I Think Max Has Developed A New Level Of Respect For Charles. Now That He Finds Himself In A Situation

got bored at work today waiting for someone to send some files and coded up a quick simulation for the lando/max championship battle and I’m here to calm the rumours and say that according to my calculations, lando has a 4.33% chance of winning the WDC this year. don’t get me wrong that’s still a significant number and shouldn’t be fully discounted but i hope it calms down some of the sensationalism surrounding the “lando championship charge” I’m seeing across f1 social media

the teammate relationship in f1 is everything to me. he's your best friend he's your sworn enemy, he's giving you a tow he's going for the undercut, i'm faster than him let me pass why did you let him pass he hit me we should not be competing. i would kill him in his sleep we are kissing with tongue it's all for the media we are sharing a private jet and hanging out on our free weekends. this sport has taken narrative foils and turned it up to eleven.

Charles: just for your info I think we have around- I mean do you want to know the margins ?

Pit: No, Charles. We're not interested. We know.

Charles: you said no right?

Pit: NO! We are NOT interested.

Charles: das rude ://

if i was charles, i would simply pull the 'but you promised 15-20 years of us racing together' card at max everytime he mentioned retirement. that + the puppy eyes would work 100%

You are laughing! Nicole Piastri’s only son sold himself to a Monégasque member of One Direction and you are laughing?

Someone finally must have asked McLaren the right questions about Hungary!

Autosport have finally got to the bottom of it. Things we have all been saying since the race.

Andrea Stella admits thry didn’t have a plan that took into consideration Lewis and Max behind them.

Could you ever imagine Red Bull or Mercedes being caught out like that?

So they put the two drivers into a situation they hadn’t discussed. Lando found himself out in front and assumed this was what the team had planned.

And then the pitwall proceeded to not communicate this to Lando. And seemingly did not know how to communicate it.

So somehow the guy who is driving round at 300kph is left thinking he needs to up his game.

Being given position, with no prior plan of this and he is looking at catching Max in the Driver’s Championship, what exactly was he meant to think?

However, they realise, without all the information how can they expect either driver to just simply comply.

The fact that post race the engineers seemed to have a different understanding of the morning meeting than the pitwall mid race is scary as hell. No wonder Lando and Oscar were asking questions from the second pitstop onwards.

They might have been told post race they were free to race after the second pitstop but the radio messages and the fact Lando assumed they were in final positions after that point says otherwise.

Oscar and Lando are many things. Psychic is not one of them!

They have a shot at both championships. This is not a training camp, it’s happening now. This needs sorting out.

I know it must be hard for a team to publicly admit their failings BUT the whole world saw and heard them. At least they acknowledge it. Even if it has taken them all week.

My only hope is they have looked back on the radio messages and privately have realised how damming and manipulative they sounded and have addressed that.

“The Balcony” by Édouard Manet (1868) (mirrored and cropped to fit)

Hungarian GP, a brief summary:

...i just posted my first ever fic

if anyone reads it, pls let me hear your thoughts?? <3

you might bethinking "its so over" but the sun will rise tomorrow and youll be like "omg. its so back." remember this