Nico Rosberg speaks to Lewis's dad and brother: Anthony and Nicholas Hamilton, 2019
Nico: we got the Hamilton family in the house. We met when I was like 12 years old. Did you think Lewis was gonna be 5-time World Champion, I was gonna be 1-time World Champion?
Anthony: [...] I do remember the first time we met and we used to see you driving around in the go-kart with Rosberg on the back. We were like, 'Wow! Nico Rosberg!' And then we got into a team together, that was amazing. What you (Lewis & Nico) guys have achieved is actually phenomenal. [...] For me, one of THE photos of the past, I've got this photo of you and Lewis, you might've been 13, on unicycles, don't know you you remember that.
Nico: any predictions today? Lewis P1?
Anthony: Yeah, hopefully, that's how it's gonna end up. You know Lewis.
i was revisiting the instagram tributes that other drivers posted for seb and it got me thinking about what they would post for max when he inevitably retires in 2028. i think lando and daniels would be funny, pierre and alexs too. not sure who would be on the grid by then but maybe liam or yuki is his teammate and they would post something too. but what has me in a chokehold is what charles’ post could be like. would he post a picture from the karting days? would he have won a championship by then and post one of the two of them from the fia gala? what would his caption be?
Hi Anon, quick question, are you trying to induce a mental breakdown? 🫠😘
As much as I love to live in my delusion-bubble and transform every measly crumb into a three course meal, I’m gonna be real here for a second, I can’t see their posts being as heartfelt as we want them to be 💔
However, I’m a Lestappie through and through so here are a few of my scenarios/opinions (delusion included)
If Max retires first
Charles’ post — logical edition:
Charles’ post would likely be some shot of them driving, maybe Silverstone ‘19, or Jeddah ‘22 with a boring caption along the lines of:
Congratulations on a stellar career.
Charles’ post — Lestappen edition:
My heart screams that he’d pick a post-race embrace (hopefully one day we’ll have a proper one):
Fighting you was some of the best fun I’ve ever had.
The track won’t be the same without you there to push the limits and push me wide.
Enjoy this next chapter, you’ve earned the rest.
If Charles retires first
Max’s post — logical edition:
Max is a big softy, okay. HE would be the one to post them in their karting years, because he is the first to remind everyone they grew up racing each other (to combat the nostalgia of course he’d pick a photo from when he won his CIK-FIA World KZ Championship).
Together from the start until the end.
Well done on all your achievements over the years, mate 👍🏻
Max’s post — Lestappen edition:
It has to be the Austria ‘22 Podium, could it be anything else? Even with his rudimentary (and sometimes obliviously innocent) understanding of social media, in my mind even Max is aware how iconic this moment was.
It pays to never give up on a dream.
Congrats on winning your maiden championship and ending your career on a high. You deserve it.
I hate to admit a piece of me might miss seeing #16 in my mirrors, but thanks for not sticking around to wear my #1.
- Your biggest fan
If anyone else has any takes on this, or wants to share some thoughts, I’m all ears ❤️
📸 Credit to all the photographers, without them we’d wither away.
marc shaves his pussy on the off chance vale will unblock him and he has to fly to italy at the drop of a hat
constant pussy vigilance. to be fair to marc, vale has spontaneously unblocked him before so i can’t blame him… the chances are low but NEVER zero. #inspirational
All of them! There haven’t been enough lmao! 😭 But if I had to choose right now I would say Pecco’s win in Mugello this year ❤️
Oh man I love me some štruklji. It’s essentially a cottage cheese roll type thing but it’s also so much more than that… You can have them sweet or savoury and I prefer savoury which really tells you they’re special cos I’m usually a dessert person.
Autumn before the clocks go back my beloved… All the colours, the mild weather, the outfits, but sunset isn’t at 4pm yet. Ideal imo 🍁
everyone on f1twt who said lestappen is over, rip lestappen, it was good to have known you etc.. after one goddamn turn💀
These fair weather lestappies have clearly never lived through the toxic wasteland of Austria 2019, Suzuka 2019, or Sakhir 2020, nor the drought years of 2020-2021 when we scrounged for the tiniest crumbs like starving sewer rats.
But let me guess… they came crawling back at the end of the race? Of course they did. 🙄