Just took a break from doing homework and decided to go online and the first thing I see is an sm announcement of Taeil getting kicked out and the reason is so... idk how to put it in words on how I feel cause it's insane. But it is a reminder that you do not know how someone really is and what they could possibly do
Max was tweaking on the radio during Hungary. Liam stuck up his middle finger at Checo and has said a bunch of out of pocket stuff on the radio other times. I wish F1 journalists weren't so useless and directly asked Christian Horner why he's racist against Yuki
Maybe I’m over thinking things but it feels like a lot of what determines if someone gets labeled a pay driver or not is race
Off the top of my head the drivers that are called pay drivers currently on the grid are Lance stroll, Checo Perez, Zhou Gaunyu, and Yuki Tsunoda. When Lando Norris’ dad has paid a lot to McLaren during Norris early career, Ollie Bearman’s dad currently sponsors him, Liam Lawson’s career was funded by New Zealand companies, etc, but none of these drivers are ever called pay drivers.
The same level of scrutiny surrounding how driver’s of color fund their seats/careers is not applied for most white drivers, especially if theyre anglos
And even when it is true that a driver is a pay driver, like Lance Stroll, I still find it icky that around 80% of things said about Lance Stroll, the only Jewish driver on the grid, is about how wealthy his family is.
SM is known to hold onto their artists during their scandals for as long as possible so for Taeil to be immediately kicked out of the group following the reports of him being involved in a horrible crime, the consequences must be very severe. while we don’t know the details of the crime, we could imagine they’re very extreme.
as a nctzen since 2016, I was disappointed and repulsed by the news of Taeil being involved in such crimes. I considered NCT my safe space and my form of escapism from reality for 8 years not knowing that one of the members was involved in crimes that harm women. never in my wildest dreams did I ever think an NCT member would be linked to a crime that harms their target demographic. it truly disgusts me thinking about how deeply involved he was in for him to be investigated by the police.
I hope fans who read this do not defend Taeil. he is a grown man who made the decision to be involved in a crime so horrific, I cannot and will never understand the people who would go out of their way to defend him. he needs to face the consequences for his crimes. victims of sx crimes have to live with the pain and trauma for the rest of their lives while perpetrators continue harming others. defending him just tells me you condone such behaviour, normalising the harm and ab*se of women. that needed to stop a long time ago and it needs to stop now.
men who involve themselves in sx crimes are one of the reasons why the world is a dangerous place for women. men like this are the reason we are afraid of men. men like this should not be able to walk freely and continue the cycle of harming others. men time and time again have proven that they’re trash.
please believe the victims. I hope they get all the justice they deserve and I hope they know we are here to support them.
LAST PLACE FUCK THIS SHIT
LMAO THAT WAS IT FOR RED BULL??
ALEX P1 END THE RACE RIGHT NOWWWWW
Checo slander in big 2025 my god it's baffling how F1 pundits managed to gaslight a whole fanbase into believing his career never existed based on one season. Not that checo was helping his own cause in '24 but pretending he has never once been a quick driver is crazy work
Stop comparing Checo with Lawson, they are practically VERY different. The only thing they share is the fact that they drove for RBR as second driver. Everything else, completely different
Checo had been in F1 for years, in mid-table/low teams, achieving podium finishes in some cases. Practically demonstrating his driving skills, but without any luck of victory. Until Sakhir 2020, a victory where he came back from his incident to win. Reason why many people were happy when I joined RBR. Checo is known for being a kind person who treats others well within F1.
Instead we have Lawson, who was painted as a great pilot, being able to achieve what Checo didn't, lie! He started in 2023 showing himself as an option, it was not until 2024 that he was already in the VCARB seat that he showed who he really is. Having problems with Spanish-speaking pilots. It's already been bad for him and it's getting worse, not only he's not give good results, but other pilots have shown to have problems with him- I would say it's ridiculous to see it like this, bc one wouldn't expect it to go SO badly. And it's surprising to see everything that happens, because in FACT it gives worse results than Checo's last races, because Checo simply ended up with a wrecked car, without a team to help him, with an engineer who ignored him. Lawson ain't, bc his engineer is not the same (the previous one didn't even do his job well), team does what they can to help him, but this is very embarrassing to see.
Fun fact: when RBR said goodbye to Checo, Checo's helmet, his famous slogan, was erased, his "Never give up". I guess that wasn't just an edit, but it reflects on the team itself, and I'm happy that's happening.
And last thing to comment, I hope Yuki isn't going to be in that damn car and that damn Helmut
“I hope bad bunny collabs with RBR for the Miami GP this year!!1!” Benito comes out with an album about colonization pushing out latinos from where they belong & u think he’s gonna collab with a REDBULL WITHOUT CHECO? 💀