most recently, he was seen following Lewis, then I think clearing it again, and now he follows all the active drivers plus a few additional people (including Daniel and Kimi I believe.) So it probably doesn't mean anything, lol, as much as the "Seb sighs deeply and hits unfollow after seeing a thirst trap on his feed" thing has become a running joke in the fandom.

#replies #anonymous #sebchal asks #after all blood runs thicker than [checks notes] instagram following status #and by blood i mean the blood sweat and tears the epic highs and lows of being scuderia ferrari drivers burdened by The Narrative

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astonmartinii · 1 year

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Heyy! Can I request more vettel insta AU? Honestly I have no preference for the reader I just enjoy reading vettel a lot because of how less we get to see it but I'm happy to discuss suggestions 🤩 hamilton y/n + roscoe, charle's sister anything really

family ties | sebastian vettel instagram au

pairing: sebastian vettel x leclerc!reader

seb may be retiring, but he's not gone from the paddock completely, though the reason is not exactly what you'd expect

ynleclercart

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ynleclercart: it's been a rollercoaster of a ride but i am beyond grateful to have been able to design helmets for such an icon of the sport. seb will always be missed on track, but if he ever wants to return, he knows where i am <3

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user49 noooo can people stop posting their goodbye posts for seb i'm still in denial

sebastianvettel no one else i'd rather work with, thank you for always supplying the beautiful lids

ynleclercart always - come visit soon

sebastianvettel i'll be there

user12 ^^ this is just digging the knife deeper PLS DON'T GO SEB

charles_leclerc what about your loving and devilishly good-looking brother?

ynleclercart eh, seb is better

user35 most iconic leclerc and it doesn't even come close

ynleclercpriv

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ynleclercpriv: sometimes babygirl is a fully grown man who hikes in his free time

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charles_leclerc tell him if he comes to monaco i'm shaving it

ynleclercpriv over my dead body charlie

charles_leclerc that can be arranged

sebastianvettel thank you for the compliment (?) my love, charles stop threatening her or i shall have to intervene

maxverstappen1 get his ass seb

ynleclercpriv max why are you involved in our family domestic?

maxverstappen1 idk seemed fun

sebastianvettel can we all go back to the original point of the post - admiring me?

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f1gossipandtea: seb spotting!! anon sent me this picture of recently retired sebastian vettel in monaco of all places. why do we think he's there?

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user45 my king is looking so good, retirement unfortunately suits him

user10 my sebchal heart tells me that he was there to see charles but it's not likely :(

user09 no let's be delusional

user22 i saw a post that he was later seen with a woman??? a girlfriend mayhaps?

user49 pls no i can't take retirement and a girlfriend in a month

sebastianvettel added to their story

[caption: had to commission the best in the business - thanks y/n]

ynleclercpriv

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ynleclercpriv: goofing around in the wilderness

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sebastianvettel it's not goofing, we're serious hikers

ynleclercpriv sure we are and i'm also a professional boxer

maxverstappen1 y/n can you get seb to come back? it's a shit show here without him

charles_leclerc i agree with him for once

ynleclercpriv lmao they gagged ur ass @lewishamilton

charles_leclerc y/n i'm being serious !!!! he'll listen to you if you ask

sebastianvettel i can literally read all of this

maxverstappen1 so you'll come back?

sebastianvettel nope

sebastianvettel

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sebastianvettel: vacation and all that jazz

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user78 seb using instagram like a normal person after retiring, my prayers were heard

charles_leclerc you're 1000% going to be a crunchy dad

sebastianvettel i don't know what that means but i don't think a person can be crunchy

charles_leclerc that's exactly what a crunchy dad would say

ynleclercpriv don't try and trick him with online terminology

user30 i love the domestics in this comment section i didn't know the leclercs and seb were that close

user40 call me a conspiracy theorist all you want but that's defo y/n leclerc

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f1gossipgirl: another seb spotting, the german made a surprise appearance in melbourne... and in a ferrari jacket. our sources say that he was accompanied by a woman but he wasn't seen again other than his entrance. do we think seb will watch from ferrari? does he have a new job? does he have a girlfriend? what do you think?

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user10 omg he's so mysterious but like i need him to be straight up with me right now

user39 my brain: he's probably just there to support, my heart: seb for ferrari team principal

user88 omg imagine seb as team principal helping charles win a championship

user67 so someone commented on seb's post that he might be dating y/n leclerc (charles' sister, seb's old helmet designer and artist) and that would make sense that he'd accompany his gf to support her brother

user11 omg the thought of charles and seb being brother-in-laws

ynleclercpriv

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ynleclercpriv: forgive me friends but i am so in love with this man

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charles_leclerc believe me we know

sebastianvettel i love you too honey 🍯

pierregasly where did you get the last photo... asking for a friend

ynleclercpriv it's from norbert - you snooze you lose pear

maxverstappen1 omg parents

charles_leclerc STOP

sebastianvettel i'm not sure we're your parents but yes you can come visit for christmas

charles_leclerc wait i thought we were coming this year

ynleclercpriv more than one family can come at a time - grow up charlie

sebastianvettel

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sebastianvettel: doing melbourne right

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user45 sebastian... you don't know what a soft launch is

user13 he's an influencer now baby

charles_leclerc i thought social media was stupid ?

sebastianvettel let me appreciate the love of my life in peace

charles_leclerc okay romeo

user19 the last two posts + charles commenting on every post + seb being seen in the paddock IN A FERRARI JACKET = i'm losing my mind

redbullracing can't wait to see you tomorrow champ!

user48 they're fuming he's being seen with ferrari

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f1: a familiar face back in the ferrari garage! seb made his return to the scuderia in melbourne surrounded by former coworkers and the leclerc family.

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user48 AND THE LECLERC FAMILY ??? they know what they're doing f1 admin is a seb x y/n truther

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charles_leclerc he loves me too much to stay away for too long

ynleclercpriv *us

user38 YALLLLLLLLLLL

user97 i need them to confirm it i love them so much

user21 the way y/n has commented - her account is priv but there's over 1,000 posts HOW MUCH OF IT IS SEB PLS GIVE US THE CONTENT

ynleclercpriv i don't kiss and tell xoxo

charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc: congratulations on officially joining the leclerc family seb!! thank you for putting up with me and i expect great birthday and christmas presents xx

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sebastianvettel of course you spoiled this, i love you but you are an unfortunate by-product of my relationship with y/n

user23 CONFIRMATION

pierregasly CHARLES NO

danielricciardo CHARLES NO

landonorris CHARLES NO

maxverstappen1 CHARLES NO

ynleclercpriv YOU FUCKING MORON CHARLES I'M LOCKING YOU OUT

sebastianvettel

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sebastianvettel: happy engagement to the love of my life, your brother may have spoiled it, but i'm prepared to deal with his annoying ass if i get to be with you for the rest of my life. you make life worth living and i can't wait to explore the world with you x

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user39 when will it happen for me god?

charles_leclerc I'M SORRY I LOVE YOU GUYS THOUGH

maxverstappen1 bagsy flower boy

danielricciardo pleasse let me plan the stag

aussiegrit congrats seb!!

christianhorner congratulations seb and y/n

ynleclercpriv i love you so so so much seb, i'm so glad i met you. you've changed my life and finally showed me what love truly means x

note: omg this post has posted so many times unfinished im gonna lsoe my mind

#f1 instagram au #f1 x reader #f1 x you #f1 imagine #sebastian vettel x reader #sebastian vettel imagine #sebastian vettel instagram au #sebastian vettel x you #sebastian vettel

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silversainz · 1 year

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Hello! How are you? :)

I was going to ask something about Seb because there aren’t many Instagram aus out there. Perhaps, Seb and fem reader soft launching. Very unlike him.

Or even funnier. Sebchal soft launching. That’d be one of the books.

Either way, thank you for taking the time to even read the request! :)

hearts - SV 5

summary: soft launch with seb?, Yeah soft launch with seb <3

Notes: I did my absolute best with this, idk why tf it’s so hard finding pics that look similar to seb

y/n/l/n

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pretty in green 💚

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alonsohamition HOLD THE PHONE?!?

vettelmick47 IM SORRY SEBASTIAN?!?

sunnyvettel SEBASTIAN CAN PULL?

ashleclerc16 now this was something that wasn’t on my 2023 card…

mickshoemacher IS THAT SEBASTIAN FREAKING VETTEL?!

Sebastianvettel 💚💚

> vettelmick47 SEBASTIAN?? YOU KNIW HIW TO WORK COMMENTS??

♡

Sebastianvettel

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life lately with my whole world 💚

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Danielnorris Sebastian soft launching wtf?!?

ynfan544 okay the captions….I’m jumping off a bridge

LewisHamilton happy for you mate!

pierrgasly never thought I’d see you soft launch, boy was I wrong 💁

Norrissainz455 MY MAN YOU KNOW HOW TO SOFT LAUNCH?!?

mickshoemacher seeing you soft launch is something I would never expect from you-

Jamieleclerc I’m way too single for this

raysainzz55 THE ODDLY PLEASING AESTHETIC?!?

#sebastian vettel #sebastian vettel x reader #sebastian vettel x you #sebastian vettel imagine #sebastian vettel fanfic #Sebastian vettel oneshot #Sebastian vettel instagram au #f1 x reader #f1 x you #f1 imagine #f1 fluff #f1 instagram au

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formulaa-1 · 1 year

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Hey so…

It’s crazy I know but —how about Sebchal or Carlando soft launching? Or hard, whatever. It’d be hilarious.

instagram au👨‍❤️‍👨 carlando

carlando!

gotta give the people what they want! Another anon asked for sebchal too but I love carlando to much 🫶🏼

landonorris

landonorris: best buds🫣

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carlossainz55: 👨‍❤️‍👨

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user2728: CARLOS????? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS EMOJI

carlando: ERM??????

lancar_fanpage: AND…lando liked?!😃🤨😃

pierregasly: yeah…best buds🤨

sebchalcarlando: PIERRE SPILL

landonorizz.fanpage: what do you know🔫🔫

carlossainz55

carlossainz55: how does it go again? Oh gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight;)

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landonorris: you’ll make me blush

landonorizz_fp4:PUBLICLY FLIRTING????

user33: WHAT IN THE WHAT🤠🤠🤠

sainz_sl_t55: doesn’t this kinda seem like soft launching?😭 if this even counts as that… SMTHS UPPPPP MAN.

fan84: what’s going on😃😃🤓🤓

carlosinluvwln4: literally THE cutest photo to exist.wtaf.

landonorris’s story

caption: 🍺🍺🫶🏼🫶🏼

carlossainz55’s story

caption: cute or whatever

landonorris

landonorris: if you couldn’t already tell…carlando is the real deal now 👨‍❤️‍👨👨‍❤️‍👨👨‍❤️‍👨

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carlossainz55: Te quiero❤️

landonorris: I love you🫶🏼

user2920: WHAT

sainz4eva: STOPPP WTF IS GOING ON?????

pierregasly: finally

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alex_albon: ABOUT FREAKING TIME

carlando_obsessed: YOU GUYS KNEW???????

fan28: I’m so like 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠rn

scuderiaferrari: our new fave couple❤️

mclaren: and ours🧡🧡

authors note- you ask and you shall receive !! Thankyou for all the requests I’ll get round to them asap! take care of yourselves💗 if your ever struggling you can always dm me💗

#f1 instagram au #formula 1 #instagram au #f1 fanfic #f1 imagine #fiction #carlando #carlos sainz 55 #lando norris #lando norris x y/n

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hungriestheidi · 4 months

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i want to know mode ab sebchal model au 🫣

send me a ship and an au and i will write 5 headcanons about it

I've been thinking about this au for months so this got out of hand pretty quickly, hehe.

sebchal model au:

charles never got past amateur karting for reasons (something happened in his family that pushed him away from it and from Monaco as well). Instead, he dedicated himself to pursuit a normal life and a career in modeling. He's not a history maker sort of supermodel, not a shalom or a linda evangelista or a valeria mazza. But he's something special, nevertheless.

the butterfly effect trickles down all the way to Maranello, where Sebastian Vettel street exists as the team managed to pull a miraculous title fight, losing it in Abu Dhabi, in 2015 and consecutive early championship wrap ups in 2017 and 2018.

the setting is 2024, Max has won two wdcs (Lewis won 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021 so he's on par with Seb), and while Seb is chasing his very elusive seventh wdc, he is also chasing the white whale of personal stability.

You see, in this reality, Seb, still very reserved and private, has not seen a happy personal life. An early divorce and a disastrous string of two public relationships ending with sanitized pr statements make it a highly sought out bachelor (half of Italy wants to blow him and do coke with him, the other half thinks they can fix him).

charles, in the dying end of a his model career and kicking off an influencer career with every Instagram post, is seeking his very own white whale: a life as a wag.

he's had his odd encounter with drivers, but every time they had pulled up an NDA and he is not to be kept in shadows while he's still young and beautiful, thank you very much. But you see, Seb is just like every other driver but without a smidge of a bad rep outside the track. He's a polite, handsome and charming man, and a serial slut flirt but overall the image of a family man.

charles needs a rebrand, a change that will propel him to new and wider audiences (aspirational aesthetic domestic relationship content always sells, baby!) and he's ready to do anything for that f1 driver of his dreams.

chances are he will get cheated on, he has taken that into account, and he'll be alright with that. marriage is a contract after all. what he hasn't considered is the possibility of falling in love and how a history of failed relationships will put him through the paces.

xoxo gossip girl

#fic asks #sebchal #lourdes tag #something something yes and?

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I loveeeeee fandom meta 😈 beyond what you said about max not having teammates long enough to even get people invested when f1 rpf expeienced it’s greatest growth, pierre and Alex were already shacked up, per say, with other people in other rpf ships. checo is just not interesting enough in the fan spaces because he actually has a family and a life can’t be seen in photos at that inspire 3k pwp if you’ve got four kids and five on the way.

"because he actually has a family and a life can’t be seen in photos at that inspire 3k pwp if you’ve got four kids and five on the way."

I counter that with mister wife and children haver Sebastian Vettel and the sebchal dominance.

there is a huge latam audience for chestappen who I see in their Instagram comments and I enjoy them

#blorbocedes ask #fandom meta

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you can't imagine the RELIEF that it is to write this post. it's been a year long journey, but we're here at last, settling this once and for all. we have had six gruesome rounds and now it's time to find out who is the hottest formula one driver of all time. are you ready? the answers are behind the cut!

of course, before we found out who won, we need to know who is going to complete the Tournament Podium! this match was, for many, the de facto finale as the semifinals were brutal and any of the four guys that competed in them deserved to make it to the top. their perfomance throughout the tournament have been, overall, stellar and we can't overlook them, so let's take a quick peek, shall we?

lewis hamilton's road to hotness irl was a sight to see. a stunner since he got into F1, he actually took the time to self-care and cultivate his hotness until he got to his current form - and it paid off! as his career grew in size, he started to experiment with working out, tattoos and fashion to create one of the ultimate dreamboats in F1 history, which is why him missing out on the finals was such a major upset. still, the streets have never forgotten sir lulu, as you can see from his path to now:

qualifying: 634 votes (2nd in overall placement) group stages: 863 votes (1st in his group, v. Nigel Mansell, Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz Jr.) round of 16: 76 % of votes v. Gilles Villeneuve quarterfinals: 78,8 % of votes v. Mika Häkkinen semifinals: 34,4 % of votes v. Sebastian Vettel

a brutal semifinal might have put a dent on an otherwise stellar record, but he can still redeem himself... or can he? let's asses his adversary:

jenson button is a product of his time and a very good one while we're at it. a heartbreaker in the 00s/10s era of formula 1, he was able to adapt his hotness to his environment: cute rookie at williams, playboy at benetton, sex god at honda/brawn and taken, but still available at mclaren - there was a jenson for any taste! since he's left f1, he entered his dilf era that has been appreciated thanks to his instagram efforts, and that aligned with the memories of yesterday makes for a very good record in the tournament:

qualifying: 561 votes (5th in overall placement) group stages: 677 votes (1st in his group, v. Gilles Villeneuve, Antonio Giovinazzi and René Arnoux) round of 16: 61,8 % of votes v. Daniel Ricciardo quarterfinals: 51,9 % of votes v. Jules Bianchi semifinals: 35,8 % of votes v. Charles Leclerc

the numbers may be less impressing, but some would say the competition was very aggressive!

well, without further ado, our third place in The Hottest Formula One Driver of All Time Tournament is...

Lewis Hamilton!!!! as much as JB was a fierce competitor, 70,3 % of you made sure that Sir Lewis left the tournament on a high note! congrats to lewis and congrats to jenson, you are part of Hottie F1 History!

i'm so anxious omg!!!!! can't believe it!!!!!!!!!

straight out of ferrari 2019, the sebchal rivalry shook the core of the tournament. much like lewis and jenson, seb and charles also had stellar performances that are worthy of revisiting, so let's look at them!

seb is a particular case of hotness because he has had his ups and downs, aesthetic wise. he arrived in formula 1 baby faced with a cheeky sense of humour, and he transformed into a HOT BASTARD during his red bull domination era - not without trying to annihilate his hair by bleaching it, unlocking conflicting feelings in the hearts of many seblrinas. in Ferrari, the greatest formula 1 team of all time, he also experimented with many looks and regained his reputation as a "non-bastard", and now, in aston martin, he's dabbling in the abbey road beatles look. no matter what, always a hottie, and this translates in his performance here:

qualifying: 577 votes (4th in overall placement) group stages: 663 votes (1st in his group, v. Maria Teresa de Filippis, James Hunt and Andre Lotterer) round of 16: 80,7 % of votes v. François Cevert quarterfinals: 56,3 % of votes v. Ayrton Senna semifinals: 65,7 % of votes v. Lewis Hamilton

wow. it will have to take some big brass to beat this!

aaahhhh, il predestinato. charles hasn't been that long in formula 1 compared to his adversary, but what sets him apart is his consistency. his look barely changed from his year at alfa romeo to nowadays, only getting slightly worse in fashion. still, the face card is never declined and it led him to become one of the faces of giorgio armani. the body card doesn't decline either as his gf often makes a point of posting just to taunt us that can't get close enough to enter his bone radar. he also has the incredible advantage of being talented at his job and the obvious Ferrari Tax that allows him to wear red every race, which creates a lethal combination of a hottie against everyone that stood against him so far:

qualifying: 631 votes (3rd in overall placement) group stages: 777 votes (1st in his group, v. Jacky Ickx, Jacques Villeneuve and Jean-Éric Vergne) round of 16: 68,4 % of votes v. Susie Wolff quarterfinals: 80 % of votes v. Zhou Guanyu semifinals: 64,1 % of votes v. Jenson Button

unfortunately, only one person can win.

[takes a deep breath]

god, can you guys feel my heart beating?

ok. here we go. The Hottest Formula One Driver of All Time is...

CHARLES LECLERC!!! a story of redemption after last year's disqualification, charles wins a championship he doesn't need Ferrari to rely on this year [i'm trying not to cry here]. congrats on seb for taking p2, a nice retirement gift from his fans!

you guys, it was great to host this tou-

wait.

what is that?

OH WHAT THE FUCK!

CHARLES CAME TO ACCEPT THE TROPHY!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK!!!!!!

i guess we have no choice but to hear what he has to say! go ahead, charles!

lovely words from the champion! as for myself, i only have to say thanks to those of you who stuck around till the end. i hate starting things and not finishing it so i gave myself one more chance to see this through and i'm glad i did, i feel like we can close this chapter on a relative high note! my apologies if there was anything i did that didn't please you during this run, if you want to talk about it feel free to send an ask, i'm always open to learn. i hope you guys had fun this time, enjoy the rest of the summer break and take care!

#hottest drivers tournament 2022 #IT'S DONE!!!!!#not doing this next year so if anyone wants to take the crown or advice to run other tournaments #feel free to ask me as well!#i'll go back to hibernation !!!

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Okay I have been Thinking lately, and especially now that all I have left is rechewing old crumbs... Sebchal has such character development, you know. It’s actually so different whether you see them now or in 2019 or 2021 and it’s so interesting to see it develop over time. We went from karting together as part of an FDA event to Charles being a nervous wreck to a tribute helmet and ended up at the easy camraderie we see now and there’s so many layers to this shit, man.

In honour of Sebchalday, I figured I’d make a little write-up of the character development I saw in real time. And with little I mean someone stop me this shit is almost 5k. Yes I also had to add in how I watched the public perception of them change because I might as well honestly, the dichotomy in their teammate years truly was something else. Anyway, without further ado, here’s Sebchal throughout the ages, as told by Meo.

2018 and earlier

This really is just a lot of what seems like hero worship from Charles and Seb being polite, a good guy and up for a laugh. In 2017, Charles occasionally starts going on track walks, there’s the iconic moment in Monaco of course, Charles is just a little starstruck. Why else would he make damn sure he’s got Seb in an Instagram post about the karting event. Or look like he’s in a straight-up romcom when Seb talks to him there.

Seb, on the other hand, seems generally aware of Charles (his F2 results, ofc the track walks, signing that picture of Charles from testing 2018, offering Charles a seat during a drivers parade), but he keeps his distance for the most part. Which is completely understandable, honestly. But this all sets up the scene, because who would have ever thought that this would turn into a rather unlikely friendship?

2019

Rivalry time! We kick this off with, uh, a very nervous Charles on the first team outing to the Dolomites, followed by a hug and a cheek cradle in the second race. Yeah idk either where this went off the rails.

Okay no that’s a lie, I know exactly where it went off the rails, and shit really hit the fan in Monza. The media was already pushing a rivalry and it makes sense - the story of the old veteran and the young hotshot, both equally talented (don’t fight me on this Barbara) and vying for the top spot in the iconic team. Charles was settling in well, quickly matching Seb in the first half of the season, something was clearly brewing. It’s brilliant. It’s a showstopper. It’s also not true, but imagine listening to the drivers themselves.

So Monza comes around and all hell breaks loose. No, legit, this streak of races is the main cause of the rivalry talk persisting. In Monza, Charles doesn’t give Seb a tow during qualifying, leaving Seb unable to even set a final time in Q3 (along with basically every other driver, this quali is so funny). Seb has a race to forget after that while Charles wins. He wins in Spa, he wins in Monza, it’s fucking insane. Il Predestinato for real.

Singapore is up next and Charles gets pole, Charles has a good start, but then. Ohhhhh, then. Seb pits, has a very good outlap, starts overtaking the as-of-yet-unpitted like they’re barely there (in fucking Singapore y’all), while Charles falls further behind. Exasperated, Charles gets on the radio and says he wants everything, but what d’you know, Seb wins. Charles does not look pleased on the podium. Seb does.

And then Sochi. Oh my god let me tell you about Sochi. Charles has pole, again. But you don’t want pole in Sochi, and Seb wastes no time in overtaking Charles, nabbing P1 in the process. And what happens next is the perfect example of what I like to call a bitch fight. You’re gonna want to see this to believe it. Here’s a link to the team radio. It’s funny as hell, it’s petty as hell, Seb DNFs and Charles barely hangs on to the podium in the end, ladies and gentlemen: a rivalry.

Brazil only fanned the flames, I’m just saying.

But even with all of this. Like, it seems very explosive, you know. Which makes it all the more interesting how they don’t actually... seem to explode? They’re still nice to each other? Sure, it’s still very careful, and the videos they do together have that awkwardness, but they’re nice. And if you dig, just a little, you find Seb and Charles... actually having fun together. You can see their dynamic here most clearly in the language videos, in my opinion. Charles is gushing over everything Seb is saying in French, while Seb is teaching and teasing a little in the German video.

Ferrari themselves somehow manages to hide all the cute stuff, too. Because they sure tried, but you have to know where to look to find their date road trip through the Italian countryside, the videos for Shell and Ferrari themselves, the utterly endearing UPS video where they are both very confused but having fun with it. This stuff is all there, it was uploaded in real time, but it just… got ignored or brushed off as PR.

I remember watching all of their videos at the tail end of 2019, and just gloating like… if only they’d known what would happen afterwards. They wouldn’t be so cordial to each other now if they’d known what lies ahead. Until I realized, and yes this took a hot minute, that if they were always nice to each other, even in the second half of the season, even after everything that had already happened… maybe they actually liked each other.

This was a revelation. Unheard of. These two hated each other, were vying for top spot and there could only be one winner, the other one was just collateral damage, of course they didn’t like each other!

The first half of 2020

Dear reader, turns out they like each other.

There were two camps developing at this time. One of them was still convinced these two hated each other, disliked each other at the very least. The other camp was watching Charles slowly lose his mind on Twitch.

I really can’t understate just how much the lockdown did for the perception of Sebchal, although the major turnaround would happen much later. There really are two factors at play here and I will get to the second one in a bit, but you cannot underestimate how much the Twitch era helped.

Because Charles – and you have to understand, Charles was still seen as a very arrogant, incredibly pretty, extremely talented guy (two of those three are true) which did not help – brought up Seb, a lot. He told us about how he’d been in touch with Seb, trying to get him to play games with him on stream. He wanted to be teammates with Seb so bad while playing F1 2019 that he accidentally picked Seb to play as. He watched F1 compilations that definitely had other drivers in it while exclaiming they were videos about him and Seb. Whether you ship them or not, it’s clear as day that from Charles’s side, there was no rivalry.

Seb, of course, was pretty quiet during this time, but there’s this one interview for Marlboro Mission Winnow that feels more like friends catching up than an actual interview, so there’s that.

The second factor in this is Netflix getting involved. We all know and love to hate Drive To Survive and for season 2, they finally got access to Ferrari and Mercedes. Of course they’d dive headfirst into the rivalry storyline, because believe it or not, once upon a time Drive To Survive actually pretended to base their plot on reality.

And this one backfired. What they thought they were showing were two guys who didn’t much like each other, trying to figure out a way to keep the media at bay. What they actually showed were two very much exasperated guys, teasing and joking with each other while trying to focus on their job. Netflix failed to account for the fact that people might actually look beyond the framing, and thanks to Ferrari trying their best at social media but being endearingly rough around the edges with it, we had plenty of material for that.

And while all of this was playing out, we heard that Seb’s contract at Ferrari wouldn’t be renewed.

Now that’s a whole mess I won’t get into further, because this is also the part where the rats get divided into two camps and I’m not here for that. What I am here for, though, is Charles’s reaction, because he posted a very heartfelt message about the news a bit after it dropped. Why did it take him a bit? Not because he had to run it past PR, I’m pretty sure, because I don’t believe for one second his messages would have gotten the green light. No, it was because not only did Charles take special care to pick out a few pictures of him and Seb together to add to the message, but also because he was driving back from France that day and also, he didn’t know.

I only know he was in the middle of a long drive that day because he’d mentioned it on his Twitch stream before. Also, while looking up this Tweet, I noticed the location tag so that helps. I’m sure I didn’t hallucinate it but since Charles didn’t feel like archiving his streams, I’m also pretty sure this is lost to the void by now. If you happen to have this clip, please let me know so I can stop doubting my memory.

But the second part, where he plain didn’t know? It never got confirmed, but I’m positive. Once again, so many people were convinced here that Charles had been pulling strings behind the scenes, that them working together was impossible after 2019 and especially Brazil, Ferrari had to make a choice and they picked Charles. Except Charles has gone on record multiple times, stating he’d like to keep Seb as his teammate. That he still had so much to learn from him. If it was up to him, Seb would be his teammate for years to come. If he’d known, why would he not have had the messages ready? Why would he have been hyping Seb up as his teammate? Why would anything else in 2020 have happened?

Because trust me, we’re only through the first half of the year now, and it’s only getting better.

The second half of 2020

As we know now, the 2020 Ferrari sucked. Which, in hindsight, was clear during testing, but we all thought Ferrari had just learned how to sandbag. It took until the season finally got underway in Austria that we realized just how deep in the shit our guys were. Charles got a podium in the first race while Seb barely got one point, undoubtedly helped out by the fact that almost half the drivers DNF’d.

In their second race… they crashed. Charles attempted a divebomb down the inside and instead humped Seb’s rear wing. I was crowing at the television at that point, ready for the will-they-won’t-they rivalry of the previous year to continue, yes they’re friendly off track but on track it’s spicy, this was bound to explode…

And nothing.

Because what had happened, especially with them both knowing this partnership would end after this season, was that they started backing each other up. This season was going to be a wash either way and Seb wasn’t going to be there to deal with the fall-out of it. There was no reason for them to remain cordial, to not throw each other under the bus when necessary, and especially in this case it seemed clear-cut, yet they didn’t.

The difference between what happened on track and what happened off track became even more stark. On track, Charles was outdriving Seb so incredibly hard. He qualified so well, while Seb started getting booted out of Q2 more and more often. Charles nabbed another podium in Silverstone, Seb fought for singular points most races. And yet they made sure that whenever the media brought up their results, or tried to poke into their partnership, they always backed each other up. They never once talked bad about each other, tried to make sure the media didn’t forget both of them are extremely talented, and presented themselves as a united front.

Not that anyone bought that, but whatever. 2020 was a weird time and we didn’t have Fernando back on the grid yet. They were aching for some drama.

Off-track, though, and once again you had to actually look for this, which is a common theme with Sebchal… man, this era makes me the most feral still. We not only get Charles saying Ich liebe dich at the end of Seb’s birthday video, and Seb making awkward jokes in Charles’s birthday video, but we get the hourglass challenges. Quite frankly, this is the best social media to ever come out of F1, hands down, nothing will ever beat this. Because you can see, in real time, how Seb and Charles grow closer and more comfortable with each other.

They constantly get paired up with other Ferrari team members, but that doesn’t matter, because when Seb and Charles start talking? They’re talking and no one can disturb them. Like when Seb tries to explain what a pocket watch is briefly, in the background of a video. Seb trying to teach Charles some more Ferrari history during Memory. The entire music challenge, which might as well not have anyone else there.

We get a true glimpse of their fun competitive vibe here, even though Charles gives Seb more chances to win when it looks like Seb might actually lose (you might claim that Seb let you win, Charles, but we have the proof in the darts video and the categories video). I’m pretty sure that if you’d let the two of them alone with a game, you could come back hours later and they’d still be racing tiny little racecars.

You can tell how much closer they got during this season, but as usual, you have to look and listen for it to click. There’s the moment during qualifying for Spa, when they both get knocked out in Q2 and we get a shot of them looking at each other and smiling in understanding. There’s Turkey, where Seb finally gets his podium because he can capitalize on a mistake from Charles, and Charles actually stops beating himself up over the radio for a moment to congratulate Seb on his podium.

The final few races are just a fever dream, really. You have to see the challenge videos to believe them, but they truly have found their dynamic there and they’re so comfortable around each other. And the Danke Seb helmet is still, to this day, probably my favourite moment. Charles made a fucking scrapbook on his helmet. And just to show how even at that point, people still wanted the rivalry to be real so bad: I vividly remember someone on commentary saying “what’s he thanking Seb for, leaving the team?”. It’s crazy. That’s how pervasive the rivalry narrative was, even when Seb and Charles did everything to prove it wasn’t true.

2021

So 2020 was a whirlwind of character development, of notable moments, and definitely lit a fire underneath the ship. Now, however, we enter uncharted territories. The rivalry talk is finally over, now that their time as teammates has ended. But this also means we don’t get to see them interact quite as often, since they’re no longer shoved together at every possible opportunity (lol, not like they were anyway, seeing as the shipbaiting only really starts kicking off around this time in F1 socmed), and we’re rats looking for crumbs now.

Luckily for us, we get a lot of crumbs, and once again it shows very well how their relationship evolves and how they actually work together.

Now, during the winter break and after testing, there were quite a lot of doubters. Which is fine! Everyone gets to have their own opinions! But because the whole rivalry thing was so incredibly pervasive and even without that, Seb and Charles just seem like very different people who only got shoved together because they drove for the same team… it’s entirely understandable to doubt whether they’d continue to interact. And let’s be real, testing did not necessarily give us any indication to think otherwise.

But once again, this is exactly what’s so nice about them, if you look a bit closer… they actually became friends somewhere along these years.

Charles stands next to Seb for the We Race As One ceremony. This might be planned out beforehand, I don’t know, but what certainly isn’t planned out, is them talking and sharing their customary fist bumps before and after these little bits. After races, they also catch up if they find each other either near the car in parc ferme or in the press pen. It’s never that obvious unless you look, and we sure looked.

But it became blindingly obvious during Monaco and Baku this year.

When the drivers were waiting around for the parade, we find Seb and Charles talking to each other, once again so invested in their conversation that Charles almost misses his cue for the bus. And then, once it becomes clear that Charles can’t participate in the race, plenty of drivers offer some words of comfort. But Seb’s the only one to hug him, really talk to him about it, and Charles even leans back into him when Seb’s let go. We don’t know what was said of course, but it’s clear as day now that if anyone’s still hanging onto the old narrative… they’re dead wrong.

And then Baku. Not only do they find each other on the grid again (a recurring theme, there’s so often just a small moment of them getting the other’s attention to say hi), but after the race, Charles obviously first congratulates Pierre on his podium, and then beelines to Seb, where Fernando stares at the display of affection in front of him like he’s watching two aliens land.

It’s the easy way they both grab onto each other there, no hesitation from either side. And yes, I know it seems like Charles is a very tactile guy, but it’s always other people grabbing him. There’s two people where Charles will take the initiative, and both of them have made it onto the podium for this race. Later on, Seb lets us know that he told Charles the previous night, through text, that he’d see him in his mirrors, which once again shows that quietly, they’re still in touch. They’re texting, still teasing each other, and we had no idea until that moment that they still kept in touch in that way, and once again, even if you take the shoggles off it’s still frankly unbelievable that they managed to build a friendship when literally everyone was pushing them towards a rivalry.

This is the moment the rivalry talk really fizzles out, insofar it still even existed. Yes, there’s still people hanging onto it, and it does make a good story, but it’s just that. A story. What we see now is two people who are seemingly very different, pushed together in circumstances that would make other people crack, and they’ve somehow built a connection.

And isn’t that the best story of all?

There’s no topping these crumbs, not even the moment in the Spa press-pen tops this, where we all figured out Charles was talking to Seb before even hearing or seeing him just based on his facial expression, but it does show where Sebchal is at in this year. They’re figuring out how to be friends now that there’s no obligation, because both of them want to be. Seb isn’t one for big gestures and Charles (surprisingly, I know) isn’t either, so we only get the one in Baku. Hell, even Monaco was more of a background thing, and I sure nearly broke my tablet when I spotted the two of them during the We Race As One ceremony as the camera was panning away.

But in the background, there they are, always somehow finding each other, and that’s what truly solidified my love for this ship, really. They don’t need flashy moments, they’re comfortable with each other and it shows.

2022

And then we get to 2022, where everyone finally seems to have figured out that the whole rivalry narrative was never actually a thing. I’m sure part of this is the fact that they haven’t been teammates in a year at this point, that they’re both still persisting in only ever talking nicely about the other when asked, and well, the Aston Martin isn’t actually good so there’s no chance of even having battles on track.

And what we do get, is more crumbs. Honestly, we get much more than in 2021, even without really big moments like Monaco and Baku.

The thing is, we see yet another development in their dynamic for this season. And that’s really one of the big things about Sebchal all this time, we get to see them develop as people, as friends, and this really feels like a culmination of sorts. It doesn’t get picked up much by the social media accounts (thank fuck) and both of them definitely have their people on the grid (Seb gravitates towards Mick, Charles gravitates towards Pierre), but they seem so comfortable in their interactions now.

Take, for instance, the times they get put into the same press conference. We’ve gone back to the bigger pressers now, five people in each session, so we already get more moments where they’re together in the room. And pretty much every time, there’s these quiet friendly moments that don’t necessarily get picked up by the media, but they’re endearing as hell.

Yes, we get the moments where Seb’s flirty on main (which is so fun to watch too, and I dare say it’s even more pronounced now than it even was in 2020). There’s the bus tour jokes in Monaco, where Charles offers to take Seb on one. There’s the presser in Monza, where Seb says he never had as many issues leaving the hotel as Charles does, probably because Charles is more handsome. This kind of open teasing is something new and definitely shows how far they’ve come already.

But there’s also the moments that are more brief, more subtle. Like when Charles motions at Seb about his moustache, or when Seb heads straight towards Charles when he’s late to give him a fistbump. Or when they’re sitting next to each other and end up deep in conversation again, while the presser’s still going on. I know I say the word comfortable a lot, but that’s what it is. They seem to enjoy each other’s company, they like talking to each other and seem to search it out, too, and it’s so organic when you’ve followed them for all these years but it’s a stark contrast to where they started and where the narrative started, too. It’s also a slap in the face to everyone who doubted they’d even acknowledge each other after Seb left the team, which I’m totally here for because I’m not bitter at all lol.

Besides these moments, where they’re already in front of a camera and don’t care that whatever they do is being recorded, there’s still more moments when they’re not. Like, this is just what they do, they don’t ham it up for the cameras at all. There’s plenty of times in the press pen, after a race usually, where they will find each other and catch up a little. To the point where Britta and Mia, both their PR people, just start talking among themselves as well. And it’s always so interesting to see how, even when Charles is looking down (like after Silverstone, or before Hungary for obvious reasons), Seb will always manage to coax a smile out of him.

Because we have more interactions to go off here and we have so much history by now, it’s easier to point out where it seems like they’ve figured out how the other one wants to be treated. As I pointed out in the 2021 section, Seb is one of the few people Charles will actually initiate physical contact with. And throughout the years, throughout this season, it’s not hard to figure out why that is. Most people will grab Charles when they want to touch him, not give him much of a choice. On the other hand, Seb does give him that choice, either touches him briefly and then lets go (like with the upper arm touches that are often used between them to get the other’s attention), or he hugs him from the side, leaving Charles an opening to get out of it if he wants.

On the other hand, Charles seems very aware that Seb is a private person and gives Seb the chance to maintain that privacy, too. During the Twitch streams in 2020 already, he would talk about Seb but never reveal much of what they were talking about together. Most of the times they interact are in the background and Charles is happy enough to let Seb initiate their contact when they are in front of a camera.

And while it seemed like Charles wasn’t very involved in Seb’s last race, I would argue he was and actually took a step back himself to let Seb do what he had to. Even when he felt ill, Charles was still there for the final track run, in the crowd. He did the donuts he promised, mimicked Seb’s finger when he was on the podium after the race. He was also one of the few, if not the only one, to temper expectations and tell people that when Seb’s made a decision, he’s sticking with it, and to not pin hopes on him returning (he’s very stubborn, after all, and his favourite colour’s blue). It might not seem like a lot, but there’s a very real respect and acknowledgement of who Seb is as a person there.

The narrative surrounding Sebchal has changed so much through the years – to the point where even Ferrari called it a very special bond in their social media posts about Seb’s last race – and their dynamic has evolved alongside it. The “rivalry” was very fun while it lasted, don’t get me wrong, but the guys have been telling us all along that it was fabricated and luckily, we now have the full picture. It’s been a fun journey to see it all develop right in front of my salad (I might have only joined after the 2019 summer break but all in all, missing out on half a season is excusable I think) and while I do miss seeing the two of them together on the grid, I will absolutely go down with this ship. No one does it like them and even without new crumbs, there’s still plenty to chew on and pick apart to keep me busy for a long time to come.

#sebchal #sebchalday23 #god this truly is just one big ramble and infodump huh #idk if anyone is even interested in this but it's sebchalday and I miss them and I just want to bask in their history #because it's so fascinating! nothing about this makes any sense but here we are!#watching them throughout the years is something I'll always be thankful for... it was a ride and a half but it was amazing #it's the slow burn it's the growth it's them figuring out each other #I truly don't think we'll ever get another unhinged storyline like this #charles started at hero worship and seb started at talented guy but not Kimi hmpf #and they became genuine friends by the end of it #obsessed with them I tell you #meo shouting into the void

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