#formula 1 race engineer

[leqclerc]

We are working. Yeah, it is quite late. 22:30. The team had to go because at 22:00 there's a curfew so all the team needs to go back. And I've got quite a lot of work to do, because today wasn't a great day, in terms of low fuel pace, and now it's all about analyzing the driving, the different set-ups. Adjust the driving, and should be fine for qualy.

#formula 1 #f1 #f1edit #charles leclerc #writing notes in his notebook........ the mimicry the legacy 😭 #he's giving engineering student au here #i love canon divergence aus where they're still working in f1 but as something other than drivers #i love exploring those alternative career paths. race engineer charles?? 🤔 #italian gp 2023 #* #*mine: gif

[cheriladycl01]

Could you do fic for Peter 'Bono' Bonnington with wife reader? He's sad that Lewis crashed during the race and he felt that it was his fault. She assured him that it was not and comforted him. Maybe some surprises for him. I'll let you decide what it was. Just something fluff and cute. Tag me later!! Thanks! :))

Mercedes Madness - Peter Bonnington x Wife! Reader

Plot: Lewis doesn't have a great race, going from Pole Position to a DNF at his home race. A lot played part in the cause of the crash but your Peter Bonnington cant help but feel like it's his fault. But his wife will always be there for post-race comfort!

Credit to husbono for the GIF

It was a great weekend for Mercedes at Silverstone, they had Lewis in pole position and George next to him in P2 meaning they had the whole front line to themselves and would be able to defend from the Red Bull and McLaren that sat behind them in P3 and P4.

This was a race-weekend you were invited to every time as it was a big home race not just for the team having Lewis and George driving for them, but for you and Peter where it was also where you both grew up.

Having Lewis and George locking out the front row on the Saturday ahead of Sunday felt like a good omen for you.

However that is not how the race went down, both car's seemed to have cooling issues making it shaky and just generally harder to drive. The pit stops on top of that seemed to be slower than they had all season and communication on the pit wall at Mercedes had been awful, causing George to slip down into P6 and eventually caused Lewis and Carlos to get into a accident where Lewis wasn't able to turn his car wide enough to leave room for Carlos.

Commentator: Oh and look at that, contact between Sainz and Hamilton and he's off. The man who was set up to win it all is OUT! There's no way he can recover that car!" Commentator: Oh! Here's Bono on the radio. Bono Radio: Sorry Lewis, race over. Lewis Radio: Yeah sorry I couldn't bring it home. Bono Radio: We'll talk in debrief tonight, wasn't a good day!

Carlos was able to continue his drive, only needing to pit for a new front wing but Lewis had to retire the car.

Toto was unhappy of course, what could have turned out to be the best weekend for Mercedes since 2021 turned into a complete shit-show with how disconnected the team were.

After the race, and all the interviews and the debrief, you and Peter drove home in complete silence. You could tell he just needed some time to think, he liked doing that. Sometimes you would worry he'd send himself into a pit of bad thoughts but he always came back with a nod and a soft smile to let you know he was okay.

As you pulled into the drive way he walked straight to the bedroom, you quickly followed after him seeing him getting into some lounge wear before crawling into bed wrapping the covers around him, laying while looking up at the plain white ceiling.

"Baby, you know today wasn't just on you right? The whole team was a mess!" you offer, watching over his expression and the way he's breathing in and out slowly.

"I could have done things different..." he sighs looking over at you.

"Mmm, but so could the engineers... and Toto, and even Lewis. But we'll make a comeback in Spa, I know you feel as though your to blame and yes maybe you could have called out better strats but the race is done... George still got the team points. But if you keep your mind open on this race, it'll be the same in Spa!" you advise pulling him into a hug which he accepts slinking a soft hand around your waist.

"I don't know what i did to deserve you!" he sighs rolling over onto his side and kissing you softly.

"Let's get some sleep, tomorrow will be a better day" you say still holding onto him.

The next morning you quietly got out of your bed, making your side as quietly as possible so you didn't wake up your sleeping and clearly exhausted husband.

You went and got yourself ready in the family bathroom rather than the ensuite in your room, not wanting to wake Peter up. After getting ready for the day you ventured out for the morning errands you'd told yourself you'd do.

You wanted to surprise Peter with an entire relax and restoration day. You hit up your guy's local spa/gym asking for a few treatments you know Peter liked to get for later on in the day. You then went to the cinema and purchased two tickets to a film that Peter had been wanting to see but due to all the travelling he hadn't had the chance to.

You then went to his favorite bakery buying a large box of all of his best sweet treats he would enjoy after race weekends.

Finally you ended your trip at the shops buying a ingredients for a special dinner you'd cook him tonight and a few snacks that you guys would take into the cinema with you.

You come home, stepping into the door with all the shopping bags clutched in every way you could possibly hold them before chucking the car keys on the entryway table.

As you step into the kitchen your husband rushes up to you helping with the bags.

"Where have you been?" he asks looking over you, a small frown on his face.

"Just out!" you smile opening the fridge and checking the current food in there to see what was still in date.

"I woke up and you weren't here!" he admits with a groan and hugging you from behind.

"Mmmmm I've been planning for Peter Day!" you grin turning round.

"What is Peter Day?" he asks cocking his head to one side.

"Well, we'll start of with a run. Then we'll go to the Spa, and then the cinema and out for a light lunch. Then we'll come home and I've got the ingredients for your fav!" you smile, placing a kiss on his cheek before reaching into the tote bag that held some of the ingredients in and showing him before placing them in the fridge and cupboards.

"You did all that for me?" he asks.

"Well, it's been a tough weekend darling. You deserve some you time!" you smile, and he pulls you in for a hug putting his face in the crook of your neck. A relaxed sigh leaving him.

"Thank you really I love you so much. God what did i do to deserve you!" he smiles looking over you, kissing you one more time before helping you with the rest of the shopping.

"Okay, go get some running gear on! We'll go round the trail you like, even though it kills me!" you joke, knowing he preferred the uphill route because of the views rather than your nice job around the lake your house was next to.

"As much as I love your treats for today, promise me we can have a home day together tomorrow?" he asks looking over at you, and you nod because a home day was a rarity in the Bonnington household.

"Yeah, a home day sounds great love!"

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[mistressemmedi]

I saw a post going around calling out race control/marshals for not communicating to the drivers (especially Lance) that George was stopped on track + the delay in calling for VSC.

The timing is certainly interesting, I do think race control could have responded a bit quicker but Lance knew about George's accident well before he approached the turn.

This is Lance approaching the sector where George crashed.

Note the screen signals a flashing yellow triangle, which is a double waved yellow, so Lance knew well before making the turn that there was imminent hazard and that the hazard was on track. (I'll be honest, the camera on that Aston belongs on an old Nokia, at first I thought it was a solid white flag lmao) This is also when Lance's engineer started saying "Yellow ahead, yellow ahead" - George was stopped in the section after that screen, so no marshals with yellows out at that point. So it's not accurate to say that Lance was surprised by George's car. Still, no VSC.

This is Lance's view after the turn - note the marshals frantically going at it with the double waved yellows signaling "DANGER AHEAD - OBJECT ON TRACK IN NEXT SECTOR" you can see the sector line in front of the marshaling post

Note the side screen which should mirror the marshaling post is still showing a white flag (????) - [I don't think it was flashing or showing a VSC, it looks like a solid white, but I can't tell because the video is too quick and the quality is poor. Also I can't see the VSC message on the steering wheel but feel free to correct me if y'all can make it out.] *EDIT* THE WHITE SCREEN IS NOT A SCREEN AT ALL, THAT WAS MY MISTAKE - It looks to be a sign of some sort

Then, just as Lance is passing by George, a VSC is called.

( ⬆️VSC screen location for reference)

(you can see the VSC screen in the distance starting to flash as Lance passes George)

Anyways, here's a good video on what the various panels mean (X) And here's a fab video on electronic marshaling and how it works (X)

#f1 #formula 1 #australian gp 2024 #not starting discourse etc etc. #but i just wanted to point out that lance/his engineers/the marshals/race control did react fairly quickly to the incident #but yes. there was a bit of a delay with the VSC in my opinion #lance stroll #george russell

[usernyoom]

ABU DHABI 2018 -> SILVERSTONE 2023: Daniel Ricciardo talks to his race engineer, Simon Rennie, prior to his last race with Red Bull in 2018, and prior to his test runs for Pirelli in the RB19

📸 by Mark Thompson (edited)

#girls im going to be so honest im still not over this #simon coming back from whatever he was doing at the red bull factory to be his race engineer for testing and then DOING TALKING BULLS?? #daniel ricciardo #simon rennie #abu dhabi gp 2018 #silverstone testing #formula 1 #f1 edit #beth edits f1 #daniel.jpg #bulls.jpg

[inejschumacher]

As an Asian who is still told to hold in my bits of anger, I can’t stop thinking about how Yuki was treated yesterday. Instead of acknowledging the faults of his team and the car, the commentators focus on his apparent “anger issues” which he is justified to have. It seems that only POCs need to mature if they want to be seen with any respect.

I guarantee if Alex or Guanyu weren’t seen as the stereotypical calm, domicile drivers, they would be treated just like Yuki

#mad max is okay but not frustrated yuki #max can be a jerk to his race engineer but not yuki #carlos gets praise for ignoring team orders but not Yuki who listens #formula 1 #yuki tsunoda #carlos sainz #max verstappen #alex albon #zhou guanyu

[j-ustkeepdriving]

race engineer daniel, anyone?

#i could write an au abt this. daniel being max's race engineer #many things to think about #daniel ricciardo #f1 #formula 1 #f1 gifs #my gifs #sorry to daniel for using his face for gif practice but i'm having a great time. he's so pretty to look at

[racingliners]

Jenson Button pays tribute to his race engineer Andrew Shovlin in the post-race press conference at the Malaysian Grand Prix - Sunday 5th April 2009

transcription under the cut

Jenson: One final thing, can I just say a massive thank you to my engineer [Andrew Shovlin] who came out on the podium with me today. We've been through a lot of tough times and he's been wicked and today, as we saw, we came out on top and a lot of it was down to him. So thank you very much.

#posting this bc it made me weep #the chokehold the driver/race engineer dynamics has on me rn #Formula 1 #Malaysian Grand Prix #2009 #Malaysian Grand Prix 2009 #Press Conference #Jenson Button #Andrew Shovlin #malaysian gp 2009

[lewishamiltonstuff]

I think we need to prepare ourselves fam 🥲

#riccardo adami #the new race engineer for #lewis hamilton #🥲🥲🥲 #Lewis gonna forget plan a to z 😭😭 #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #ferrari #ferrari f1 #carlos sainz #team lh44 #lewis #lh44 #f1blr #scuderia ferrari #cs55 #f1 2024 #f1 2025 #lewis to ferrari

[jv-f1]

“It was lovely to see everyone at Stephenson Society's Annual Dinner on the 12th March, with special thanks to our speaker Mr James Vowles. With this, we mark the end of this academic year's series of talks. Good luck to everyone with your exams this summer!”

— Stephenson Engineering Society (stephenson_eng_soc) via Instagram

#the last picture is so good! #handsome #something something professor vowles #but you didn’t hear it from me #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #williams f1 #williams racing #james vowles #jvf1 #mercedes amg f1 #mercedes f1 #engineering #Stephenson engineering society #Cambridge #cambridge university #melbourne gp 2024 #melbourne gp #melbourne grand prix #australia gp 2024 #aus gp #australia grand prix #australian grand prix #aus gp 2024

[leqclerc]

Charles, Laurent, Andrea and Xavi explaining what pre-race prep entails [originally broadcast as part of a feature on Canal+ ahead of the British Grand Prix 2019]

#formula 1 #charles leclerc #laurent mekies #andrea ferrari #xavi marcos #can u believe this is the video through which i found out that andrea speaks basically fluent french??? idk why that shocked me but it did #also xavi my mans 😭 i swear this is the first time i've seen him actually interviewed??? #race engineers are so interesting man i want to know more!!!!! ferrari should use their socmed to give us a charles and xavi q&a or smth #also i don't speak french so if anyone wants to translate feel free to jump in <3 im gleaning most of it through context sdfk #austrian grand prix 2019 #* #type: video

[panevanbuckley]

WIP Wednesday

because i literally never normally have a WIP and also because i haven't written anything since JULY so.... have this small snippet of a lestappen fic i'm writing that nobody asked for

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“You’re not going to find anything in there that I haven’t already told you.” Charles states matter-of-factly, as Max scrolls through the information on the screen. Which Max already knew, of course, because if Charles is anything he’s a damn good race engineer. The best one Max has worked with, that’s for sure.

“I know,” he admits, eyes still scanning through the various numbers in front of him, and Charles laughs.

“Such a control freak.” Charles mutters.

“I am not a- Hey!” Max exclaims as his cap is swiped clean off of his head. Charles sticks his tongue out, putting the cap on himself backwards because he’s just goddamn awful. But he doesn’t leave any time for Max to complain any further, fingers carding through his (disgustingly sweaty) hair and sending shivers down his back.

It’s embarrassing really, how the tension in his shoulders melts away with just the slightest of touches. And if a tiny sound escapes his lips when fingernails scrape at his scalp, well, that’s none of anybody’s business but his own.

#yes it's a race engineer charles fic #and yes of course it's a 5+1 secretly married fic do you even KNOW me??! #f1 #formula 1 #lestappen #charles leclerc #max verstappen #if it seems incredibly out of character that's because i've never written an f1 fic before #so i apologise in advance

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

In all honesty... when was the last time Charles arrived for quali day in his own merch and not ferrari's? 👀👀

#f1 #formula 1 #formula one #charles leclerc #brazilian grand prix #brazilian gp 2023 #brazil you always serve me bts <3 #this could be nothing but damn i am sat and watching closely #but it seems too intentional to be nothing at this point #edit: brazil you always serve bts drama lmao <3 #2021 teams not having their cars or their engines until the literal last minute & vb being mia due to weather conditions affecting travel #and hulk max #2022 multi 21 part 2 a new generation #2012 was michaels last race and his passing of the torch to Seb #and nando lost the championship to seb by just a point #Forever thinking of that clip of Fernando just staring at Michael congratulating Seb #let's see what 2023 brings

[64sue]

love being a RedBull fan 🪭

#formula one #formula 1 #red bull f1 #red bull racing #red bull gives you wings #max verstappen #checo perez #daniel ricciardo #yuki tsunoda #mv1 #sp11 #dr3 #yt22 #daniel3.jpg #i love my rb teamm #honda #honda engine #honda thanks day 2023 #honda thanks day

[skitskatdacat63]

Fernando and Fisi pictures that I like and enjoy a normal amount (pt. 1: 2005)

#please please please lmk in the tags which are your favs and why #ill go first: the one where theyre holding up the engine in a very babygirl way and the one where theyre being picked up #but also all the post aus gp ones(the ones where they're holding hands above their heads) #ALSO THE ONES OF THEM IN STRIPED SUITS IT IS SERVING CORRUPT MAFIA MEN #actually i need to stop before i list every pic...like the point of the post is that i love all these pics.... #anyways i think theyre v endearing to me as a duo bcs theyre relatively the same height and those cute renault suits make them look shorter #so theyre like twins or smth to me LOL #(btw i was so surprised to learn that fisi is almost a decade older than nando! they rly dont look that much different in age) #also this is not an insult btw but fisi is endearing to me bcs his smile always looks like hes looking directly into the sun LOLOL #i think at some point i should rly make a fisi comp post bcs i ended up saving a lot of pics of him bcs he is my unexpected blorbo #these are all def 2005 but if not feel free to come admonish me for mixing up djkskd #ill make a 2006 pt 2(bcs ive yet to delve into those archives just yet) #i could probably make a 2005 pt2 honestly bcs i have like uhhhhh...2-3x the amnt of pics here of them! #so yeah lmk if you would like those too :) the grind never stops in terms of deep diving pics #this post kinda makes me wish i made photo highlight posts along w my post-race gifs #also if you want to enquire as to what race/event a specific pic is feel free to drop an ask or dm #fernando alonso #giancarlo fisichella #renault #2005 formula 1 #formula 1 #f1 #formula one #renault nando #fa14 #fisico #fisi #we do a little bit of f1

[lesharl-eclair]

why this?

because this:

#f1 #formula 1 #sebastian vettel #guillaume rocquelin #max verstappen #the inherent homoeroticism of being a world champion's race engineer is very important to me actually #please expect more screaming about them over the coming week i am not normal about them #and don;t even get me started on lewis and bono my GOD.

[princelancey]

He's a menace, a criminal, a ruffian

#f1 #lance stroll #formula 1 #aston martin f1 #It's Brad! #look! at! him! #Love to Lance still annoying him #*love to see #I love one driver and his ex race engineer