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“Britney’s in the wall”

Rosberg’s long, flowing blonde hair proved inspiration for then Williams team-mate Mark Webber, who began calling Rosberg “Britney” when in discussion with his engineers. This nickname stuck as Rosberg continuously got called Britney by the other formula one drivers.

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#the way Marc looks at Carlos with a big grin

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life imitates art etc etc

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would like to hear more about how do think charles builds the parasocial relationship with fans like taylor

I have to say it took me a bit at surprise, I guess I didn't think that the twitter likes and memes were an attempt to build that, I was just innocently thinking he was just being real, but it's a interesting new perspective

One of my favourite things about Charles is that he's INCREDIBLY calculated, he isn't seen unless he wants to be, but he lets us know that he watches and sees everything ever posted about him online. He has 'secret' avenues through which he communicates with his most die-hard fans, like liking things on twitter than to an average F1 enjoyer would be innocuous, but to those in the know is like dynamite. Choice of emojis and/or instagram pictures are all deliberate and reflect discourse time after time after time. He let us know Leo's name, for example, through liking a tweet when really was it ANY of our business what that dog was called?

I can expand with a bigger essay and more examples if people want me to, but I've thought this for a while. It's not a bad thing at all, it's just a different way of cultivating a fanbase to traditional means, and I think it's a massive contributing factor to the online lecfosi being so active and so devoted.

#100% agree #PR things are so interesting #one of my favourite related to F1

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I have to way I'm a bit surprised by all the hate charles gets and all the support carlos gets

I used to think charles was more popular

I guess when it comes to Fandom he does have a bigger one, but I think general audiences seems to support carlos more

Maybe it's underdog narrative idk. Like charles is constantly called spoiled, brat, whiny etc whenever he says ANYTHING that isn't super nice, while carlos can bitch as much as he want and barely gets called out

Fandom is always a bubble. I'd say the top two drivers in fandom are probably Charles, Max, and Lando because they're the ones that are popular with younger audiences. It's certainly not true outside. Sure, there's an RPF to fandom, but I think it's also worth noting as well if you're in F1 fandom, you're probably a more avid viewer of the sport than most casual fans, so things like Max's current domination are made more interesting by knowing the ins and outs of his journey, and it's easier to reject anti-Charles viewpoints because when you watch a drive like Suzuka in real time and look at the data afterwards, you understand why the past four WDCs think him generational, and why Carlos is a GOOD driver, indisputably, but has a deficit of skill in comparison to Charles which is masked with luck.

Also ultimately, it's a difference in what type of PR sells to different generations as well. Charles has carefully cultivated quite a strong parasocial relationship with a very loyal fanbase mainly comprising of the countries of Italy and Monaco and younger fans–he does this through playing into inside jokes online with his fans, making us feel like we have a 'special' understanding with him by liking certain tweets, or using certain emojis, or using pictures for his instagram that sneakily reflect a piece of online discourse that happened on a race weekend. Carlos has gone for the more traditional media approach of an underdog narrative to gain sympathy, but he doesn't have the same legion of loyal fans as Charles and makes no effort to build the same fan backchannels that Charles does, which is why I think that Charles, ultimately, will win the PR game. The support of traditional media is fickle, but the lecfosi would follow Charles into hell if asked. It's why Charles knows ventures like LEC or his music will succeed, wheras can the same be said for Carlos outside of Spain?

#lando also has a parasocial relationship with his fans but i think he manages that one worse #max in a weird way does not want anything to do with parasocial relationships at all but him basically being a child star helped build one #also i think he piggybacks off of lando's and charles' a fair bit #carlos also piggybacks off of lando's but in a weird way the positive effect from that one is balanced out by the negative from charles' #<- #your take is super interesting and I really agree with this

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the fact that mainstream motorsport publications are so blatantly racist and no one bats an eye perfectly encapsulates formula 1

#Kill these people #<-

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hometown hero!

#zhou guanyu

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he really is giving Nico here

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home

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Piastri: “After the race I looked at my car and my diffuser and I’m pretty sure that the engineers didn’t design it that way”

#oscar piastri

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Zhou in tears infront of his crowd at the Chinese GP 2024

#oh baby 🥹🤏🏻 #that must have felt so overwhelming 😭 #so proud of him 🥺 #zhou guanyu

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🐱🐶🐶..

#accurate 😭 #I love your art so much 🥰 #oscar piastri #alex albon #logan sargeant

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fabio at cota 2024

#he is really 🥺🤏🏻✨️🎀 here #and I love it #fabio quartararo

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fabio quartararo x jean-michel basquiat (and andy warhol)

(back of the neck, 1982 / portrait of warhol, 1982 / bird on money, 1981 / untitled (collaboration no.23), 1984-85)

#totally his vibe #<- #I love this so much 🩷 #fabio quartararo

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🥺 or whatever

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as a 24 44 main girlie that q1 was directly targeted towards me .

#i hate it here #<-