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Charles Leclerc, the Ferrari driver tells his story: «I feel good only with the helmet on my head»

At 26, the young Monegasque has already entered the legend of Formula 1. Thanks to his cold blood and the audacity of a driving style that does not contemplate fear, Charles Leclerc has become "The predestined" for his fans. Since he was a child he loved red cars and with Ferrari he fulfilled his dream…

Almost 130 Grands Prix in Formula 1, 28 podiums, 22 pole positions and five victories: at 26, Charles Leclerc is already making history. His favorite driver is Ayrton Senna but «there are many I admire: Prost, Lauda, James Hunt, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. However, Ayrton Senna (the Brazilian champion who died in a tragic accident at Imola in 1994, ed.), is my all-time idol. From what I was able to see in the documentaries that tell his story and by speaking with those who knew him in life, I discovered that he was a special person to say the least, not only behind the wheel - he was perhaps the best driver in history - but also as a human being." Leclerc's childhood is marked by a deep bond with his father Hervé (he bears his name on his helmet) who was also a pilot - «dad was my number 1 fan» – and by his untimely death in 2017. «I was four years old, I told my father that I wasn't feeling very well and didn't want to go to school. Of course I was pretending like all kids do. However, I don't know why, he indulged me and took me to the go-kart track of his best friend, Philippe Bianchi. Seeing other children running on the track, I wanted to try it too. For my first car I chose the color red. And I think I fell in love with this sport after just three laps." On that go-kart track Leclerc lives his dream of one day becoming a Formula 1 driver and there he meets his lifelong friend, Jules Bianchi, Philippe's son. In karting, Charles Leclerc collected one victory after another, also because "I didn't know the concept of braking". At 17 years old in 2014, he entered the “Formula Renault 2.0” with the Fortec Motorsports team. He took seven podiums and collected two victories, earning second place in the championship. In 2015 he moved to Formula 3 and, despite an accident on the Zandvoort circuit (Holland), which compromised the final position in the standings, and the death of his friend Jules Bianchi in July, after the accident at Suzuka on 5 October 2014, Leclerc he doesn't lose the desire to compete. «Formula 1 killed people I loved, but I can't help it», he declared some time later.

What was your first ever Grand Prix? «Macau in 2015. But I like to remember the first time I saw one. I was still a child, I had a friend whose apartment had a balcony overlooking the Monte Carlo circuit. Obviously I was already rooting for the red cars, even though I didn't yet know that they were Ferrari. It was simply my favorite color." In the 2016 GP3 season he won the title with the "ART Grand Prix" team, even if, during the last championship race in Abu Dhabi, he chose to retire. Does a pilot ever feel afraid? «I am a human being, even if I run at 300 kilometers per hour. Beautiful moments alternate with very difficult ones, I'm not a superhero. It was in 2017, when I thought I wouldn't be able to become a Formula 1 driver, that I felt a real feeling of fear." But it is precisely in 2017 that the turning point arrives. A year earlier Leclerc had taken part in the Ferrari Driver Academy. With the first free practice session of the British Grand Prix in 2016, he began his experience as a test driver for Haas and then for Ferrari. Over the course of the following year he became increasingly noticed, thanks to a series of victories - among them that of the FIA Formula 2 championship - and multiple tests of skill at the wheel of his car. In the 2017 championship he participated in four free practice sessions with Sauber, the first of which in the pouring rain on the Sepang circuit (Malaysia), and it was with the Swiss team that he became a Formula 1 driver. On board the Sauber C37, despite some difficulties, Leclerc demonstrates consistency and ends the 2018 season in 13th place in the drivers' standings with 39 points, voted "rookie" of the year. But what happens before a Formula 1 race? «Before running, a lot of tension builds up. I have been doing breathing exercises since I was a boy. They help me stay calm, so I can achieve a level of concentration that maximizes my potential. Preparation is 90% of the total work in a race." Before getting into the car there is also space for a ritual moment. «I only feel good when I wear the helmet and everyone comes out of the pit lane», he says, «the cockpit is like a nest, I don't feel any sensations, zero tension. There I relax while waiting for the race."

In September 2018, Scuderia Ferrari announced that the Monegasque driver would replace Kimi Räikkönen, alongside Sebastian Vettel. «I was on a boat in Monaco. I had put the phone on silent mode, I find the call from Maurizio Arrivabene (head of the Ferrari team ed.). I told the friend I was with to turn off the engines, that the head of Ferrari had called me and I wasn't hearing well. I understand that he wouldn't have taken me to Ferrari. It seemed a little strange that he called me to tell me, I was disappointed. Fifteen seconds later he called me back and told me he was joking. I attacked and dived into the sea, it all seemed so surreal. Me in Ferrari…". Even though his first time in Maranello dates back to a few years earlier as he reveals in the book “Le prodige” written by Rémi Boudoul: «I was 11 years old, but I didn't enter. I sat in the parking lot and imagined a structure similar to the one seen in “The Chocolate Factory”. With the Oompa Loompas running around." In 2018 his first race of the season in Australia ended with a fifth place, but the real affirmation came with the Bahrain Grand Prix, where he won his first pole position and finished the race in third place. The season continues with ups and downs. After a first victory in Belgium came the triumph on the Monza Circuit, in front of the delirious Scuderia Ferrari home crowd. Leclerc also arrived in pole position in Singapore and Russia, and ended the season in fourth place with 264 points, consolidating his reputation among the most promising talents in Formula 1. 2020 began with a second place in Austria. However, the Ferrari SF1000 demonstrates some limitations in subsequent races. Leclerc retires in Styria and ends up outside the points in Hungary. A bad accident in Monza, from which he emerged unscathed, represents a critical moment in that unspectacular year, which ended in eighth place in the drivers' standings.

The following year, the new Ferrari SF21 proved to be more competitive, allowing Leclerc - now at the Prancing Horse with Carlos Sainz Jr. - to achieve good results, including fourth places in Imola and Spain. In Monaco, he takes pole position but retires due to damage to the car before the race. His only podium came in Great Britain, finishing the season in seventh place in the drivers' standings. 2022 is more than positive. He wins the Bahrain Grand Prix, followed by a second place in Saudi Arabia and victories in Australia and Austria. He finishes in second place among the drivers, behind Max Verstappen. In 2023, with his SF23 single-seater, he achieved the second podium of the season in Austria, while in Great Britain he finished ninth. In Belgium, after some changes to the car, he gets pole and finishes third. In the Italian Grand Prix, in Monza, he started on pole and finished fourth. Beyond the races, twenty-six-year-old Charles Leclerc, just appointed ambassador of the Monegasque jewelery brand APM Monaco, tries to spend as much time as possible with his friends. «Ricardo, Alex, Thomas, Guillaume, Nico, Hugo, Joris. I'm happy with them, we go to the beach, to the restaurant, we play five-a-side football, we're all sporty and we train together. However, we have different lives, while they study, I live my passion. But I love racing, I love Ferrari." Ferrari which is not only synonymous with engines but also with fashion and Leclerc is a proud ambassador of the brand led by Rocco Iannone. «I often wear items from the Ferrari line, they are aerodynamic and the materials range from the more technical ones - which I am used to wearing every day in my work - to the more refined ones. I like that couture feel and above all the color that dominates in the Ferrari collections, a color that I don't think I need to specify...>>

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theresa-of-liechtenstein · 5 months

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astute followers of the Wild and Wacky Adventures of Em the Jumped-Up Busker will note that i did not have anything unhinged to share yesterday. however this was not due to a lack of Moments. au contraire, there were simply so many Moments that i collapsed directly into bed and knocked out as soon as i returned to my apartment

ACT 1: the practice room

curtain opens. i am taking a break in a practice room about an hour before rehearsal (read: scrolling through tumblr) with the third movement of the bach concerto in a minor on the piano

am just about to give up on practicing and go eat my snack (makeshift charcuterie board comprised of prosciutto and cheese) somewhere on the ground floor when someone raps on the door.

i whip around, hastily burying the evidence (closed tumblr), to find my favorite honors professor/newest section member squinting in at me through the tiny window in the door

i open the door for her and tell her i was just about to leave to have a snack. she then goes ‘you can eat in here. i wanted to see what you were working on’, takes out her violin, and starts playing my solo rep better than i’ll ever play it

‘last time i played this was thirty years ago,’ she says to me, matter of fact

also mentions to me: ‘i saw the assistant principal viola in my class. got startled! they never talk to me…’

me: ‘i’m not really sure you realize that you’re kind of intimidating to people.’

ate honorsprofessor: ‘me? really?’

me: ‘yes! (somehow received some boldness in the moment) you even intimidate me, sometimes’

ate honorsprofessor, shooting me an affectionately exasperated look: ‘em, you would be intimidated by a mouse.’

I MEAN????????? WHAJAHWJWHAKAHAKWIWOAIOW?????????????? READ FOR FILTH???????

tl;dr 1: apparently got harana-d by ate honorsprofessor

ACT 2: rehearsal

tita conductor begins rehearsal by advertising the choirs’ concert the following week (she also directs them on top of the 1937017292820281 other things she’s been doing in the department for god knows how long)

pointedly finishes off with ‘and if any of you are ever interested in singing, let me know; i find that my instrumentalists who also sing bring a lot of knowledge with them, and it can do nothing but good for you here. i treasure my instrumentalist singers with my heart’

[harp noises to signal a flashback to the past][echoing voiceover from f1 journalist asking a question at the 2014 abu dhabi grand prix: ‘gentlemen, a short view back to the past…’]

in the google form for audition sign-ups we were asked to name any previous ensemble experience. not knowing that tita conductor also was in charge of the choirs, i put down my single year of high school choir as an alto 2

my (zoom) audition was. interesting. tita conductor thought i took my slow movement of the handel sonata in d major too slow. i tried to justify my tempo. until i realized i was contradicting an Authority Figure, immediately felt a wave of Asian Shame, shut my mouth, and instantly thought i had fucked my chances of getting a spot

at that point i just remember something clicking inside me, a feeling of serenity like nothing i had ever experienced before, and a voice telling me, ‘you’re not going to get it. just play.’

i was so dead set thinking that i’d screwed up that i was genuinely surprised that she offered me a spot—even more so when she immediately followed it up by beaming at me and saying ‘great! now would you like to sing for me?’

i spluttered at her for what felt like several hours before saying what i thought was ‘sorry, come again?’ but came out as ‘uh huh whuh?’

tita conductor: i have here that you’ve done choir :)

me: umm. i’m not really prepared for that… and i can only fit one ensemble into my schedule

tita conductor: oh. well, okay :(

[harp noises to signal a return to the present]

i very assiduously avoid eye contact.

other tita conductor rehearsal moments:

‘i am a very good human metronome’

[misjudges how much podium she has left and accidentally totters off of it while trying to cue] ‘oops, gone overboard!’

[screws up a few things in rapid succession] ‘ooh, i could have been much better at conducting that, sorry! (adds, sotto voce) it is very important for your conductor to admit when they’re wrong.’

‘Seconds!’ [we play a thing] ‘YES, seconds!’

ACT 3: rehearsal, the aftermath

as everyone clears up, principal viola approaches me to discuss a bowing for the brahms. assistant principal viola (one of my friends in orchestra) is also hanging around to watch

principal viola has discussed bowing with me once before, for the mendelssohn; their ideas are usually sensible and they seem more experienced than me (master’s student)

they propose that at rehearsal tempo (excessively slow) we take two bows in a phrase that usually takes one (i have been doing it on one bow even at the rehearsal tempo. because i slow down my bow.)

they also tell me that i have been cuing in with the first violins on a spot where we, in fact, do not come in with the first violins (i.e. a beat early). the latter of which i immediately write in, embarrassed.

ate honorsprofessor wanders up behind me as i discuss with principal viola, and as we continue to talk, tita conductor comes over, looks at what we’re doing, hurries off to grab her score, and puts herself between me and my stand, effectively putting me in a middle-aged woman sandwich

tita conductor: ‘i see my predecessor—and this is probably thirty years ago—has put bow markings in parentheticals breaking that into two, so i’m not sure…’

me: ‘oh, no that was me. i just wrote that in now.’

tita conductor: ‘oh. well… why?’

she hears out principal viola and says ‘could you not just… bow slower?’ LANWJWKWHWJS HELP???? but also yeah. i would just bow slower. it’s harder to unlearn bowings later on

ate honorsprofessor pipes up: ‘i like putting that whole phrase on an up bow instead of a down, so the next phrase comes lighter’ and demonstrates

i make a note of it (i still have not yet decided anything about that btw.)

principal viola: and also i was just saying that they come in with the firsts when they don’t

tita conductor: [silently points to the note i made in the margins that says ‘NOT with V.1’

me, panicking: ‘oh i wrote that in. just now.’

tita conductor: [turns back to look at me, smiling gently] ‘no, i’m saying it’s very good. it’s good to make a note of that.’

we wrap up our discussion and i begin heading back to my stuff

ate honorsprofessor is still fucking around with the third movement of the bach in a minor and teases as i approach ‘look what you did, em 🙄🙄🙄’

i get the distinct feeling i should play along and protest ‘excuse me!! what did i do!!’

ate honorsprofessor, playing right back: ‘oh you Know what you did!’

me: ‘i absolutely do not! i don’t know anything i’ve done since… october 2!’ (when i got offered the position)

ate honorsprofessor: ‘well, what about what you did january 11, huh?’

me, now genuinely confused: ‘wait, what happened january 11?’

ate honorsprofessor: ‘are you serious? honors 150. first day of class. when i met you.’

atehonorsprofessor then tells assistant principal viola about us playing the bach double together earlier this year

now you may be wondering, where is tita conductor throughout all this?

well, she was very interestedly examining the wall near the door to the early keyboards room, which opens off the rehearsal hall.

so, eavesdropping. as usual.

tl;dr 2: too many things had happened in the space of three hours and i was in no state to go to my last class of the day so i instead fed the assistant principal viola some of my beef stew and skipped class

if you managed to get to the bottom of this you deserve a prize idk.

i served yesterday btw.

#em jumped up busker #LIKE OHHH MY GODDD. WHAT THE FUCK WAS YESTERDAY 😭😭😭

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formulinos · 2 years

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I would like to preface this by saying that this has no basis in facts, as in I haven't personally talked to anyone that could confirm the stuff I'm about to say. I'd like to name this a conspiracy hypothesis instead of a theory, since I have no proof. I'll sprinkle some links here and there as I go about, but they are just basically temporal marks so you know I didn't pull this whole thing out of my ass. I am very much aware, however, that most of the time I'll sound like this:

I also am aware that I might seem biased in this, but give me a chance to explain who the real villain of the story is. Also feel free to just ignore it, again, this is not factually true as far as we know and I did have a schizophrenic episode in 2013 that led me to 6 months of antipsychotic treatment. It could be happening again!

Anyway, here we go. I believe that the 2022 Formula 1 Championship declared its winners before it even began, that is, Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing. NO WAIT COME BACK HEAR ME OUT.

Consider the situation before and after the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. I think a recent quote from Stefano Domenicali actually resumes it well:

“The World Championship being decided on the last lap of the last race, last year in Abu Dhabi,” Domenicali told the Corriere della Sera when asked what his most satisfying moment was, “leaving aside the controversy.”

By the end of 2021, Formula 1 had become a culmination of what Liberty Media wanted for it: a full spectacle where racing was just the necessary background for something that gives much more money, that is, storytelling. The Lewis Hamilton v. Max Verstappen created a rivalry, which is EXCELLENT for marketing, as this article by Dr. Cody T. Havard and Dr. Vassilis Dalakas highlights:

The rivalry phenomenon in sport also infuences the way fans consume the sport. In particular, playing a rival team positively infuences fan likelihood to attend a live game (Havard, Shapiro et al., 2013) and the amount they are willing to pay for tickets (Sanford & Scott, 2016). Rivalry can infuence the way fans evaluate team branded merchandise (Kwak, Kwon, & Lim, 2015), team sponsors (Angell et al., 2016; Bee & Dalakas, 2013; Dalakas & Levin, 2005; Grohs, Reisinger, & Woisetschläger, 2015), league-wide cause-related marketing (Nichols, Cobbs, & Raska, 2016), fan behavior (Wann & Dolan, 1994; Wann & Greive, 2005; Wenger & Brown, 2014), and player performance (Wann et al., 2006).

Rivalries means money, and at the peak of Hamilton v. Verstappen, F1 was making BANK. However, the fact that Domenecali had to say "leaving aside the controversy" means that the decisions taken on those fateful laps were impactful enough to create a significant divide on the consumers. This happened because from the moment the checkered flag was shown, it stopped being just Red Bull and Mercedes' business and it became the sports' business as a whole. Therefore, two things happened:

1) The spectacle that Liberty Media had created was crumbling down in front of them. 2) The legitimacy of FIA's actions were being put to question directly, since this was down to the actions of their highest representative in the racing aspect.

How can you move past this? In fact, many fans still haven't and might never will. But still, there are things you can do to try and mend things. The first was the Report. A half-assed mea culpa from the FIA that included a long evaluation of the events that transpired that day and the implementation of measures to keep it from happening again. Michael Masi was (rightfully, even though he was the scapegoat) shown the door and although it took them a long time to show a verdict, the release date right before the start of the 2022 season means this was the last of it for them and they were turning the page.

Still, an issue remains that still highlighted points 1 and 2, the question of Max's championship being retained. Surely, the FIA couldn't not admit any fault in the report or else the lack of self-criticism would doom them in the eyes of fans, but admitting too much fault meant that their decision to stick to Max's championship would be forever contested and so their actions from then on. For Liberty Media and the storytelling issue, it means that their conclusion of the Young Hotshot that defeated The Sport Giant never happened and instead The Sport Giant would just become Bigger. This can't do.

So far, I've discussed this from the FIA's and Liberty Media's POVS, but consider this from Red Bull's perspective. Christian Horner was on the record straight after Abu Dhabi defending Max's championship and saying that the championship as a whole was enough proof of his skills and the teamwork. But even more, he states that the Drivers' Championship is the most important out of the two given at the end of the season:

"The constructors' is where the money is," he said. "That is where the revenues that come into the sport are distributed, based on your performance in the championship. I think every employee within our team, and probably in most of the teams, is rewarded on where they are in the constructors' championship, as opposed to the drivers'. But the drivers' obviously has the popularity and it has the prestige. I don't think there's a single employee within our business that would have traded the first place in the constructors' for this drivers' championship."

If the drivers' championship has all the popularity and the prestige, then it also has the power to take those things away if its integrity is put into question. So, all that's left to do is convince people that this result would naturally take place. If many of Max's supporters said that "he would have won it anyway," then you best make sure that he does win it again, because once can happen by chance, but twice means that the level of talent and professionalism involved is too high and the results of 2021 were bound to happen. While there would still be skeptics, for a large majority of the doubtful fans, a bi-championship would be enough proof and the sport is considered legitimate again.

This is the motivation, so, what's the plan? Well, you need Max to win the championship, but there can be no doubt about it. Leaving it for the last race means that it could get out of control and this wouldn't be enough to quench people's thirst. Max has to win by a landslide to be considered a dominant force that's inescapable, which also means that Red Bull should be considered at the top of their game. Therefore, if last year they could afford to lose the WCC, this year they have to take it as a way of reclaiming their power and their role in enabling Max to be the best he can be.

Now, this is a sport. They can't rely just on Red Bull doing their best to make sure this goes smoothly, they also need the cooperation of others. Honestly, if they asked every single team to help them out, most of them would imo. Again, the events in Abu Dhabi didn't just impact RBR and Merc, they affected the sport as a whole and it is on everybody's interest to get past this slump. If the controversy only gets worse and fans' viewership and engagement goes down, it's over - it's not gonna happen from one day to another, surely, but it's not forgotten either. BUT, realistically, they don't need to talk to Haas or Williams or Alfa Romeo. They just need to ensure that the teams that could directly face RBR come out behind, and there are basically two that could truly do it: Mercedes and Ferrari.

With Mercedes, the approach taken was... do nothing. They didn't have to, since the "nerf the dominating team" initiative that FIA regularly does was already being implemented since 2019. The small technical regulations tweaks that were left for 2021 were already good enough to close the gap between Merc and Red Bull and allow for more competition, and the overall 2022 regulation haul did just as any reg change intends to: remove domination out of the equation. I'm not mad about this since well, it is their job to make sure there is a competition and you just need to reset things from time to time. Ferrari has been through this, McLaren has been through this, Red Bull has been through this, etc. For once, it's really just business. Sure, Mercedes shot themselves in the foot with their initial design, but they were set up for failure anyway.

Now, Ferrari.

Ferrari had a few things going on for them. First, a solid duo of drivers, one of them being a usually very solid, reliable and stealth grid climber and the other literally nicknamed by the fans "Il Predestinato". Then, they managed to unfuck things up from 2020 to 2021 and get back to the top 3, orbiting just outside the two main forces of F1 at the moment. In this aspect, they also could afford to relax a bit on the 2021 championship and focus on the 2022 car in June, way before Mercedes and Red Bull due to their relative safe place in the championship - back in June, P3 seemed most likely, but even if it was a P4, the money prize made no difference to FERRARI and the extra wind tunnel time would even be a plus.

This is all to say that they would inevitably come out with a banger car, there was no other way this could go. In the hybrid era, only two cars were major flops: the F14 T that managed to get one fucking podium in an entire season, but still landed 4th, so a good birth in relation to the field nevertheless and the SF1000 that was the consequence of its own actions. Other than that, Ferrari was regularly in the vice-leadership or Top 3, and you can bet they were coming to snatch wigs again.

Well, pre-season testing comes and Ferrari takes Barcelona in relation to Red Bull. Red Bull posts the fastest lap but they present reliability issues, while Ferrari does fine and dandy in experimentation. This is rectified by Bahrain, that shows in theory a better Red Bull car, with its hiccups fixed. However, it's noted that Ferrari are still behind, and less farther than one would think.

So, we get three initial rounds with Ferrari working flawlessly and striking two double podiums and two wins. Charles emerges as the championship leader while Red Bull show they have the pace, but their reliability issues can't be ignored. But by round 4 RBR are back on their feet and Ferrari suffer from home race luck, making weird strategy calls. It's okay, you can understand it once.

One thing to note is the difference in tone adopted in regards to this year's early rivalry, During the first semester, a few headlines we've seen were:

"There’s not been a lot of politics and bullsh*t" - Red Bull and Ferrari moving ahead in 2022 F1 season with 'genuine respect,' says Christian Horner

Max Verstappen says he 'prefers' F1 rivalry with Charles Leclerc to battle with Lewis Hamilton

Marko: Ferrari rivalry ‘won’t escalate like Mercedes’

All of the time, it's highlighted that there is a rivalry in place, which is good for the sport, but that it won't get as toxic and bad as last year with Mercedes. The idea is to be less aggressive, in order to show that such behaviour is in the past and that F1 can be entertaining on and off track without needing to resort to fighting.

But, as I said before, we do need Max to win, and by a landslide. Yet, by Miami, Charles was still very much in the run recovering from his 6th in Imola with a second place and Carlos getting back on the podium after two retirements. The tides started shifting harshly in Spain, when Charles retired and Carlos struggled to 4th. In the same race, Charles loses the championship lead to Max. From then on, as Sky Sports point out, from Spain to Hungary Charles loses on 108 points due to team-related issues in comparison to 32 points from individual errors. In Belgium, more scenes as strategy demands Charles to try to go for the fastest lap and pit. He fails to get the lap and gets a penalty that pushes him one place down (6th). From the Dutch Grand Prix to Singapore, Charles has managed to recover his form and feature in the podium all three races, but it's now Max's championship to lose. To sum up, Ferrari who seemed majorly solid until the fifth round started flopping left and right out of the blue, seemingly making a point of losing the championship by sheer incompetence.

When faced with criticism, Mattia Binotto has repeatedly stated that there was no need for changes at his Ferrari staff. In fact, some of his most outlandish claims include that the Hungary Grand Prix win wasn't possible for them anyway, regardless of Charles' display that day. Curiously, his tone only changed after the Italian Grand Prix (RIP Ana Formulinos' dream of going to Monza, 2000-2022) when he finally admitted something needed to be done. A bit too late, considering that from the next race onwards, the title was Max's to win on a mathematical basis.

So, here comes a question: what's in it for Ferrari, exactly? Honestly... I've no fucking clue. They were punished over an engine that fell in the "not legal but not illegal" limbo in 2020 by the same FIA which, in this scenario I'm hypothesising, would have cut some sort of deal with advantages for them in the upcoming seasons. This is for us to see in the future, as nothing is bound to happen for us in 2022. However, I think a factor that is important is that while Ferrari is the crown jewel of F1's teams, the records and titles mean nothing if the sport is dead and/or perceived as illegitimate. Therefore, the same way it is the other teams' interest to keep the show going, Ferrari might be the one to need it the most. They need each other. So, I could see Ferrari, Liberty Media and the FIA all in the same side for once anyway.

Now, an important addendum. In all of this, am I saying that everyone in Red Bull and in Ferrari are involved in this? Is Max Verstappen devilishly laughing as he wins and wins and is Charles binning it on purpose? Are the mechanics at Ferrari armed with hammers to destroy the chassis while no one's watching? NO OF COURSE NOT. You can tell that these drivers are real people that get frustrated with their losses and happy with their wins. You could tell how Max was starting to feel relieved after the reliability issues were gone, and how the light in Charles' eyes dimmed race after race. Same thing with the mechanics whenever there was a failure. In fact, I don't think that for this hypothesis to work everybody needs to be in on it, just the right people. One single strategist is enough for Ferrari to lose a whole race, while Red Bull just needs to make sure the car is running since Max is more than apt to win a race, no denying that.

Cool. Now, here is an interesting point: the budget cap controversy. While things were peaceful between Ferrari and Red Bull until then, things quickly went astray after the first reports of Red Bull possibly breaching the cost cap, with Binotto and Toto meeting up to gossip about it during the Singapore GP. The stance taken by Ferrari is that they mad. They really mad. I suppose that, in this scenario I'd be too, if I had been made to look like a fool bottling every race, even having to take it on the chin after a technical directive so these fools could win and still they're able to splurge on cash to save their season? That would have been bad enough, but the fact that if these extra expenses went undetected, this means they'd be free to do as they please for the 2023 championship... I have a feeling that this is not part of the deal.

Christian Horner went extra defensive, claiming indirectly that there was a snitch in the FIA responsible for the leak and, most importantly:

“One can only assume it’s not coincidental this is at a point where Max has his first strike at a World Championship,” he said.

Speaking later to Sky F1, Horner added: “Do you think that’s a coincidence? Or do you think there might be a little bit of a campaign to discredit what the team has done?

“It’s a little bit suspicious.”

Concerns about a discredited championship, AGAIN. As this report says, it's highly unlikely that the FIA consider harsh penalties as they will probably decree it as a minor breach. Can't go unpunished as again the FIA's decision skills will be put into questioning, but can't be declared a major breach since a harsher penalty might put Ferrari back in the running and we need that landslide, lads.

It's yet to be seen if Max takes it at Japan, which would be kinda curious since the 2021 Japanese Grand Prix was supposed to be about Honda's swan song from F1 and now a celebration of its strengthened ties to Red Bull. Either way, it won't be long now, and the championship will be long done by the last round.

As an interesting afterthought, I think it's curious how little reporting there has been on the rift between the FIA and FOM/Liberty Media. The creative differences between the two has been significant as Liberty Media presents more changes in the racing format and increases the calendar, something that our current president isn't a fan of. Latest developments have been about the FIA publishing the calendar before FOM, something that's unheard of. In fact, the rift has been said to have gotten worse after... Abu Dhabi, since the FIA perceived it as an indirect result of Liberty Media's push for spectacles :) How lovely is the state of things in F1 right now.

In conclusion, the result of nearly a year of observation of this championship led me to hypothesise that the result is being constructed to re-legitimise the sport and its organising bodies after the 2021 Abu Dhabi scandal. In this aspect, it's not Max Verstappen, Red Bull and even Scuderia Ferrari per se the direct villains of the story, but the FIA and Liberty Media who in their push to save themselves only get deeper and deeper in the chaos. While I can't prove for sure this is real (and false tbh), there are still further developments in 2022 and 2023 that can change things, so don't take it to heart. Cheers everybody, I'll go back to my cave!

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Monza in half: new referees, same mistakes

The italian press is back! Most of it is against the shit show FIA did and how that ruined Monza because like one of our comm said, “they ruined the race but then they use the shot from Monza podium to promote the sport”. And isn’t he 100% right.

As always, translation under the cut, every mistake is on me, pls share to support my effort in sharing italian press with you all✨

Unanimous booing, by those who were dressed in red and those in orange. The final of the Italian Grand Prix under the Safety Car regime has displeased everyone, winners and losers, and that is what the FIA should think about. Does the F1 of the show and sold out at every Grand Prix have to take a step towards the public even at the cost of not fully complying with the verdict that has emerged on the track in terms of performance? It is a question that Stefano Domenicali (CEO of Liberty Media) and Mohammed Bin Sulayem (president of the FIA) will surely ask themselves. ‘Change the referee, not the mistakes,’ is the title of Leo Turrini’s editorial on Il Resto del Carlino “The logic of the sport would have imposed to grant Leclerc the extreme chance. I don't think there are conspiracies. Instead, there is a worrying incompetence, already seen in the past. This Formula 1, so loved by an increasingly young audience, has a moral obligation to respect those who follow it.”

‘Hashes and steps back, inadequate Federation’ is instead the title of Giorgio Terruzzi's comment on Il Corriere della Sera. “They are slow, always a little arrogant. They are the men of the International Federation. A company to change after a few too many messes, like the one that handed over the title to Verstappen, Abu Dhabi 2021. Some are fired, others are appointed, rarely based on authority. In Monza on Saturday it took them almost 4 hours to dial the starting grid, losing the path dealing with the drivers penalties. Not satisfied, they put on a (slow as hell, can’t be a literal translation) finish yesterday, complete with tractors on the track under safety car – entered at the wrong time – offering the same scene that in 2014 in Japan cost Bianchi his life”, the attack that starts from the columns of the Milan-based newspaper.

‘Monza in half’ is instead the opening of Repubblica: “One hundred years of solitude. Without a race-worthy ending, without battle and without joy. Not even for those who win, Max Verstappen, even if that success would have been deserved anyway. And instead he is unfairly booed. Monza celebrates a century disatisfiing everyone – the bitter observation underlined by the newspaper based in Rome – on the grandstands there are 150 thousand fans who paid to see a show, not a train of immobilized cars passing under the finish line. The booing is mainly for the race management, which does apply a regulation, but in a clumsy and slow way. Perhaps overwhelmed by the still alive ghosts of the deconclusional epilogue of the last championship in Abu Dhabi, after which, apart from the threats to Michael Masi and his exit from the Fia, the rules were changed precisely for situations similar to those of yesterday.”

‘Fifth Power’ headlines La Stampa, focusing on Max Verstappen’s fifth consecutive victory: “Max Verstappen’s Italian mission ends with the fifth consecutive victory, the eleventh of the season, the 31st of his career. One of the ugliest, though deserved: the race was neutralized by the safety car with eight laps to go and ended like this, with the cars being columned and the ban on overtaking. At the checkered flag, the fans pour themselves as traditionally along the entire straight line and whistle the Red Bull champion because he doesn't drive a Ferrari. Nothing else they can reproach him: he is the best. He had never climbed the podium in Monza, he had never experienced the emotion of seeing that red multitude that now disputes him. He will come up for the championship perhaps already in the next Grand Prix in Singapore, where a series of results could guarantee him the second consecutive title.” Booing or not, Safety Car or not, with 11 wins out of 16 races played in this 2022 Max Verstappen already has the first match point on the championship in the sixth final race of the season.

#f1 #italian gp 2022 #italian press #maFIA #I would have posted sooner if it wasn’t for FEDEZ ATTEMPTING MY LIFE

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IN NUMBERS: The amazing stats behind Red Bulls century of F1 wins

Red Bull made history at the Canadian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen’s dominant win gave the team their 100th victory in the sport. To mark the occasion, we put together a list of the standout numbers from their impressive run, covering drivers, circuits and other eye-catching statistics… -- 19 -- Red Bull’s 100 race wins to date have been achieved across 19 seasons, with the Milton Keynes team making their F1 debut back in 2005. After several podium finishes, they won for the first time at the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix. READ MORE: Verstappen wins Canadian GP to claim Red Bull’s 100th victory and equal Senna’s tally -- 30 -- From that aforementioned first win to their most recent in Canada last weekend, Red Bull have triumphed at 30 different circuits over the years – spanning five continents (Asia, North America, South America, Europe and Oceania). -- 7 -- Monaco is Red Bull’s most successful circuit thanks to a tally of seven victories, while Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina (six) and Japan’s Suzuka, Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps, Malaysia’s Sepang, Brazil’s Interlagos and Spain’s Barcelona (all five) are also particularly profitable venues for the outfit. This feature is currently not available because you need to provide consent to functional cookies. Please update your cookie preferences Red Bull celebrate 100th F1 win with Verstappen victory in Canada -- 41 -- Of Red Bull’s victories so far, 41 of them have been achieved by reigning double world champion Verstappen. He started that list by winning on his debut for the team at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. -- 38 -- Next in the table is Sebastian Vettel, who claimed 38 race wins – and four world titles – during his stint at Red Bull from 2009 through 2014, before leaving for Ferrari and later joining Aston Martin. READ MORE: Verstappen hails ‘incredible’ milestone as he helps Red Bull hit a century of F1 wins -- 5 -- Overall, five drivers have won races with Red Bull since their debut: the aforementioned Verstappen and Vettel, along with Mark Webber (nine wins) Daniel Ricciardo (seven) and current driver Sergio Perez (five). -- 52 -- More than half of Red Bull’s victories – more specifically, 52 – have come from pole position. However, the squad have won a race from as low as 14th on the grid – Verstappen turning this spot into the top step of the podium in Belgium in 2022. It was a momentous day for Verstappen and Red Bull in Canada -- 26 -- Meanwhile, more than a quarter of Red Bull’s victories have spearheaded a one-two finish. The first of these 26 perfect results came in China in 2009 via Vettel and Webber, with the most recent coming in Miami in 2023 via Verstappen and Perez. -- 17 -- Red Bull’s most successful season in terms of race wins was the 2022 campaign, in which they triumphed 17 times. Verstappen took 15 of those victories, while Perez contributed two. FACTS AND STATS: Red Bull match Mercedes’ best-ever season start as Hamilton takes 10th Montreal podium -- 4 -- Only four other teams have secured more than 100 wins in the history of F1. This group comprises Williams (114), Mercedes (125), McLaren (183) and Ferrari (242). -- 9 -- If Red Bull win again at the upcoming Austrian Grand Prix, the team would take 10 victories in a row for the first time. They previously won nine on the bounce with Vettel during the second half of his final title-winning season in 2013. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

#F1 #IN NUMBERS: The amazing stats behind Red Bull’s century of F1 wins #Formula 1

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22 November 2014 | Prince Harry watches the action with Geri Halliwell in the Infiniti Red Bull Racing garage during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (c) Mark Thompson/Getty Images

#Prince Harry #Duke of Sussex #Geri Halliwell #Britain #2014 #Mark Thompson #Getty Images

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stats after the season

Ferrari scored their first 1-2 finish since Singapore 2019 at Bahrain.

Ferrari led the every single lap of a GP at Bahrain since Spa 2018.

Zhou Guanyu scored his first F1points of his career and for Alfa Romeo in Bahrain by getting P10 (1 points).

Nico Hulkenberg is still the driver with most points scored without a podium.

Valtteri Bottas scored his first points for Alfa Romeo at Bahrain by getting P6 (8 points).

Daniel was outqualified by a teammate for the first time at Bahrain. He had previously outqualified all his teammate at that circuit.

Charles is the first Monegasque to lead the championship.

58 pit stop at Bahrain was the most since 2016 Germany grand prix.

Lewis got out in Q1 for the first time since Brazil 2017 in Saudi Arabia.

Sergio Perez scored the first pole of his career in Saudi Arabia. He is also the first Mexican driver to ever take a pole in F1. Also the 103th driver to get pole.

Saudi Arabia was the first race without a Schumacher or Vettel since Portugal 1994.

Saudi Arabia marked Lewi’s 180th race with Mercedes. The most by any driver with any team. It surpassed Michael Schumacher 179 races with Ferrari.

Charles got the first pole for ferrari in australia since Kimi 2007 15 years ago.

Valtteri’s record of 103 Q3 appearances broke in Australia where he failed to get into Q3 by qualifying P12.

Carlos loses a 33 race finish streak in Australia where is the first one to retire. Eifel 2020- Saudi Arabia 2022

Carlos also lost a 17 point scoring streak in Australia. Styria 2021- Saudi Arabia 2022.c

Alex got his first points for Williams in Australia by getting P10 (1 points)

Charles scored his first grand slam in Australia. The first for Ferrari since Alonso in Singapore 2010.

Charles the first driver to win from pole in Australia since Lewis Hamilton in 2014.

George’s first podium for Mercedes comes in Australia where he got P3.

Zhou first DNF at a race came in Miami though he had one in sprint race at Imola the weekend before.

Charles’s took Ferrrari’s first pole in Cota.

Abu Dhabi was Lewis’s 200th race with Mercedes.

this year is the first time since 1979 that most drivers (Checo, Carlos, George and Kevin) scored their maiden pole in a single year. it has been 43 years since then.

It took Haas 142 Grand Prix to get their first pole.

Kevin’s pole put Denmark as the 24th Nation on pole.

#f1 #f1 data

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Seb’s F1 records

In preparation for Seb’s birthday this Sunday on the 3rd July, here is a short post detailing all the records that German F1 driver Sebastian Vettel holds.

Big shoutout to Wikipedia which I used for all of this

(This is a condensed version of post I'm writing detailing Seb’s records - I would post it for his birthday but realistically I cannot pump it out for then so this post was created)

(ALSOOO if I was wrong about a record please do say as I did the research for this during the preseason testing 2022. This would also beg the question why the fuck it took me this long to post the shortened version but anyways. But in 2022, the record holders might have changed hands but I have not kept up with that lmao)

Record Holder for

Most wins in a season - 13 in 2013 (shared with Michael Schumacher)

Most pole positions in a season - 15 in 2011

Most laps led in a season - 739 in 2011

Most consecutive wins - 9 from 2013 Belgian Grand Prix to 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix

Most consecutive grand slams - 2 with 2013 Singapore Grand Prix and 2013 Korean Grand Prix (shared with Alberto Ascari (1952) and Jim Clark (1963))

Most wins from pole position in a season - 9 in 2011 (shared with Nigel Mansell (1992)) [the power of the number 5 despite the fact that Seb had number 1 that season and he only took it from 2014 onwards]

Youngest Grand Prix pole position winner - 21 years and 72 days [2008 Italian Grand Prix 13th September 2008]

Youngest driver to score a double (pole and race win) - 21 years and 73 days [2008 Italian Grand Prix 14th September 2008]

Youngest driver to score a hat-trick (pole position, race win and fastest lap) - 21 years and 353 days [2009 British Grand Prix 21st June 2009]

Youngest F1 World Champion - 23 years and 134 days 2010 season [clinched title at final race Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 14th November 2010]

Youngest F1 Double World Champion - 24 years and 99 days 2011 season [clinched at the 15th race out of 19 Japan Grand Prix on 9th October 2011]

Youngest F1 Triple World Champion - 25 years and 146 days* 2012 season [clinched at the final race Brazilian Grand Prix on 25th November 2012] *calculated it myself so might be wrong just to let you know

Youngest F1 Quadruple World Champion - 26 years and 117 days* 2013 season [clinched at the 16th race out of 19 Indian Grand Prix on 27th October 2013] *again calculated it myself so may be wrong

Youngest F1 runner-up - 22 years and 121 days 2009 season (1st November 2009)

Shortest time elapsed before getting a penalty - 9 seconds 2006 Turkish Grand Prix (25th August 2006) Literally 9 seconds into his career for speeding in the pit lane

Most point between first and second in the Championship - 155 between Seb (397) and Alonso (242) in 2013

Most laps led in a season - 739 in 2011

Now the next section isn't about records he holds but is more about where he ranks(?) I’m not sure how to put it. Umm let’s say there is a record for fastest time to drop a hot dog onto the track (Disclaimer: this doesn't exist and is solely created for demonstration purposes) he would have the third fastest time.

These following records are structured like that except it’s real and not non-sensical like that.

Stuff to note:

Total race entries - 7th of all time with 287 (at time of writing 1/7/2022) (Note: tbh I don’t think he’ll lose the 7th position any time soon as Lewis Hamilton [6th] has ten more and Felipe Massa [8th] has 15 less and is also not active anymore)

Total race starts - 7th of all time with 286 (at time of writing 1/7/2022 before the Silverstone Grand Prix on the 3rd July) [Note: same as before as Lewis Hamilton [6th] has 11 more and Felipe Massa [8th] has 17 less and is again no longer active)

Now let’s take a short break to hear from our sponsor-- there is no sponsor for this lmao. Anyway, just to define the difference between race entries and race starts. Wikipedia says that a race entry is when a driver takes part in at least one official practice session with intent to take part in the race. In contrast, Wikipedia says that for a driver to have started a race, they would had to have lined up on the grid or at the pit lane exit for the start of the race.

Anyway back to regular programming : )

Most consecutive race starts - 10th of all time with 159 (2007 Hungarian Grand Prix - 2016 Australian Grand Prix)

Most consecutive race entries - 2nd of all time with 280 (2007 Hungarian Grand Prix - 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

Most races with a single engine manufacturer - 9th of all time with 144 entries and 143 starts (Ferrari - 2007-2008/2015-2020)

Total wins - 3rd of all time with 53 wins/287 entries (18.47%) [Percentage accurate as of 1/7/2022]

Most wins in a season (Again) - Joint 3rd with Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton with 11 wins out of 19 races 2011 (57.89%)

Highest percentage of wins in a season - 4th of all time with 68.42% in 2013 (He won 13 races out of the possible 19)

Also has the 9th highest percentage of wins in season - tied with Lewis Hamilton (2014) with 57.89% [this one is for the 2011 season]

Youngest Grand Prix winner - 2nd of all time at 21 years and 73 days at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix

Most consecutive seasons with at least one win - joint 10th with Jackie Stewart (1968-73) with six seasons 2008-13

Total pole positions - 4th of all time with 57 poles in 287 entries (19.86%)

Percentage pole positions - 19.86% which makes him the 10th of all time

Most consecutive pole positions at the same Grand Prix - Had 4 consecutive pole positions at the Japanese Grand Prix from 2009-2012. This makes him joint 5th with Stirling Moss - British GP 1955-58; Jim Clark - British GP 1962-65 and French GP 1962-65; Ayrton Senna - Australian GP 1988-91, Brazilian GP 1988-91, Italian GP 1988-91, Monaco GP 1988-91 and Belgian GP 1988-91; Michael Schumacher - Malaysian GP 1999-2002 and Lewis Hamilton - Italian GP 2014-2017, Malaysian GP 2014-2017 and British GP 2015-2018.

Highest percentage of poles in a season - 5th of all time with 78.95% and 15 out of 19 races in 2011

Total fastest laps - 5th of all time with 38 in 286 starts 13.29% (accurate as of 2/7/2022)

Most fastest laps in a season - 9th of all time with 7 in 19 races and 36.84% in 2013. Joint with Nelson Piquet (hate the dude and I hope Seb at least gets a fastest lap at some point this season so I don't have to deal with this racist piece of shit) 1986 7 in 16 races and 43.75%; Alain Prost 1988 7 in 16 races and 43.75%; The Michael Schumacher 2002 7 in 17 races 41.18% and 2006 7 in 18 races 38.89%; Mark Webber 2011 7 in 19 races and 36.84%; Lewis Hamilton 2014 7 in 19 races 36.84% and 2017 7 in 20 races 35.00% and Valtteri Bottas 2018 7 in 21 races and 33.33%

Youngest driver to set fastest lap - 8th of all time with 21 years 353 days in 2009 British Grand Prix

Total podium finishes - 3rd of all time with 122 in 287 entries and 42.51%

Most podium finishes in a season - 2nd of all time wit 17 in 19 races 2011 89.5%. Joint with Michael Schumacher 17 in 17 races 2002 100% (now that's some GOAT shit) and Lewis Hamilton with 17 in 19 89.5% 2015, 17 in 21 81.0% 2016, 17 in 21 81.0% 2018, 17 in 21 81.0% 2019 and 17 in 22 77.3%.

Most consecutive podium finishes - 4th of all time with 11. Did this twice from 2010 Brazil - 2011 Britain and from 2013 Germany - 2013 Brazil

Most consecutive podium finishes from first race of the season - 2nd of all time with 9 (2011 Australia - 2011 Britain) Joint with Alonso 2006 Bahrain - 2006 Canada; Lewis Hamilton 2007 Australia - Britain and 2015 Australia - Britain and Nico Rosberg 2015 Australia - Britain

Youngest driver to score a podium finish - 4th of all time with 21 years and 73 days Italian Grand Prix 2008.

Total career points - 2nd of all time with 3074 (as of 2/7/2022)

when points are adjusted for all drivers to the current scoring system, Seb is third of all time with 3297.

Total points scoring races (no adjustment to current scoring system) - 5th of all time with 212 races.

Most consecutive points finishes - 7th of all time with 21 (2014 Britain - 2015 Hungary) Joint with Verstappen 2018 Belgium - 2019 Hungary

He is also 9th of all time with 19 (2010 Brazil - 2011 India and 2018 Hungary - 2019 Austria) Joint with Hamilton 19 2014 Italy - 2015 Italy

Most consecutive points scored - 3rd of all time with 424 2010 Brazil - 2011 India.

Also 9th here as well with 294 from 2016 Japan - 2017 Italy

Highest t average points per race started - 3rd of all time 3074 points in 286 starts with 10.75 points per race start

Highest percentage of points - scoring race (at least 15 entries) - 5th of all time with 212 / 287 entries 73.87%

Most championship points in a season - 3rd of all time in 2013 with 397 points. This was 83.58% of maximum points available. Also 5th of all time in 2011 with 392 points. This was 82.53% of maximum points available.

Youngest driver to score points - 5th of all time at 19 years and 349 days. He was 8th at the 2007 US Grand Prix. Also his first race.

Total career race finishes - 4th of all time 242

Most consecutive race finishes - 10th of all time with 25. 2018 Hungary - 2019 Singapore. Joint with Max Chilton 2013 Australia - 2014 Monaco and Daniel Ricciardo 2015 US - 2016 Abu Dhabi.

Led every lap, total races - 3rd of all time with 15 races

Led every lap, % of races - 8th of all time with 15 in 287 entries and 5.23%

Leading for at least one lap, total races - 3rd of all time with 106 races

Leading for at least one lap, youngest leader - 2nd of all time at 20 years and 89 days. This occurred at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix

Most laps led, total laps - 3rd of all time with 3499

Longest distance led in km, total - 3rd of all time with 18,153 km

Most consecutive laps in the lead - 5th of all time with 205 laps from 2012 Singapore to 2012 India.

Most wins from pole position - 3rd of all time with 31 wins

Most wins from pole in a season - In addition to having the record, he also has the 3rd of all time with 8 in 19 (2013). Joint with Michael Schumacher with 8 in 18 (2004) and Lewis Hamilton with 8 in 20 (2017) and 8 in 17 (2020)

Most hat tricks (pole, win and fastest lap) - 5th of all time with 8. Joint with Alain Prost

Most Grand Slams (Pole, win, fastest lap and led every lap) - 5th of all time with 4 (2011 India, 2012 Japan, 2013 Singapore and 2013 Korea). Joint with Jackie Stewart (1969 France, 1971 Monaco, 1971 France and 1972 US); Ayrton Senna (1985 Portugal, 1989 Spain, 1990 Monaco and 1990 Italy) and Nigel Mansell (1991 Britain, 1992 South Africa, 1992 Spain and 1992 Britain)

Total championships - 4th of all time with 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Joint with Alain Prost (1985,1986, 1989 and 1993)

Most consecutive championships - 2nd of all time with 2010 - 2013. Joint with Juan Manuel Fangio (1954 -1957) and Lewis Hamilton (2017 - 2020)

Fewest world championship seasons before 1st title including winning season - 5th of all time with 4 seasons (1st title: 2010 and Debut: 2007). Joint with Phil Hill (Title: 1961 and Debut: 1958); Jim Clark (Title: 1963 and Debut: 1960); James Hunt (Title: 1976 and Debut: 1973); Nelson Piquet (derogatory) (Title: 1981 and Debut: 1978); Michael Schumacher (Title: 1994 and Debut: 1991) and Fernando Alonso (Title: 2005 and Debut: 2001 - Alonso didn't take part in the 2002 season)

The next two are records that are group effort(?):

Part of Most leader changes in a Drivers’ Championship in a season - 10 in 2010. The leaders in order were: Fernando Alonso; Felipe Massa; Jenson Button; Mark Webber; Lewis Hamilton; Mark Webber; Lewis Hamilton; Mark Webber; Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel.

Fewest drivers becoming World Champions in a decade - 3 (2010s) with Seb, Sir Lewis Hamilton and Nico ‘Britney’ Rosberg

Most different race winners in consecutive races (starting from first race in a season) - 7 in 2012. Jenson Button in Australia; Fernando Alonso in Malaysia; Nico Rosberg in China; Sebastian Vettel in Bahrain; Pastor Maldonado in Spain; Mark Webber in Monaco and Lewis Hamilton in Canada.

Well this went... out of control. But it shows that Seb really is an impressive driver and he is also an important activist for the environment and an ally to the LGBTQ+ community.

Happy (early) Birthday Seb!

#sebastian vettel #racing record #happy (early) birthday #I kinda lost my mind while writing so I hope it is still comprehensible #formula 1 #formula one

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i kinda have a basic idea Brocedes lore, like the timeline and everything. but were there moments post Monaco 2014 till the end of 2016 where Lewis and Nico had some nice and genuinely fun moments or were they all awkward and distant with each other?

the answer to this is complicated. well, my header gif happened months after monaco 14, in Abu Dhabi 14. so this is nico congratulating lewis for winning his 2nd championship (1st with merc) and its way after lewis said "we're not friends." so like all things brocede they're.. Like That (whyre u holding a man you're not friends with by the nape of his neck 😳😳😳🤨)

Ladies and gentlemen, a short look into the not so distant past...

obviously every year as the silver war progressed, tensions arose but that didn't mean they couldn't stand to look at each other. those 3 years of early merc domination era HAM-ROS were on every podium, and they were pretty happy spraying champagne on each other as I've documented here, and here

this is a video from December 2015 stars and cars where they're being very playful and teasing each other

this is them wishing each other happy birthday in 2015

this is nico on lewis' snapchat

this is nico playing football on lewis' snapchat (you can hear lewis snicker)

this is lewis lowering nico's chair on purpose in 2015

this is nico umm pretending to hold a bottle for lewis to pee in while DR live slug reacts Hungarian Grand Prix 2016

this is them giggling together at a sponsor event in 2016

this is them teasing each other about being old in 2016

there's definitely podiums and cool-down rooms where things are Tense and they're Avoiding Eye Contact/Talking to each other, depending on how the race went. but there's also them amused and laughing together such as mexico 16 and aus 16

we all remember the iconic nico throws cap at lewis but the crazy part is this was them hugging moments before,

and this is them partying together after that

this is AD16 and lewis is saying he likes presscons when it's just him and nico 🥲

this whole press con is ahhhhhh. pain

lewis' own words on how they were:

this isn't an exhaustive list, there's many more, but rather so you have an idea that although the popular narrative is once lewis said we're not friends post monaco 14 they never looked at each other again it's not exactly true. things never was like they're childhood besties again, but they also didn't outright despise each other despite what fandom might speculate. but that doesn't mean things weren't awkward and tense too, esp in merc meetings post race! cause it was! but they also had some sweet and fun moments in between :) such is the bittersweet nature of brocedes

#oops this got long 😅 and it's still not Everything I just got embarrassed at the length #have fun clicking through the links #silver war #nico rosberg #lewis hamilton #brocedes #blorbocedes ask #a small silver war primer I guess

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Aaron Vale and Carissimo 25 Best the Rest in the $62,500 LeMieux Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4* at World Equestrian Center – Ocala

Ocala, FL – It was an evening of excitement at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) on Thursday, March 7, 2024, for the $62,500 LeMieux Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4*. From the impressive field of thirty horse-and-rider combinations representing 10 nations, it was hometown hero Aaron Vale (USA) who galloped to victory aboard Carissimo 25.

Gregory Bodo (FRA) and Pieter Vitse (BEL) designed the challenging course in the WEC Grand Arena, which saw 10 talented duos jump fault-free and advance to the jump-off. Fourth to return, Vale guided Carissimo 25, an 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Cascadello x Clinton) owned by Debbie Smith, to a lightning-fast clear performance in 38.84 seconds. Ultimately, Vale could not be caught, claiming his second international win in as many weeks, having also won the $100,000 MARS Equestrian Grand Prix CSI3* during the 2024 Winter Spectacular Show Series Week IX.

Callie Schott (USA) and Garant came the closest to matching Vale’s time, stopping the clock in 39.87 seconds for second place. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography

Callie Schott (USA) and Garant, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding (Warrant x Verdi TN) owned by Southern Arches, LLC, came the closest to matching Vale’s time, stopping the clock in 39.87 seconds for second place. Canadian rider Sean Jobin completed the top three with Coquelicot vh Heuvelland Z, a 12-year-old Zangersheide gelding (Catoki x Cassini II), in 40.50 seconds.

“Down the road, to be number one in the world, I think I am going to have to find a few more strides to take out,” laughed Vale. “Tonight was about the plan; we stuck to it, and I couldn’t be more thrilled.” Vale has been selected to represent the U.S. as part of the team for the Longines League of Nations™ taking place at WEC – Ocala on March 20-24, 2024, where he will compete for his nation on home turf.“I am really looking forward to it,” he expressed. “It was a lot of fun to compete in Abu Dhabi, and I think it will be even more fun here.”

Aaron Vale and Carissimo 25 accepted their first-place award presented by Marley Jordan, Marketing and Sales Coordinator at LeMieux. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography

$62,500 LeMieux Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4* Final Results:

1 CARISSIMO 25: 2013 Holsteiner gelding by Cascadello x Clinton

Aaron Vale (USA), Debbie Smith: 0/0/38.84

2 GARANT: 2011 KWPN gelding by Warrant x Verdi TN

Callie Schott (USA), Southern Arches, LLC: 0/0/39.87

3 COQUELICOT VH HEUVELLAND Z: 2012 Zangersheide gelding by Catoki x Cassini II

Sean Jobin (CAN), Foxridge Farms Stables: 0/0/40.50

4 CASTLE OJ: 2013 Irish Sport Horse gelding by Sligo Candy Boy x High Roller

Gabriela Reutter (CHI), Lumiere Horses Inc.: 0/0/40.68

5 DHALIDA: 2014 Zangersheide mare by Diamant De Semilly x Calvaro Z

Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA), Artemis Equestrian Farm LLC: 0/4/39.79

6 TRUMAN: 2009 Selle Français gelding by Mylord Carthago*HN x Kolibri

Amy Millar (CAN), Millar Brooke Farm: 0/4/41.81

7 FARREL: 2010 KPWN gelding by Cardento 933 x Stakkato

Daniel Coyle (IRL), Ariel Grange: 0/4/42.32

8 ELECTRIQUE: 2014 Zangersheide mare by Emerald x Voltaire

Tiffany Foster (CAN), 5 Roosters: 0/9/56.37

9 PAULE S: 2014 Oldenburg gelding by Perigueux x Sir Shutterfly

Andre Thieme (GER), Andre Thieme: 0/RT

10 DSP CHAKARIA: 2010 German Sport Horse mare by Chap 47 x Askari 173

Andre Thieme (GER), Andre Thieme: 0/WD

11 BEN 431: 2011 Westphalian gelding by Sylvain x Quincy Jones

Lucy Davis (USA), Old Oak Group: 4/71.01

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🏎️ Jean-Éric Vergne drives Scuderia Toro Rosso's STR9 during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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Toto Wolff reveals Pep Guardiola as the unlikely new influence on his 'journey going forward'

Toto Wolff reveals Pep Guardiola as the unlikely new influence on his 'journey going forward' as the Mercedes boss claims the pair are 'on the same wavelength' after being spotted deep in conversation at the Abu Dhabi GP Toto Wolff and Pep Guardiola were invited to a Q&A event for sponsors Puma Both have enjoyed unprecedented success as leaders in their respective fields The Mercedes boss lost out on the constructor's title for the first time since 2013 And Manchester City come into the festive period second in the Premier League By Dominic Hogan For Mailonline Published: 04:17 EST, 18 December 2022 | Updated: 04:17 EST, 18 December 2022 Toto Wolff has revealed an unlikely influence for the rest of his journey as Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. The Mercedes boss was pictured in deep conversation with the Spanish coach at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix earlier in December, and Wolff has revealed that the pair have strikingly similar approaches to their respective crafts. After missing out on a first constructor's title since 2013 this season, Mercedes have announced Mick Schumacher as their reserve driver for 2023, and are confident that Lewis Hamilton will not spring a surprise retirement on them, and instead expect him to sign a new contract. Toto Wolff claims that Pep Guardiola is set to play a continued role in his 'journey' as Mercedes boss Both are considered among the preeminent individuals in their field; Wolff won an unprecedented eight consecutive constructor's titles in the period 2014-21 and Guardiola became the first team to win a sextuple in 2009 with Barcelona. The pair met at a Puma event at the Abu Dhabi GP 'The two of us, we didn’t know each other but when I heard him talking, it was like my sentences, the same approach – and he said the same about me,' said Wolff, talking to the Beyond The Grid podcast. 'Fundamentally, it’s down to human management, and he is someone that is certainly going to be part of my journey going forward because he was just on the same wavelength, and even the family was on the same wavelength between Susie and I.' The first encounter between the two hugely successful bosses came at a Q&A event for sponsors Puma, where the pair first got the opportunity to pick one another's brains. Guardiola is known as one of the most forward-thinking coaches in football, so it perhaps comes as no surprise that he might seek inspiration from outside of football in his incessant pursuit of greatness and perfection. But though both have enjoyed enormous success in their fields, they come into the festive period in positions that they might not have expected to find themselves in 12 months ago. Mercedes are increasingly confident that Lewis Hamilton will sign a new contract at the team The Silver Arrows came into the 2022 season with great promise after Lewis Hamilton controversially lost out on the title on the final day, but failed to mount a challenge on rivals Red Bull sue to a consistently under-performing car. And 2022 was in fact the first season that Hamilton failed to even win a race in his long career in Formula One. Guardiola's City side, who have been touted as one of the leading teams in the world, come into the new year second in the Premier League table five points behind shock leaders Arsenal. Guardiola's Manchester City team come into the festive period second in the Premier League Advertisement Share or comment on this article: Toto Wolff reveals Pep Guardiola as the unlikely new influence on his 'journey going forward' via Formula One | Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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