#and yes i know there’s kimi who could retire

[faithshouseofchaos]

My Dear, My Dear it is I 🦌. Hi darling how are you, how’s mars and well done on your recent works. Normally I just pop in for a chat but today I do have a request (if you want to write it, no pressure though darl)

Okay so after Kimi’s retirement and during Oscars rookie season Kimi and his wife come to see one of the races. They had been watching the races and took a fascination in Oscar because he is similar to Kimi. So they go to the race and practically adopt the young Aussie. Mark and Kimi just having this custody battle because he can have only one dad.

And you can pick the ending my deer

Please and thank you darl

Grid kid — Kimi raikkonen x reader ft Oscar piastri and Mark Webber

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“What are you going to do about Mark when you manage to take Oscar under your wing?” You asked Kimi when he parked the car.

“Who?” Kimi asked

“Mark, Mark Webber, Oscar's manager, his Hero. You know that Mark used to be Seb's teammate” you say.

“I forgot about Mark”

“How did you forget about him?” You replied

“I don't know he’s always talking about something,” Kimi said “I didn't pay attention”

“Well, Oscar is like a son to Mark, and he is trying to make a name for himself around the paddock,” you replied.

“Oh... well I guess, but do you think Mark will let me take him under my wing?” Kimi asked

“Do you think he has a say?” You asked

“Well he’s his manager, so yeah he has a say,” Kimi said.

“No he doesn’t, Mark knows that Oscar could benefit from the help of a legend such as yourself Kimi.” You reply.

“Well I mean you kinda are,” you tell him

“I guess, but Mark can’t act like he has the final say on whether or not I can help Oscar” Kimi says “And that brings us to my next question....”

“And that is?” You ask

“What if I just kidnap Oscar? Take him into the wilderness and take him under my wing there, that way Mark can’t do anything about it?” Kimi asks.

“I don’t think it would be weird at all.” You reply “You would be able to share a lot of tips and tricks with him about racing. Your experience would be helpful to him as well”

“That is true,” Kimi says, giggling. “Oscar would benefit more from my help and experience rather than Marks”

“So do you think that I should ask Oscar if he wants to work with me? If so, how do I go about doing that exactly? Should I just walk up to him and be straightforward about it?” Kimi says

“There’s no other way than to just be straightforward with him. Just go up and ask if he wants your help, if he wants your advice and tips about the sport.” You reply

“And you think he’ll say yes?” Kimi asks

“Of course he will, who would say no to advice from a Formula One legend” you reply “He is going to say yes”

“Yeah you are probably right, alright I’ll go talk to him,” Kimi says as he starts walking away.

“Remember to be straightforward with him”

“Right,” he says, walking towards the paddock to find Mark.

Kimi continues his search for Mark. After a few minutes of walking, he eventually sees Mark standing outside his trailer looking at his laptop.

“There you are Mark, I wanted to talk to you about something,” Kimi says as he approaches Mark and stops in front of him.

“What is it?” Mark asks while looking up from his laptop.

“I’m planning on offering my assistance to Oscar,” Kimi says “I’ve noticed that he’s a pretty decent kid and he could benefit from having my mentorship.”

Mark raises an eyebrow and has a look of suspicion on his face “So… you want to mentor the new kid?” Mark asks

“Yes, that’s correct” Kimi replies with a confident tone in his voice.

“So you expect me to let you take my grid kid away from me?” Mark responds “After all I spent all of this effort getting him a seat in Formula 1 and you just expect me to hand him over to you?”

“I’m not asking you to hand him over to me” Kimi clarifies “I’m just letting you know that I’ve offered Oscar my mentorship in hopes of helping him become a better driver.”

“And is Oscar planning on accepting your mentorship?” Mark asks

“Yes, I’d assume so. I talked to him and it seemed like he was going to accept my offer” Kimi tells him.

“Well even if he does want to work with you... you know that I’m not just going to let that happen easily. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep that kid under my wing” Mark says sternly.

“How exactly are you going to stop that?” Kimi asks “Oscar is his person and he has a choice. He can choose if he wants me or you as his mentor.”

“He’s my new client that I spent all of this time and effort getting on to the grid. He isn’t just going to ditch me in favor of someone else.” Mark says “I have every right to be his mentor, not you…”

“Really?” Kimi says “So you’re saying I would be wasting my time by trying to mentor the kid? You are just going to keep a kid from growing and learning because he is “your client”?”

“Well, yes....” Mark says not to seem fazed by Kimi's comment at all. “He is a talented kid and I want what’s best for him.... which is me....not you.”

“So you just want me to walk away and let you do your thing?” Kimi asks “Just so you know I’m not going to let that happen, I have every right to help him…”

“He’s my kid if you want a grid kid rookie go talk to Logan Sargent he needs all the help he can get,” Mark says

“Excuse me?” Kimi says “Did you just call Oscar your kid? He isn’t even your son...”

“No he may not be my son, but he’s the closest I have to one, as weird as that may sound.” Mark says “I’m not going to just give him up just like that, no matter how good you are.

“So I guess I should just give up on helping the new kid?” Kimi says with a hint of disappointment in his voice.

“Well it doesn’t seem like I’m going to be able to change your mind, so I guess I don’t have much of a choice,” Kimi says, turning around and beginning to walk away.

Kimi walks through the paddock and eventually finds Oscar standing alone outside his team's trailer.

“Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?” Kimi says as he walks up next to Oscar.

“Yeah sure” Oscar replies “What’s up?”

“Well..you know... I’ve been noticing you around the paddock for a while now since you are a rookie and all... and I just wanted to let you know I’m willing to help you if you need any advice or tips to help with your racing career” Kimi says

“Are you saying that you want to be my mentor or something?” Oscar asks

“Well.. yes I guess you could say that” Kimi answers “If you don’t mind that is”

“As much as I would love that I can’t do that to Mark,” Oscar says

“Why not?” Kimi asks

“He’s my Hero and it would be wrong” Oscar says with a shrug of his shoulders

Kimi chuckles at Oscar’s loyalty to Mark.

“You a good kid Oscar,” Kimi says

“Why thank you, that means a lot coming from a Formula One Champion such as yourself,” Oscar says with a sincere smile on his face.

“Of course, you are a talented kid, it’s just a matter of learning from the best to make your way to the top,” Kimi says with a smile on his face.

“I’m sure that I will get there someday”. Oscar says with confidence in his voice “I still have years left in this sport, I’ll prove to everyone that I can be a World Champion.”

“And I have faith in you that you can do that.” Kimi replies “Just stay motivated and don’t give up, that’s the biggest factor to success.”

“And I have faith in you that you can do that.” Kimi replies “Just stay motivated and don’t give up, that’s the biggest factor to success.”

“Thank you, I will remember that.” Oscar says “Just having this conversation with you already helps a ton”.

“No problem, kid,” Kimi says with a chuckle on his face. “Anytime you want advice, or you need a few tips and tricks you know where to find me.”

“Alright, I’ll keep that in mind,” Oscar says. “Thanks again Kimi”, he says with a smile.

“Of course, no problem,” Kimi says with a chuckle. “Now I have to find Mark to tell him some important news”.

“Oh it’s nothing really,” Kimi says, now walking away “Just go and get some practice in, you have a session to get ready for”.

“Alright...will do,” Oscar says as he turns around and walks away.

“Hey Oscar,” Kimi called out.

“Yeah”

“Mark called you didn’t he?” Kimi asked

“Yeah he did,” Oscar says

“Well my offer still stands,” Kimi told him

“I know” Osacr says and Kimi nodded and began to walk away.

Bonus scene….

You were outside the Mercedes Motorhome caring up with Lewis when you saw Sebastian,Fernando and Jenson running.

“Whoa boys where’s the fire!” You called out and Lewis laughed

“I have to get to Logan before Kimi steals him” Jenson says before running off

“Okay.. and what about you two?”

“Charles and Mick I can’t let him take Charles and Mick ” Seb says

“And you Nando?” You asked

“I need to check on Oscar, I'm his mother,” Nando says, running off also.

“What was that all about?” Lewis asked.

“You don’t wanna know”

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[yougetsu]

Next, I’d like to ask about the word “dream”. Sakurai-san has also sung about all types of dreams in in the past, but it’s rare that you would pen a phrase like, “chasing things like dreams (夢なんて追いかけて/yume nante oikakete)”.

S: Right, we started the band together but for some reason, I myself didn’t really have any goals. I was going along without specific goals like knowing what we wanted to become, or wanting to perform at a particular venue. Just happy to be able to transiently enjoy each day, firing up the audience even with shitty performances. There was a negligent and carefree part of me that didn’t care about the future as long as I could spend another night like that. I guess I genuinely thought having fun playing music in a band like that was enough. Except, I gradually started to wonder, “So, what am I going to do next?”…… I guess you could say that I finally woke up from a dream (lol).

――Hahahaha.

S: I just suddenly started to wonder, “So what do I want to do?” You know? I thought, if my first phase was me voicing my desire to be a vocalist then I have to move on to the second phase. And that’s my personal desire when it comes to our releases. That kept on sprouting and growing. And I guess I just couldn��t convince myself with the surface-level thing anymore. Wondering, “What should I myself sing about going forward?” That’s when I felt like I finally woke up from my dream.

――Right now, does Sakurai-san have a dream of your own?

S: Huh?...... Perhaps a peaceful retirement.

――Hahahahaha!　Will that lifestyle involve band activities?

S: Ah, well, perhaps within the realm of “Oh, the weather looks good today, shall we give it a go?” as an elderly man.

――Depending on the weather!

S: Hahahahah. Saying things like, “My leg hurts.’ (Lol) This isn’t something that would make headlines, but I would like to attain happiness as a person.

――Yes. One more thing I would like to bring up is the imagery of “flowers” that come up in the songs Na mo Naki Watashi (I, Nameless), Ai no Harem (Harem of Love), and Campanella  Hanataba wo Kimi ni (Campanella  A Bouquet For You). It’s something that appears to symbolise life and peace, and also love.

S: Yes. I, as a man who’s over 50 years of age, actually like flowers a lot.

Translation by: jrockarchiv.es Full interview

[f0point5]

Seeing all the discussion about Lando and Oscar, with Lando renewing, makes me a bit sad and apprehensive. I like Lando's dry humor and his forthrightness, and he is very talented (and I'm a giant fan of Oscar that kid is gutsy, together, and quietly hilarious). But I don't think Lando (or Charles or George) will ever challenge for WDC titles while Max is still racing. They got unlucky, racing while he was. But honestly, I'd be ecstatic for Lando to win just 1 GP, and continue to do podium and top 10 finishes for the rest of his career, and I hope he can make his peace with that because let's be real, that's the best outcome he's looking at right now. And then he'll either be pushed out by Oscar or he'll retire of his own accord.

I think Oscar has both the mental component and the good luck of being born later, coming into F1 later. He'll probably be competing for WDC after Max leaves the sport (early or if he doesn't renew after 2028, which seems to be what everyone thinks is going to happen).

And who knows what will happen with the new regulations. Red Bull could suck and the progress McLaren has made could be gone in an instant

It’s just the way, isn’t it. Because of how the sport is with its eras of dominance, so few drivers ever get the chance to challenge for a championship. And in between eras you have have maybe one or two years of opportunity where the Dominant team’s efficiency is declining, like Jenson had, or like Max had. But then when you’re up against a driver like Max, those one or two years basically don’t exist because he will not get off the neck of the car or the team. The year he loses will be because the car is simply fucked. If it has a half decent chance, he will win. So yeah, I think this generation is a bit cooked. But it’s happened to countless drivers before.

I think Lando would easily make peace with being a consistent podium finisher, I suspect he has already made peace with it, or at least thought about it being a reality, when he looks at the current and future grid. I think it will be many years before he is pushed out of the sport, maybe not so many before he is pushed out of McLaren…people say I’m crazy for saying that but we don’t know how long the contract is. I’m presuming there’s some contingencies in there in case the 2026 concept is a dud. For me, I see Oscar becoming the number 1 at McLaren by 2026. But I think if and when that happens, lando may have options. I think Lando at Merc would be a really good option, if and when George does a Danny.

But yes, I definitely think there will be some fireworks to come at McLaren.

Oscar will definitely be in the mix for the next era…I don’t know if I see it being with McLaren if I am honest. I could really see Oscar at Red Bull, especially if they haven’t found the next golden goose by 2028 (I am praying for the funniest thing ever to happen and Kimi Antonelli to be the one but if anyone gets him it will probably be Ferrari). I just don’t see McLaren bringing a dominant car, but I could be wrong. But either way I think Oscar will definitely be up in the front for a while.

#f1 #formula 1 #lando norris #oscar piastri

[witchybiitchy]

c’est ça l’amour | l.n

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chapter 1

It was the first round of Thursday interviews of the 2021 season, and Sydney Laurent was almost as nervous as she’d been her first time in an F1 car. She was a rookie, which meant a whole different genre of questions, and her English was god awful, which made the entire experience so, so much worse. “You good?” Pierre asked her. Having a French teammate was a win, of course, but it didn’t exactly encourage her to get better at English.

“I will be after this.” She said, wringing her hands together, then putting them in her pockets, then crossing them over her chest.

“Woman, you need to chill.” He said jokingly. “You'll be fine, even with your shitty accent.”

“I make you sound better, so I don't wanna hear it." Sydney said, punching him on the arm lightly.

“I don't need you to make me seem better, because I can actually speak English, remember.” He widened his eyes and showed off his accent with a word beginning with an r, something she was yet to pull off with a large amount of success.

“Leave, before I kill you.” She laughed, pushing him away to the area of the paddock where he had his interviews. She would only get the French press after the English. Like dessert.

“Okay, okay, good luck.” Pierre said in a sing-song voice before heading over to the cameras. Sydney took a deep breath through her nose and followed Daisy, her PR agent, to the first interview: sky sports. Something about the platform was intimidating as fuck. Possibly the two British interviewers standing there, waiting.

“And here we welcome one of the newest Formula 1 drivers, our first rookie of the day, Sydney Laurent.” The man said, smiling as she walked to the stool. She smiled back, despite her bowels rearranging themselves. I’ve practiced for this, she thought. I’ll be fine.

“Sydney, you’re the first female formula 1 entrant since 1992,” Sydney was glad he over pronounced this, she always struggled with numbers, “and hopefully, the first point scorer since Lella Lombardi in 1975, how does it feel?” Good, she knew the answer to this one.

“It feels amazing,” she was already wincing at her pronunciation, “obviously, I’ve had so much help over the years,” why did she say two h’s in a row, “and it is so wonderful that all the hard work is, euh,” fuck, fuck, what's the word “euh, paying off, finally.” False alarm.

“And what are your expectations for the season ahead?” The woman asked. Daisy told her their names before, but she’d forgotten amongst the stress.

“Well, euh, pff,” she was trying to remember what expectations meant, “they are obviously not podium yet,” she made them laugh, good, she could smile more freely now, “but the car is feeling good and I, euh, feel certain,” she really hoped that certain meant the same thing in English as it does in French, “that I can do well for my team and hopefully keep up with Pierre.” They laughed again, fuck yes.

“Obviously, I think everyone watching at home can tell that you’re French,” thanks mate, she thought, “how is it having a French teammate?” This wasn’t one she’d practiced. It’s okay, you can speak English Syd.

“It is, euh, it is really good, euh, because I think you can hear that my English is not, euh fantastic,” she was hoping that if she smiled enough they would ignore her struggling, “and it is really nice, to have a person, euh, who I do not have to speak English with. It helps my head to, euh, relax.”

“Of course, well, it’s been lovely talking to you, and we can’t wait to see what you can do on the track.” The man said.

“Thank you.” Sydney said, moving on. God, she didn’t know how she would make it through. She’d spoken to Daisy about becoming the new Kimi in interviews, since it was rumoured his retirement was looming, but that didn’t seem like an awfully strategic path, given her gender.

“God, Daisy, I am not good at doing this, I can tell you.” Sydney said as she was escorted to another camera.

“You’ll be alright, if you get lost just take a deep breath and say you couldn’t hear them, yeah?” Daisy’s accent was her favourite. English, definitely from London, but not posh. Entirely neutral. And soft, too. It made her feel less pressure to understand.

“Yeah, okay, I’ve got this.”

“You know it.” Sydney hadn’t realised that the interviews would all be, well, exactly the same. She wouldn’t admit it to anyone, but she’d been watching hours and hours of interview footage on youtube to prepare before the pre-season press, and most of that freaked her out so much that she almost resigned herself to being mute. But, when she wasn’t with Pierre in a room with a bigger film crew, all these interviewers just wanted her to say the exact same thing she’d rehearsed. The difference between a small Italian motorsports magazine and not the major broadcasting company for F1 was something she hadn’t really thought about yet, and it eased her soul.

“I don't wanna speak English anymore, I'm tired." Sydney complained as she passed by Pierre on her way to the two French interviewers she’d been waiting for for the past hour.

“Oh, that's too bad.” He replied, making a pouty face.

"Fuck you.” Sydney said, raising her voice but laughing as she walked off.

Some of the French speakers, including Charles, turned their heads, but most people went on as usual.

"Hello Sydney, how are you?”

"Yeah, yeah, not bad, but I'm really happy to be speaking French, to be honest.” Sydney laughed as she took off her cap to shake around her hair before putting it back on. She hated the thing formula 1 had about caps, it was only not terrible when she’d plaited her hair for a race, and she wasn’t expecting to be on TV much after those.

“So, you're a rookie this year, and, we can't ignore that you're a woman, do you think that there is more pressure than there is on some of the other rookies?” Thank god this wasn’t an English interview, she couldn’t be diplomatic in English.

“I think that there is a little bit more pressure, but it's not external pressure, you know? Of course, my boss will have high expectations, but he's not expecting a victory anytime soon. I obviously want to do well, just to prove that I deserve to be here and that women deserve to be here, but I don't think anyone on the team is banking on me to have some kind of never-seen-before rookie season." Daisy didn’t know what she was saying, but she trusted her enough to not say anything stupid.

“And what are your expectations for the season?”

“I'm hoping that I can stay in the mix and impress enough to keep this position next year, hopefully with some good results."

“Very good, well, goodbye and good luck Syndey!”

“Thanks, thanks, have a good day!" Her spirits were definitely raised after that.

“Mate, I didn’t realise you had such an accent.” Charles said from behind her. She turned around to see him smiling cheekily. “We speak French too much, I need to help you practice or something.” She rolled her eyes and followed Daisy slowly to the AlphaTauri motorhome now that this round of interviews were done for now. She knew her way back, so Daisy didn’t wait for her.

“You can fuck off Charles, not all of us could grow up in Monaco.” She said, but she smiled so he knew she was joking. Well, only a little bit. The combination of neither of her parents speaking English, missing too much school and not having that many friends in the karting circuit meant that she couldn’t speak English well enough to actually converse until she was 16, and by then her accent was doomed.

“Someone's a bit mad, I think.” Charles said, and Sydney only deadpanned him with an unimpressed look.

“I have to go, English boy, Daisy is waiting me.”

“It’s waiting for me.”

“I don't care!” She said without turning around.

It was warm in Bahrain, but not sweltering. The only part of her body that was sweating were her armpits, and that would happen no matter how cold it was outside. She liked looking down at her shoes as she walked. The repetition soothed her racing heart.

“Hey, bro, you survived.” Pierre said, jogging to match her stride.

“I think that we need to stop speaking French with each other, Pierre.” Sydney said, mocking a break up. “It is not you, it is me, I promise.” She’d watched enough English movies to know that one.

“Fine, but I don’t see why I should be punished for your shitty English.” Pierre said.

“It is not a punishment when you can speak properly. For you this is easy.”

“Hey, if we’re speaking English we have to commit to it, no French allowed.”

“Fine, fine, whatever you say.”

“Pierre, we have to stop. I'm too tired for English right now.” Sydney said, shuffling out of the offices as the sun was going down. Her feet could hardly lift themselves off of the ground, and the calming golden hour light did nothing to ease her throbbing headache.

“Of course, I knew it. You are weak, little driver.”

“You know what, you can stop speaking all together.” She grinned at him.

“Okay, I agree, but then I can't tell you about your secret admirer." He said with a sly smile.

“What? Who? Tell me, you have to." She said, Sydney loved gossip, especially when it was about her.

“No, you don't want me to speak, so…”

“Dick.” They fell silent for a few moments.

“Pierre.” Sydney said tentatively.

“Yes, mademoiselle.” He said jokingly.

“My english is really that bad?” She asked. He chose not to answer, and just put his arm around her shoulders.

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[sainztander]

Hi Nic, sorry to bother you and feel free to ignore this ask but I just need to rant!

Yesterday after reading Giuly Duchessa's article I was nearly hopeless but I thought, ok, it's still no official resist until they announce it. But now that they have done it's just despair. People are really celebrating that a man that has been on the team for 28years, was there when Michael won his titles for us has ended his career with the team this way.

And of course he made mistakes, but it also seems as if he asked for help before the season, didn't get any and now is taking all the blame for mistakes that potentially could have not happened if Elkann listened for once.

Mattia leaving and going as an engineer to Alpine or AM will be awful, but if he goes to RB or Merc we will be completely fucked.

And I'm just so done at people acting as if all of this is good, they really think we will be winning next year and here I am thinking we will be fighting with Alpine and McLaren again to get P3/4. I really had hopes for next year but now it's all gone.

Also, them saying we should have a new TP by the new year....is a mess. I don't like Vasseur and I don't think he will solve anything but if the only man that could say yes because he will be gone when audi arrives hasn't even accepted the role.

I can only hope that the storm that is affecting Juve and now this will make Elkann suffer and maybe use his brain for once.

Hello Anon <3 dw, my askbox is always open for rants. My besties know it's what I've been doing in their dms this past few days 😁 we're all in the same sinking ship !

Actually I felt real whiplash since being on italian Twitter meant that every 10 minutes there was a new name dropped as "the new Ferrari tp", esponentially weirder and weirder. The magical journey of reading the bombshell of Ross Brawn as the new tp 100% verified news and then after a few minutes reading his retirement letter? Name-dropping fucking Christian Horner????? I just laughed the whole day. I was SO convinced no one had any idea at all, because it was all so dumb !

But yeah, I was wrong, sadly. And I don't mind saying very clearly that I am not happy at all about any of this, that imo losing Binotto BOTH as a tp and as an engineer is an awful turn of events.

But if it can console you Anon I also think that we're still... pretty safe for next year at least? Most of the job on the car is already done, and I don't think that whoever steps in will even have the time (or the means *side-eying John Elkann*) to ruin anything.

Mostly tho I am just genuinely sad for Binotto? He's been working for Ferrari his whole career, as soon as he got out of university he got in the factory in Maranello. He was there for all of it, the glorious years and the worse ones, and he genuinely loved the team and wanted it to succeed. And without forgetting what a brilliant engineer he is. To see him now, made into a scapegoat for public appeasement is just...... demoralizing. Let's not even start about him possibly going to a top team or I'll start smashing things.

Vasseur...... sorry I just have to laugh or I'll go insane. People have been screaming and crying and raging about Ferrari flopping on strategy and they want to fix that with Vasseur. Maybe let's ask *check notes* Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu, Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen a review about how well was the team managed, why not?

Whatever. I hope the work on the car at least won't have any setbacks. We still don't know exactly who is gonna follow Binotto from the engineering team... Or who will get in his place. But the starting project was so good and they've been saving on this year's upgrades to use them for next year, since they said they already know what to fix and how...... in that case at least we'll be covered until 2026? So enough time for stabilizing the new tp? And new drivers

#asks #hugs and kisses Anon <3

[maranello]

You got most of the Ferrari assessment right! I’ve been watching since the Schumi era and what can be most frustrating as part of the tifosi is knowing that the drivers cannot blame the car. Either you work with what you have, or you outperform the machine. Seb in Red Bull had one of the most stable cars on the grid. The Ferraris rarely have been. The Ferraris were/are beasts, and you had to learn how to tame it. That’s where a lot of the disconnect between Seb and the team, imho, was. And I guess it worked out well enough when he was getting good results on his own — but then a younger, crazier guy signed on and started proving that there’s more you can get out of the car than previously thought. Definitely Ferrari could have handled the Seb affair better, but there was always a precedent to how Ferrari has handled all their affairs with drivers who, in their eyes, have failed them. There is a very good reason why Kimi is held in such high regard by the organization and the tifosi. They sign you to either win championships or help your teammate do so. I think it’s partly why they signed Charles for that length of time. They saw what he could do with a car as bad as the SF1000, and started salivating at the thought of what he could achieve in a car that worked as perfectly as the F2004. But I also think that if his performance starts to dip, or gets overshadowed by his teammate (whether it be Mick or Robert or someone else), chances are, it’s gonna get even messier than the Seb affair. It’s annoying, yes. Toxic, most of the time, hell yeah. But that is Ferrari F1 lore for you (unfortunately). I hope this makes sense. English isn’t my first language and the thoughts are getting scrambled in my brain as I write this

!!! anon, people like you who are f1 veterans and have so much lore and longer term insight/sanity are my favorite people here, and I salute you for it ❤️ and thank you for confirming my tentative Ferrari analysis and providing us lore, you definitely did a great job and it all makes sense to me!!

I suspected that the Ferrari car has been more finicky and harder to really pin down/extract the most out of it without having that mythical “feel” for it? which I do think Charles as a driver seems to have more of with the Ferrari compared to Seb, so it definitely makes a lot of sense that that’s where the disconnect is. and andjdj yeah, you said it far more clearly than I had (instinctual pr??)—that “Ferrari signs you to either win the championship or to help your teammate to do so.” They’ve really always done better when there’s a clear 1-2 internally even if they deny it in the press. Seb and Charles would never had worked long term when Seb is used to being prioritised but Charles was also never going to give anything less than his most from the moment he was signed (or just, in any car he’s been in really). And Ferrari did what it had done, as precedented.

Ahshdhf and you really voiced that fear at the back of my mind of a Charles-Ferrari fallout too that I don’t like to think about much less say out loud 😭😭 I know it’s probably the case if the scenario arises that Charles gets outshined by a teammate at Ferrari, and I absolutely agree that it’s going to be way messier bc Ferrari was all Charles had ever known really and he is so integrated and has such a stubborn drive to win that they would literally have to drag him kicking and screaming out of there. I hope it doesn’t happen because Charles has become so…synonymous with Ferrari to me like the vibe just matches, he is Ferrari, and I desperately hope he has a long, happy, and illustrious career there that either ends in retirement or him walking away of his own accord. I haven’t been following the junior categories that much, but so far, within their juniors, I don’t think there has been quite that comparable of the performances he put in so I don’t expect this to realistically be a solid concern for a few years?

But, who knows, F1 is unpredictable, and it is Ferrari, so I’m sure it will continue to give me far too many emotional rollercoasters to be healthy either ways 💔❤️🤡

#maranello.ask #anon #thank you o wise one #i must say I feel validated that I do know the red team and that my instincts about them are right #i’m just going to...not think about the potentiall fallouts in the future until it is a realistic worry #and hope that everything is going to be okay like the absolute (hopeful) CLOWN I am #discussion & analysis #f1 #scuderia ferrari #ferrari debrief room #charles leclerc #sebastian vettel

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Archive: How unflappable rookie Raikkonen took F1 by stormBy:

Jonathan Noble

Sep 26, 2021, 12:25 PM

Kimi Raikkonen is officially on his Formula 1 farewell tour, having announced his retirement at the end of this season. It will bring down the curtain on F1's longest career, currently standing at 341 race starts, a feat few could have imagined when he sat down with Autosport to discuss his rookie season for the 16 August 2001 magazine

Early January. The sun has already set at Ferrari’s test track. Darkness is descending very quickly, but Kimi Raikkonen still wants to get his first taste of the 2001 Sauber. The team put in enough fuel for 10 laps, although with visibility disappearing rapidly there is no way he will be able to complete them all.

The Petronas-badged Ferrari engine is fired up, and the young Finn exits the pits, disappearing into the darkness for his first experience with the new car. The wail of the screaming V10 is heard coming under the bridge near the pits as Raikkonen flies past, flat-out, before again disappearing into the darkness of the first corner. He cannot be seen until the braking zone, when the flames from the exhaust briefly light up the darkness.

After a handful of laps, he is within tenths of the time set by Nick Heidfeld earlier in the day, then he radios to the pits to say he cannot see enough to continue driving. There is incredulity at his performance.

The ease with which he is so instantly on the limit leaves smiles across the faces of all the Sauber people present. But the finishing touch to Raikkonen’s night run only became evident when he returned to the pits. He had been so fearless, so quick and so committed wearing a dark-tinted visor on his helmet.

The manner of that first test has continued throughout his debut season, when solid performances have singled him out as a huge future star. When it first became apparent that he was being courted by the Sauber boss late last year, he was not even expected to get a superlicence. Now Raikkonen has become the man of the moment.

At almost every track this year, but especially the ones at which teams do not test, he is invariably among the top five during the first few laps on Friday. That shows a man able to get himself and his car on the limit very quickly – something that Michael Schumacher does with aplomb. Yes, Juan Pablo Montoya has grabbed more headlines, but the young, slim, blond Finn has got more tongues wagging.

Raikkonen immediately got on with the business of impressing in his rookie year

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Despite the plaudits, Raikkonen remains something of an enigma. If people thought they had a difficult time enticing words out of Mika Hakkinen during his early F1 career, then they have yet to meet the new boy at Sauber. He is renowned for his one-word answers, his lack of charisma in press conferences and his reluctance to mix it with the other drivers.

But he does not care. As far as he is concerned, he was put on earth to drive racing cars very quickly. When asked what he thinks about life in the paddock, meeting fans, signing autographs and speaking to all the F1 journalists, his answer is swift and to the point.

“It is a bit boring,” he says. “I don’t like the paddock. I just want to get on with my work.”

"Sometimes I think things have happened too quickly, but at the end of the day I was in the right place at the right time with the right people behind me" Kimi Raikkonen

Raikkonen really does like nothing more than being in the car. He is the ultimate efficient racing driver – all speed, no talk. He is as happy testing as he is getting results, and he has been completely unfazed by all the attention around him. He has been mentioned no end of times as the eventual successor to Michael Schumacher at Ferrari, but he has let none of the comments go to his head.

PLUS: Why the time is right for Raikkonen to hang up his F1 helmet

He even admits that he does sit back sometimes and feel amazed at how he has gone from Formula Renault front-runner to one of F1’s biggest stars in just 12 months.

“Sometimes I think things have happened too quickly, but at the end of the day I was in the right place at the right time with the right people behind me,” he says. “I would never have thought last year that I would be in F1 now.”

Despite Raikkonen’s cool exterior, things have not been so easy for him this year. He may not want to explain how tough the adaption to F1 has been, but he does not pretend that his achievements have been a walk in the park.

“It has been hard, especially because I didn’t really have any expectations this year,” he says. “There is not really one thing that has surprised me, because everything has been hard. There is not one things I have learned specifically, because I’ve had to learn everything. But it is quite a bit like I expected.

“For sure, for the first three or four races it was difficult in qualifying, and I didn’t really get the best out of the car. That was really the most difficult thing. But the season has been better than I was hoping for. I think the team has been surprised. It’s good.”

Circumstances have certainly helped Raikkonen in his jump to F1 with Sauber. Not only has the team enjoyed something of a renaissance this year, but the family atmosphere and the lack of driver politics have made it much easier for him to make his mark.

His set-up is similar to that of his team-mate, Heidfeld. The telemetry traces show Raikkonen sometimes has an advantage in the quick corners, but that Heidfeld is more consistent in the slow stuff.

“It has helped being here with Nick, because it is better than having to do it all by myself,” he admits. “it has been easier being here, with a family team, than go to a bigger team. Here the people are nicer, and that helps.”

But the real test for Raikkonen will come next year. Jacques Villeneuve said recently that it was very easy for a new driver to maintain performance in the first year of F1, when all the newness gives a racer lots of energy and carries them through. The problem comes in the second year, when it is much harder to improve - but expectations are so much higher. Ask Raikkonen if he is worried about the Jenson Button syndrome and he is at his most candid.

“No, not really. I think for him [Jenson] it is more difficult because he was with one the top teams, and now he is not. It is more difficult because if the car is not right then you need to do more with the car.

“I am not worried about it. For sure I have enough energy to keep pushing, and next year I’ll be stronger because I’ll have some experience. I know from this year what I need to do, and it will be easier because I will know what is happening.”

Raikkonen was heavily linked with a move to Ferrari, although it seemed he would have to bide his time a while longer at Sauber

Photo by: Motorsport Images

Speculation links Raikkonen with Ferrari in the long term – although it is almost certain he will stay at Sauber until the end of 2003, when his current contract ends. But ask Raikkonen about Ferrari and he claims there is no attraction other than the fact that it is the most competitive team at the moment. He does not care where he gets to drive in the future, as long as it is with a winning team.

“It is nice to hear Ferrari stories, but I don’t really follow that,” he says. “I would be happy in one of the top teams, and I don’t really mind which it is. I guess it doesn’t matter if it is McLaren, Williams or Ferrari. It is where you have the best chance to win.

Rinland remembers vividly the Finn’s first test in the Sauber at Mugello in Italy last September. His lap times were not that spectacular, but it was clear from the way he got down to work with the car that he was something special

“You never know if Ferrari are going to go down the order, or who is going to come up and who will win. Maybe it just won’t be those three teams in the future, because we have seen how Williams have moved down and then come back up again.”

Raikkonen’s long-term future is open, and the fight for his services when his Sauber contract ends will be fascinating. Anyone who has seen him drive at close quarters knows all about his abilities.

Top 10: Kimi Raikkonen’s greatest F1 races ranked

Sauber’s former chief designer, Sergio Rinland, left the team at the start of the year, and he does not mind admitting that his biggest loss in the move is not being able to work with young Raikkonen.

Rinland remembers vividly the Finn’s first test in the Sauber at Mugello in Italy last September. His lap times were not that spectacular, but it was clear from the way he got down to work with the car that he was something special.

“It was just amazing,” remembers Rinland. “You could see it in his eyes that he was the man. He probably didn’t do a very quick lap time, but in sectors of the track you could see the difference between a good driver and someone who was trying very hard. The telemetry showed that in some sectors he was right on it.”

Willingness to push from the off impressed engineer Rinland

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Rinland remembers going out to the back of the Mugello circuit during the test to stand on the banking and observe Raikkonen in action. Michael Schumacher joined him and was instantly impressed by the style and speed of the young Finn.

Schumacher rarely compliments other drivers, but there was no doubting his feelings then. The world champion said: “I observed him, and I evaluated his lap times, and I could see he could be a champion.”

Is this young talents Ferrari’s next champion? Maybe. Is he a future champion? Almost certainly.

Raikkonen got his chance in a top car sooner than expected, when he replaced Hakkinen at McLaren for 2002

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What happened next?

Just one month later, Raikkonen's future was decided - and in that moment, he couldn't have been further away from Ferrari.

With double world champion Hakkinen losing motivation and on course to retire - his so-called 'sabbatical' would become a permanent one, barring a comeback test at Barcelona in 2007 - McLaren was in the market for a replacement.

Heidfeld, who had won the International F3000 title as a McLaren-supported driver in 1999, was widely expected to be the man who took the seat, while McLaren tester Alex Wurz was also in the frame.

PLUS: How Raikkonen's rapid rise stalled his team-mate's F1 career climb

But the man McLaren boss Ron Dennis wanted was Raikkonen. Dennis negotiated the Finn's exit from his deal at Hinwil - the severance package allowing the team to build a state-of-the-art windtunnel - and he duly lined up alongside David Coulthard for the 2002 season, coming close to a maiden win at Magny-Cours until slipping wide on oil to allow Schumacher through.

The breakthrough win duly came at Malaysia the following year as Raikkonen almost won the 2003 title with a year-old car, but his two-point deficit to Schumacher would be the closest he'd get to title success at McLaren. The team produced F1's fastest car in 2005, but poor reliability handed the title to the more consistent Fernando Alonso.

And so it was to Ferrari that Raikkonen eventually headed for 2007, fulfilling the prophesy in 2001 that he would take up Schumacher's mantle. The seven-time world champion was effectively forced aside to make space for the Finn, who won the title at the first time of asking in one of F1's most legendary comebacks against the McLarens of Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.

Archive: The ups and downs of Raikkonen's 2007 F1 title triumph

Forced out after two disappointing seasons in 2008 and 2009 to make room for Alonso, Raikkonen took a two-year sabbatical in the World Rally Championship before making a winning return with Lotus in 2012. That parlayed into a remarkable Ferrari return for 2014.

Only one more win would come, in the 2018 US GP, before he was replaced for 2019 by Charles Leclerc to see out the remainder of his career in the midfield - back where it all began at the Alfa Romeo-branded Sauber team.

#Kimi Raikkonen #raikkonen #kimi #kimi7 #sauber #alfa romeo f1 #alfa romeo #alfa f1 #f1

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So then, with that uh...well, something of a finisher, that’s the race and the end of this 2021 Formula 1 season! I’ve still got some adrenaline in me from that final lap, gotta say, so my thoughts might be a bit ruffled here. Also the F1 live timing, which I usually use to see how all the cars finished, is currently borked. So uh...might be working off of my memory of who finished where. And, safe to say, I wasn’t paying that great attention to where everyone else was in that last lap. So, uh...okay then, here we go.

First of all, congratulations to Max, the winner of this race and the 2021 world champion! There have been controversies, incidents, and all sorts of twists this season, but he certainly put in tons of effort he needed to get to where he is. The way he won this race...yeah, there’s going to be some discussions about this in the coming weeks, I’m sure. Many an eye towards the FIA this season, for sure. But I’m not really made for heavy discussions like that so, for now, yeah, not quite how many wanted him to win.

And of course congrats to the other podium finishers, Lewis and Carlos. Yes, I sorta forgot about Carlos but uh...good on him! Good points for Ferrari. And hey, an old teammate of Max’s up on the podium with him. As for Lewis, just...dang, man. I really feel for him here. But he did all he could, put in all the effort, and drove incredibly well. You sure as heck don’t get seven world championships without some amazing driving abilities under your belt. Here’s to him, man. Next year things will be a bit different with different regs, so who knows what might happen. Most likely more wins in his future.

Ah, timing site finally decided to start working again. Good. So then, onto the rest of the points finishers! In order they were Yuki, Pierre, Val, Lando, Fernando, Esteban, and Charles. Alpha Tauri getting in a good haul of points there, and both Alpines finishing in the points as well. Val was up and down the top ten through the race after a not so great race start. But he did help Mercedes get the team championship in the end. And Charles fell back some but managed to stay in the top ten at least. Plus gave us some great camera angles driving with the in-helmet cam on.

And the rest of the race finishers were Seb, Dan, Lance, Mick, and technically Checo as he did get through most of the race before he ended up retiring the car due to issues. I don’t know what exactly happened to his car, but not great to see a car finish the season by retiring the car. Even so, that defending he did against Lewis was amazing to watch. And I’ve heard that Seb got the most overtakes in of all drivers this season, which is rad to hear. The man can still drive the heck out of a car.

Finally, man, not getting to see the final checkered flag of the season isn’t what you want to see for any driver. I mentioned Checo retiring in the final laps already. Nicholas had that crash at the end, but I’m glad he walked away from that fine. Antonio, in his last race with Alfa Romeo before he heads over to FE, had to retire the car. And, man, all the best to him over there. Will be sad to not see him in the paddock here anymore. I’ll sincerely miss his lovely hair. I will say, I completely missed George retiring his car. Not great for his last race with Williams, but I’m sure he’ll have many new opportunities with Mercedes next year. And of course Kimi was the first retirement of the race after contact with the wall. Which...yeah, man. Not great to see. But he’s more than proved himself as a great racer over the years. I’ll very much miss his personality in the paddock. But I’m happy to know he won’t have to do any more interview or any of the more uh...tedious parts of racing. As his livery said, we’ll leave you alone now. All the best for him in his F1 retirement.

So then, with that, that’s my wrap up concluded and...well dang, that’s the season done. And it was a heck of a season. Like I said, there were many controversies all throughout this season. Not something I’m great at talking about, but I’m sure others will have much to discuss. Just remember to keep things civil, yeah?

Huh. Well, as I’m finishing this up, there’s some breaking news. Apparently Merc has launched a protest about Max potentially overtaking under the safety car. My my. Things just keep going, huh?

Well, I need to wrap this up before this post gets ungodly long. Already, sorry for clogging up your timelines with my rambling! But I’ll be watching to see if anything happens with that. For now though, I think I’m heading off for the last time this season. I’ll see y’all next year. I might actually be holding back on liveblogging practice sessions come next year just for the sake of my sleep schedule. But I’ll try and keep up the quali and race liveblogging! It’s pretty fun and a nice way for me to yell into the void. So then everyone, do remember to be excellent to each other, have a lovely rest of your day, a lovely winter break, and I’ll see y’all come next year. Later!

#Nick Liveblogs F1 #Abu Dhabi GP #Long post #Sorry about that #Lots to say at the end of the year y'know #And I will reiterate: Be excellent to each other and try and keep things civil #I'll try and not completely disappear over the winter break #Might post some drawings I've done of my D&D characters #Goodness knows I've made a lot :P

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Tell me about it. Many accounts and people(and yes they are and yes some of them are large fan news[does that make sense, sort of like what WTF1 was before they became basically like news but more edgy]) online are already slagging Hamilton as a “shit driver” and “paid to do nothing” from the news(not sure if you’ve heard) of talks breaking down because Merc only wants a 1+1 and Hamilton wants for(which is sus because even on bad days Hamilton at the very least matches Val and more reputable sources claim it’s the other way around). But yeah you’re right this sport needs him more than he needs it(he’s already performed. He’s done the dance. The records and accolades prove it) and the fact his many successes are already being dismissed by the audiences(which they are even though they are insufferable) is telling. I have a feeling once he leaves the door to F1 will very much become white once more and issues will take backseat once more. Oh and btw since I’ve already given you word vomit, merc is set to bring new cooling and 25 extra horses in a few months time so at least it’s good to see that the merc factories continue to have work ethics of other worldly beings... no joke but they should handle vaccine distribution and development. The world(and then some) will be vaccinated by year end under their watch 😭🤣

anyone calling the MOST SUCCESSFUL DRIVER OF ALL TIME a shit driver I’m sure has never and will never say anything of value their entire lives... pretty much every time val beat him this season, lewis either managed to break some rule in a spectacular way to get a huge penalty, or the car broke down. val manages to fuck up all on his own, which lewis (apart from the penalties) doesn’t do, AND lewis always beats him in qualy and so on, so no doubt lewis is the better driver. george also beat val in lewis’ car, which some say is due to the car, some say is due to george, either way it showed george was faster than val in the same car, which is bad for val, anyway.... merc were very quick to keep bottas, (probably happy with the number 1/number 2 thing) but IF lewis decides not to stay in f1, and he really doesn’t have to settle for anything he’s not 100% happy with because merc are the ones who have everything to lose, so if they can’t give him what he wants he can just go nope... and then they’d have to buy out george in a hurry, and shake things up again... (wonder who would get his seat then...)

but what’s interesting is they want 1+1, might this be because they want to get george in the car asap before someone else takes him? why not get rid of bottas (is his contract 3 years? I don’t remember), are they really that worried about having two strong drivers? like ferrari were? are they assuming lewis will retire soon and not do a kimi? as long as merc are dominant it doesn’t make sense for lewis to go anywhere else, but if they are not, they’d surely want to keep him to prevent him from beating them with a different team? and in that situation, wouldn’t it make more sense to have the two strongest drivers they could get? (which doesn’t include bottas, sorry val) and if it’s about money, then obviously winning the constructors is important, but if they end up struggling with the new regs, then having a cheaper driver (george) would also help... anyway, in their current situation keeping bottas makes sense but if the future is uncertain (which I guess it is, unless they have a crystal ball???) in my opinion it would be best to have the strongest team possible...

gave you some word vomit in return anon xD oh, and disclaimer: I have not really been paying attention so if I missed anything, please let me know <3

#Anon #lewis hamilton

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Manga the Week of 2/24/21

SEAN: As I write this, Texas is being hit with blizzards. Why not curl up… in your dark house with no power… with some manga?

Airship gives us the print volume of the 2nd I’m in Love with the Villainess, and also a print volume for Skeleton Knight in Another World 8.

ASH: I haven’t finished reading the first volume of I’m in Love with the Villainess quite yet, but I suspect I’ll want to pick up the second.

SEAN: Denpa’s site says that The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes 2 is out next week.

J-Novel Club has a trio of light novels. By the Grace of the Gods 6, Campfire Cooking in Another World 9, and The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan 8.

On the manga side, they have The Faraway Paladin 4 and Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 5.

Kodansha has two print debuts, though we’ve seen them both digitally before. Cells at Work: Baby! is essentially the superdeformed version of the series.

ASH: I enjoyed the original series, but haven’t managed to keep up with all the spinoffs!

SEAN: A Sign of Affection (Yubisaki to Renren) is one that I’ve gushed about before, but here I am gushing about it again. This story of a boy and girl meeting and falling in love, it’s all about communication, as our heroine is hearing impaired, and our globe trotting hero does not know sign language. Fans of Kimi ni Todoke should check this out.

MICHELLE: I missed this when it was a digital debut, so I’m grateful for a second chance at it.

ANNA: Amazingly, this is one of the very few Kodansha digital titles that I have read, and it is absolutely wonderful. It is by suu Morishita, so fans of Shortcake Cake should absolutely pick it up. I’m sure I bought the first couple volumes digitally due to Sean’s gushing and just never posted about it. Morishita does some wonderfully innovative storytelling as the two main characters figure out how to communicate with each other, and the hearing-impaired heroine is portrayed with great sensitivity. I’m so rooting for Yuki and her first real romance!!

ASH: I’m really looking forward to reading this one now that it’s in print. Can’t pass it up with recommendations like that.

MELINDA: Well, how can I possibly resist after that glowing recommendation?

SEAN: Also in print: Heaven’s Design Team 3. The anime is currently airing.

ASH: I have legitimately learned things about animal life reading this series.

SEAN: Digitally the debut is How Do You Do, Koharu? (Gokigenyou, Koharu-san), by the author of (and in the same universe as) Say I Love You. Koharu (the younger sister of Yamato, the male lead in Say I Love You) prefers to keep her friends solely on the digital side… till she’s tempted by a follower who she might want to be more than just friends with. This runs, of course, in Dessert. I hope it is a bit less drama-filled than its parent series.

MICHELLE: I’d seen this one on the release calendar but didn’t realize it had any connection to Say I Love You. Interesting!

SEAN: We also see DAYS 22, Harem Marriage 2, Maid in Honey 6 (the final volume), My Best () Butler 6, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 2, Shangri-La Frontier 2, What I Love About You 3, and When We’re in Love 5.

Seven Seas’s biggest debut may be one that came out first nearly 10 years ago. After a period where it seemed that you couldn’t go a week without a new volume, the Alice in the Country of _________ series vanished, allegedly due to licensing difficulties with the original creator. But now it’s back… in digital form! It’s getting rolled out over several weeks. This week we get The Clockmaker’s Story and Love Labyrinth of Thorns (Julius) and The Mad Hatter’s Late Night Tea Party 1 & 2 (Blood).

ANNA: I think I’m tapped out of Alice in the Country of stories but I’m amused to see these being released again.

ASH: Oh, wow! I had somehow previously missed this news.

SEAN: In actual new titles, the debut is Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon (Kaketa Tsuki to Donuts), a yuri office romance story that runs in Comic Yuri Hime. Always happy to see more non-high school students.

And there is The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Wizard’s Blue 2, Days of Love at Seagull Villa 2, Failed Princesses 3, and How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? 5.

MICHELLE: I still haven’t even read volume 1 of Seagull Villa!

SEAN: Square Enix Manga debuts Ragna Crimson, a Gangan Joker title whose summary has the words “dark fantasy” and “revenge-fueled quest” and I stopped caring.

In much better Square Enix manga news, we get A Man and His Cat 3.

MICHELLE: Yay!

MELINDA: Yes!

SEAN: Apologies to Tentai Books, I missed their debut light novel which is actually out later this week. World Teacher: Special Agent in Another World (World Teacher: Isekaishiki Kyouiku Agent) is another of those books where the plot is described by the title.

Tokyopop has a debut. The Cat Proposed (Bakeneko Katatte Sourou) is a one-shot BL title from Canna. A man watches a play and sees one of the actors has cat ears. Turns out he’s a bakeneko, and has chosen our protagonist as his spouse!

There’s also the 3rd and final volume of Still Sick.

Vertical has Ajin: Demi-Human 16 and Bakemonogatari’s 7th manga volume.

Yen On has had a few date shifts (try to contain your shock), but we do get a few new volumes this week… and two old ones, as Haruhi Suzumiya 3 and 4 get reprints. 4 is considered the series’ high point.

And there is Do You Love Your Mom (and Her Two-Hit, Multi-Target Attacks?) 8, The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn As a Typical Nobody 5, In the Land of Leadale 2, Konosuba 13, and May These Leaden Battlegrounds Leave No Trace 3.

There’s also a Yen Press title I missed last week, as it’s out this Saturday. Megumi Hayashibara’s The Characters Taught Me Everything: Living Life One Episode at a Time is her new memoir, and Yen is putting it out digitally the same day it comes out in Japan!

ASH: I really hope this is released in print at some point, too! It should be really good.

SEAN: Because of various delays and date shifts, Yen Press has FIVE manga debuts next week. We start with Adachi & Shimamura, the manga version of which we’ve already seen the light novel and the anime. Please enjoy Adachi’s gay panic and Shimamura’s attempts to be a functioning human being in a new medium. This runs in Dengeki Daioh.

Days on Fes is a series about two friends going to rock festivals, and that’s about all it is, from what I hear. Sounds like a Laid-Back Camp vibe. This runs in Comic Newtype.

ASH: Oh, that could fun.

MELINDA: I might be into this? As someone who used to go to a lot of music festivals, that is.

SEAN: The Girl without a Face (Kao ga Nai Onnanoko) is a one-shot from Comic Beam. A boy and girl are in love. She’s a bit… expressionless – literally – but that’s just fine. This looks both cute and spooky?

ASH: This could be fun, too!

SEAN: Golden Japanesque – A Splendid Yokohama Romance is the sort of josei title folks were BEGGING for ten years ago. It runs in Flowers’ online magazine, and its author did Kare First Love, for Viz fans with long memories. A Meiji-era title about a half-Japanese girl who’s discriminated against and the boy who thinks she’s a fairy-tale character.

MICHELLE: Ooh! I actually do own all of Kare First Love, as it happens.

ANNA: I am a Viz fan with a long memory and I think I own most of Kare First Love too. I am officially intrigued and will be picking this up.

ASH: Same!

MELINDA: Same here!

SEAN: Lastly there is ID:Invaded #Brake-Broken, a title which hurts me when I try to say it out loud. It’s the sequel to the anime, and runs in Young Ace.

We also get Eniale & Dewiela 2, Mieruko-chan 2, Overlord: The Undead King-Oh! 6, The Saga of Tanya the Evil 13, Slasher Maidens 2, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun 7, The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap 2, and A Witch’s Love at the End of the World 2.

ASH: I’ll likely be picking up a few of those, too.

SEAN: What manga melts the weather all around you?

By: Sean Gaffney

#Anime #News #Manga Bookshelf

[formula365]

The impossible numbers - Eifel Grand Prix review

So, the thing that F1 fans thought would never happen has happened. Back in 2006, when Schumacher retired for the first time, his 91 wins seemed unreachable. He had almost doubled the previous record, leaving Prost and Senna, the greats of the previous generation, dozens of wins behind. For many of us, it felt this record would stand the test of time, and even as the number of races per year continued to increase, we thought this record would not be broken. Certainly not in our lifetimes.

How wrong we all were. I remember watching Schumacher’s domination in the early naughties in complete awe, certain that I would never see someone completely control races and championships the way the German did. But every generation produces at least one special driver, one talent that shines above the others, and when that combines with a well-oiled machine such as Ferrari was back in the day, that tends to lead to what was until then deemed impossible.

Lewis Hamilton is that talent. From the very first race (coincidentally, the first race after Schumacher’s retirement) it was clear he was a special driver, quickly adapting to the complex machinery of F1 to take a podium on his debut. Nevertheless, few, if any, would have predicted he would reach these heights. After all, this was a time in which the grid had only one world champion and there were multiple talented young drivers hungry for success. There was no shortage of future world champions; the bigger question was who would take the mantle from Schumacher.

So, why him? Could we just as easily be celebrating 91 wins for Alonso, Kimi, or Vettel? Well, yes and no. As with everything, a little bit of luck and a little bit of courage were needed as additional ingredients to his talent and determination. There are plenty of what if’s in the driver market, and the biggest one in recent years is Hamilton leaving McLaren for Mercedes. Many criticised him for the move, judging it to be a mistake to leave the certainty of a winning team, and one of the greatest in the history of the sport at that. Turns out, he has won 70 races since then; McLaren is still to return to the top step of the podium.

Just as Schumacher in 1996, he took a gamble not on current results but on a project; they were shown a vision of where those respective teams were headed and how to reach that destination. They believed that the people in charge had the expertise and the leadership skills to make it happen. And, above anything else, they believed in their capacity to be the final piece of the puzzle, that one cog that finally completes the machine and makes everything work smoothly.

Some people think Hamilton was lucky, and perhaps he was. The revolving door of the F1 driver market can be a curse; just ask Fernando Alonso. Personally, I think he saw the beginning of something special in that Mercedes team, and thought that was the place to be for the future. He was brave to believe in something few people did, and clear-minded enough to judge a team not on its past but on its possibility.

Would others, in that seat, have reached the same numbers? We will never know, of course, and there are so many factors to take into consideration that any conjecture is beyond speculation. But there is no denying that Hamilton deserves this record. He works relentlessly, always looking for those marginal gains that add up to the vital tenths of a second that put him just out of reach. Yes, he has been driving what has been the fastest car, sometimes by a significant margin, for the past seven years. But the two teammates he had in this period did not win anywhere near as much as him. Neither did Vettel, in a Ferrari that was superior for significant periods in 2017 and 2018. He is in a different plane to the rest of the field, and that’s where this record comes from.

The only question that remains is how far he can go, and how many wins he can rack up before he decides to hang up his helmet. There is no doubt he will be the first driver to make it to a century, and he will take strides towards that goal before the season is done. Whichever final mark he achieves, it will be a special number, one of those numbers that will seem impossible to ever be reached again.

Talking points

* Valtteri Bottas’ title challenge, such as it was, ended today. It’s a shame that it had to happen on the day in which he finally showed there was some fight in him after all, as it toughened it up on the outside of turn 1 to take the inside of next corner and re-take the lead from Hamilton. Yes, he did make a mistake that would have cost him the race, and engine gremlins put paid to any idea of a recovery, but that feisty Bottas we saw on the first corner of the race could have challenged his teammate for the title. More of that, please.

* We didn’t get a shoey on the podium, but how great it was to see Ricciardo back on the podium. Everyone’s favourite Aussie (sorry Mark) may have been helped by the late safety car, but had an impressive race from the get-go: he beat Albon at the start and passed Leclerc in a superlative move around the outside of turn 2 to claim P4. From that point on, he controlled his pace and was there to take advantage when Bottas’ engine gave up. He had an early pit stop and Checo might have gotten him on fresher tyres at the end, but as it was he gave this incarnation of the Renault team their first podium. And, with it, a tattoo to team boss Cyril Abiteboul.

* From a coffee shop in Cologne at 11am on Saturday, to a points finish by 4pm on Sunday, starting from last on the grid. This was Nico Hulkenberg’s incredible weekend journey. Faced with Lance Stroll’s sickness, Racing Point again reached for the phone to call everyone’s favourite super sub, and the Hulk, still on the hunt for a seat for 2021, did his quest no small favour by clinching P8. It just goes to show how short the grid currently is in relation to the talent available. That there are not enough seats for the likes of Hulkenberg (and maybe next year Perez as well) is a reflection of the sad economic realities that keep the grid so small.

* Other drivers at risk of missing out on 2021 fought their way to the points, and one of them for his first points of the season at that. Romain Grosjean has not always been on the news for the right reasons this season, but, having suffered an injury on his left hand early on (hit by a piece of gravel, of all things), he bit his lips and withstood the pain to take P9 at the flag, just ahead of Giovinazzi. The pair benefitted from several retirements ahead of them but also beat their teammates, as well as the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel. A couple of good showings to keep the decision makers mulling on their options.

* Ever since it was made official that Racing Point were to drop Perez for 2021, his form reads: P5, P4, P4. Not bad for a driver without a seat.

#f1 #eifel gp 2020 #eifel grand prix #motorsport #lewis hamilton #michael schumacher

[charanteleclerc]

find your way into my world

For mercys-adam, who requested "Seb joins Valtteri on one of his rallies". I can't find the original prompt in my inbox (I know it was there yesterday, so I may have accidentally deleted it, I'm so sorry, but I hope you enjoy!

Update: Turns out it was spidey-charles all along! Thanks for the prompt!

There was nothing like the thrill he got from rallying. It wasn’t that he didn’t love F1, the sheer speed and adrenaline rush he got from racing in his Mercedes was like nothing else. There was just something about getting into a car and driving dangerously close to the tree just got his heart going, it made him feel so alive. He didn’t have to travel thousands of miles just to race. There was no press to deal with. It was just all about the racing, pure and simple. He needed it, every so often, to race and focus on only that. It was freeing, almost.

It was so disconnected from the rest of his life, he could do nothing but star when he saw Sebastian Vettel walking towards him, looking more relaxed than he’d ever seen him. And Seb was walking towards him.

“Hey! Valtteri!” Seb waved at him, grinning. He could feel his jaw drop open, blinking a couple of times.

“Oh - shit, shit…” He panicked, clutching his mug to his chest. “He saw me, didn’t he? Oh fuck…”

“Hey!” Suddenly Seb was in front of him, looking happy and relaxed and wow, did he always look like that when he was relaxed? Was that how any of them looked relaxed?

If so, he probably hadn’t seen anyone look relaxed at the Paddock ever.

“Huh?” Was all he could manage, still blinking. “What are… er… here? You? Here?”

Seb laughed, eyes crinkling at the corners. “I needed a break, and I heard from someone you were racing, and it’s an excuse to leave Kimi’s house for a little bit.”

“Kimi’s not here is he?” He looked around wildly, half expecting Kimi to be suddenly stood behind him. Seb laughed again, shaking his head.

“No, he’s got both the kids by himself today, and they were yelling something about going swimming. I didn’t stay long enough to get roped in.”

“Oh. Right. Okay.” His brain was still struggling to catch up, trying to piece together the information of Seb and here and now. He wasn’t totally sure he wasn’t hallucinating, half tempted to grab someone and ask ‘is Sebastian Vettel really standing in front of me?’.

“So, you just came?” He said dumbly. Seb nodded, seemingly not noticing his confusion, or if he did he was too kind to say otherwise. “You just came here?”

“Yes.” Seb said, nodding. “I realised I don’t actually see much other racing, and figured this was a good place to start. Plus, you’re here, you can walk me through all this.”

“Uh… okay. I’ve got to get in the car soon, but I can give you a quick tour? If you want?”

“Sounds great!” Seb replied cheerfully. “So where’s your car?”

“In the tent.” He made a gesture behind him. “It’s not fancy though.”

“I can see that.” Seb said matter-of-factly, walking towards his tent. “Can I have a look?”

“Sure.” Valtteri shrugged, bemused. It was no secret that Seb was interested in cars, he wanted to know how they worked inside and out, but a rally car was a very different to the finely tuned car Seb was used to. With those cars mere millimetres mattered, rally cars were solid tanks of machinery. These were designed to be thrashed around, not glided. These cars controlled you, rather than the other way around.

“Wow.” Seb breathed as he looked over his car, face alight in wonder. “It’s beautiful.”

“I have never heard it described like that before.” Valtteri laughed. “Powerful, yes. Never beautiful.”

“You don’t think?” Seb sounded almost wounded. “It might not be elegant, but it doesn’t need to be. It’s perfectly designed for its environment, almost like it’s part of it. You wouldn’t call that beautiful?"

“I never really thought about it.” Valtteri said honestly. “I just always thought of it as part of my relaxation, part of my home. We don’t have beautiful exotic locations, it’s just… life.”

“You should open your eyes more.” Seb said absently, still circling the car. “How long is the stage today?”

“25km, not the longest stage, that’s at the end this year.” Valtteri explained.

“Around the forest?”

“Yes.”

Seb hummed, eyes narrowing as he crouched down. “Speed?”

“Solidly about 70? If you get a good stretch then you can do about 80 or 90, but you don’t usually get a lot of long straights.”

“It’s no Abu Dhabi.” Seb joked. “It’s impressive, the car.” He looked up, nodding in appreciation. “Can you win with this?”

“Doesn’t matter, I’ll try anyway.” Valtteri crossed his arms. “Don’t we always want to win?”

“Can’t deny it.” Seb agreed, standing up.

“Bottas, you need to be getting ready.” An official walked into the ten, headphones on and clipboard out. “You’re due out in thirty.”

“Thanks.” Valtteri called, putting down his coffee. “Sorry, I had better listen to him. Are you staying around after the race?”

“I suppose I could.” Seb teased. “It would be stupid to come all this way otherwise, no? I’ll see you at the end.”

“Enjoy it. The rally.” Valtteri said, as Seb retreated out of the tent. “You’ll get to see some real racing.”

“Maybe I will.” Seb said, looking a little haunted, and then he was gone, the tent silent once more.

~*~

His heart was still pounding as he clambered out of the car, Timo mirroring him. There was really nothing like it, drifting so close to the trees that if he leant out of the car he would touch the branches. The adrenaline was racing through his heart, he could almost see the world clearer, sharper. His emotions were rawer, he felt more alive. He never felt like this in the glitz and glamour of F1, where you were more celebrity than racer.

Seb was walking over to him, hands in his pockets, looking every inch the average fan. He was half-expecting crowds to be following the guy, there was no doubt he’d been recognised, but he also wasn’t likely to have a lot of fans here either. Wrong type of racing, and the people here were loyal to their own, this was Kimi’s crowd, not Seb’s.

“That was a good drive.” Seb remarked as he drew closer. “I’m impressed.”

“Have you ever seen a rally race before?” He asked, quirking an eyebrow.

“No,” Seb admitted, “But that doesn’t stop me being impressed.”

“I’m not the best guy out there.” Valtteri pointed out. “Not even close.”

“I don’t care.” Seb shrugged, leaning up against the car. “Are you done for the day?”

“Probably not, there are still guys running, this goes on pretty late.” Valtteri shrugged. “Getting bored already?”

“Of course not.” Seb flushed a little, eyes dropping. “I was just going to grab a drink, if you wanted?”

“I’ll stay on coffee, but I’ll let you know when I can have a real drink.” Valtteri chuckled. “I’d better go and check-in, I’ll see you in a bit.”

“Okay.” Seb said, heading back down the Paddock again. That had been weird, but the entire day had been weird. He hadn’t expected to see Seb at at all today, let alone for Seb to come here for him, and then to offer to get him a drink. It was an offer he was going to take up though, because if it was some kind of olive branch of friendship, he didn’t want to reject it. Seb was so private, and only had ever really had a couple of friends in the Paddock. It must have taken a lot of courage to come here by himself, he had to at least meet Seb halfway.

~*~

He found Seb lurking in the back of his tent, looking uncomfortable. The mechanics were fussing around his car, giving Seb a deliberately wide berth. He hadn’t been lying when he said that they were dangerously loyal up here. Seb wasn’t necessarily the enemy (he’d managed to stay in the tent, which was a vague miracle), but he was just not Kimi Raikkonen. It wasn’t his fault, but he just wasn’t.

He headed over to him, holding out a plastic cup filled with cold, cheap beer. “I think you were after one of these?”

Seb jumped a little, looking relieved when he realised who it was. “Hey. Oh yeah, I was. Thanks.”

“Well, you owe me one now, so…” Valtteri trailed off, chuckling at Seb’s expression. “You offered first.”

“I’d better sort that out today, can’t have the press finding out that I bought my rival a beer.” Seb smirked, cradling his cup to his chest. “What kind of beer is it?”

“Shit beer.” Valtteri shrugged. “It’s not a top bar, there’s one type and you just take it.”

“Not exactly the champagne bar we’re used to seeing.” Seb joked, taking a gulp of his drink. “It is beer. Just."

“Sometimes it’s just what you need.” Valtteri said, sitting next to Seb. “Why did you come here?”

“I was in the area, I said that - ”

“No, why are you really here?” Valtteri interrupted. “I know you’d rather spend your time with Kimi and his kids, rather than sitting around in a cold tent drinking terrible beer. So why are you here?”

Seb was quiet for a moment, staring intently at his beer. “Looking at my options for the future. Both you and Kimi really enjoy this, and Fernando, and I thought maybe…” He trailed off. “I don’t know what I thought.”

“Seb, you don’t need to do anything else. I only do this for fun.” Valtteri explained. “You have never shown interest in this before.”

“The retirement rumours have been following me since I was twenty-six.” Seb said, sounding angry and sad and tired. The tension he was used to seeing in the other man was back, his shoulders hunched. “Eventually they’ll get it right.”

“Then you can do something you love, rather than trying to force this into your life. I said this feels natural to me, you need to find what feels natural to you.”

Seb didn’t say anything for a few seconds, then he straightened up a little, and smiled, looking a little more at ease. “Thank you. That was much better advice that Kimi gave me.”

“What did he say?”

“Something about me being a fucking idiot, and if I wanted to retire I might as well be an old man and stay in my garage.” Seb gave a small laugh. “I think he meant it as an insult."

“At least he’s honest.” Valtteri snorted. “But if you ever want to come on a rally again, let me know before? I’ll take you out in the car.”

“Well, I can’t turn that down, can I?” Seb grinned. “Might be worth freezing my balls off for.”

“We’ll convert you yet.” Valtteri teased, downing his beer. “Do you want more shit beer?”

“Yeah, okay.”

“So, the bar is that way…” He pointed down the Paddock, giving Seb his empty cup.

“Sneaky, Bottas!” Seb laughed, jumping up and walking to the front of the tent. “I’ll ask them to give you the really shit beer!”

“You wouldn’t!”

“We’ll see about that!” Seb winked, disappearing into the night, leaving Valtteri to stare at the empty tent.

“Well, fuck.”

So sorry it took so long! (I'm going to be saying that for a while I think!) As usual, crossposted to my AO3 (Charante_Leclerc), and prompts are always open (there's just a bit of a waiting period!) Enjoy ❤️

#valtteri bottas #sebastian vettel #f1 fanfic #mercys-adam #if anyone has their new url it'd be much appreciated - thank you! #spidey-charles

[purplesurveys]

1253

Have you ever actually drank warm milk? Sure. I never really drink milk because...well, I care about my stomach lmao, so I didn’t know there were mostly negative feelings about warm milk. That said, I’ve had it both cold and warm and don’t have a preference.

Have you used it to help you sleep? Did it work? No, because I’d be headed to the bathroom instead of my bed instead. Do you prefer to have milk when you eat cakes/cookies? I never have milk when having sweets. I prefer coffee.

What is your preferred brand of chocolate? The only chocolate bar I'll really eat is Twix. < Oooooh yes, Twix is good. Does Reese’s also count? That’s one of my favorites as well.

Do you like white chocolate? I love it. Milk chocolate is too sweet for me and irritates my throat most days, so I prefer to have white chocolate instead.

Do you use coconut oil for anything? What? No. It could be part of some products I use, but I wouldn’t be aware of them.

Have you been wanting to start watching any shows? I’ve been intrigued by the K-drama Nevertheless for quite some time, but I always find it impossible to start on TV series in general because most of them are toooooooo looonggggg, so idk if I’ll ever get on this. I’ve also been wanting to rewatch The Crown.

Are there any movies you want to see? Not really. Are there any movies/shows you've seen so many times you're sick of them? 50 First Dates. They kept showing it on one of the movie channels that we used to have for such a long time that I don’t really feel the urge to watch it again anymore, even though I actually really liked the movie and found it cute.

What about songs you've heard so many times you hate them? I wouldn’t go so far as to say ‘hate,’ but there are definitely a bunch of radio songs that are too overplayed. For instance, I like both Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish but there’s been more than one instance wherein I’ll hear a song of theirs while I’m headed somewhere then hear the exact same song being played once I’m back in my car.

If you could look like any celebrity, which one would it be? I don’t wish to look like any of them, but I find Olivia Rodrigo very pretty.

Do you have any distinctive birthmarks? All of my birthmarks are on my backside so I can’t say for sure if they’re distinctive to other people lol. When was the first time you tasted alcohol? 18. I do distinctly recall one instance in high school where we were attending mass and we had to dip the host into the goblet of wine, but I had been in my I’m-never-taking-a-sip-of-alcohol phase so I just fake-dipped and consumed the host without the wine. I was around 16 or 17 then.

Do you wear socks under your slippers? Socks...under the slippers? I’m struggling to understand that lmao, but no I haven’t done this.

What is the coldest weather you've experienced? Japan was bitingly cold; second on the list would be Sagada – though I’m sure both places were cold just from a Southeast Asian standard because I live in a very humid and warm climate hahaha.

Have you ever eaten snow? Nope.

Are there any metals that turn your skin green? I don’t think so; at least this isn’t something I’ve experienced before.

Do you ever put honey in your tea? I don’t drink tea.

Do you know anybody who gets feminism confused with misandry? OMG this was my ex. This was Gabie AS FUCK. I hated talking about feminism and equality with her because the latter was just nonexistent to her and it was impossible to have a levelheaded, civilized conversation about this topic. She held some problematic opinions that I wish I went ahead and called out sooner.

Do you talk to your pets? Yeah, all the time. Kimi can’t hear well anymore but I talk to him just the same.

When you do, is your tone different from when you talk to humans?  Yes, my voice is definitely higher-pitched and my intonation also changes.

Who is a famous person you could see yourself reading an autobiography about? Min Yoongi.

What is the best horror movie, in your opinion? Ooh, kind of hard to decide on considering I haven’t watched any horror movies in a hot minute...but I’ll go with a constant favorite of mine, The Shining.

Curtains or blinds? Blinds. Has a better ~feel than curtains.

Describe yourself with 3 fictional characters. According to that fictional character quiz, (of the characters I know), I'm most similar to Rachel from Crazy Rich Asians, Mary from Eternal Sunshine, and Maeve from Westworld. Not sure if I 100% agree with those but. < Oh wow it’s been ages since I took this exam so I got intrigued and retook it just now. Unsurprisingly I’m still similar to Amy from B-99 and Monica from Friends, which I completely agree with lol. The #1 ranking I got though was Ann Perkins from Parks and Rec? which I haven’t watched before but there ya go.

Are there any numbers you dislike for any reason? Hmm, not really.

Do you own/wear any jumpsuits? Sure.

Do you wear long johns under your clothes when it gets really cold? No, ‘really cold’ is nonexistent where I live.

Have you ever adopted a stray? (Cat or dog)? No.

What's a movie you think more people should see? Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Do you like anything starring Robert Redford or Paul Newman? I don’t think so. I remember having a big crush on Paul Newman way way back but I haven’t been able to watch a film of his.

Do you struggle with dry skin in the winter? No winter.

Do you have any friends in a different timezone? Not really, but relatives, yes.

Have you ever had to go without heat? Not relevant.

Do you read about any mythology? (Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, etc) The subject is extremely boring to me, so no.

If you do, do you have any favorite gods/goddesses? No.

Have you ever had to take medication to help you sleep? No, I don’t have problems falling asleep.

Have you ever had to take medication to keep you awake? (Like No-Doz) No, just coffee.

Are you still in touch with the person you lost your virginity with? Nope.

Have you ever had sex with a friend? Technically yeah, but we were also already dating then.

Was it awkward afterward? No, because they had been my partner too.

If not, do you think you could ever have a friend with benefits? Eh, probably not. I don’t really care for sex so the thought of FWBs isn’t something I’ve actively looked for or even considering.

Do you know anybody with more than two nipples? Not in real life.

Do you ever use bath bombs? I only ever bought one once, and that was enough fun. It’s definitely not a necessity.

Do you think it's prettier when the moon is full, or a crescent? I like both, but I guess I like the full moon ever so slightly more.

Have you ever been to a planetarium? Yeah, it was part of our field trip itinerary back in Grade 6, if I’m not mistaken. If not Grade 6 it was Grade 7.

Have you grown to dislike your first email address? Yeah cos what the fuck was that email address and what was I thinking.

What skill that you have do you make most use of? I have to write literally everyday for work and even though it can get tiring, I’m also glad that skill of mine isn’t going to waste or isn’t being hidden.

Do you agree that some people are just not meant to have children? Yes, for sure. I would like to introduce you once again to the Philippines, where parents see their kids as a retirement fund. I am glad to see parental behavior has been gradually shifting with millennials, but Gen X-ers are definitely the worst at parenting.

Do you like wearing wool, or is it too itchy? Idk, I don’t think I’ve ever tried.

Have you ever gotten angry at an employee and complained to the manager? Jesus no. Unless said employee is harassing me and is starting to make me feel unsafe (and I can’t even imagine a world where that could happen), this is completely unnecessary behavior.

Have you ever sent your food back at a restaurant? No lol I just eat it and tip the waiter. Obviously if there’s a health risk, like if my chicken was raw or if I found a bug in my drink I would raise it, but I wouldn’t make a scene and would reassure the crew that it’s no big deal.

Do you think people remember the 90s as better than they actually were? I can’t tell for sure lmao I wasn’t born til ‘98.

What songs bring back happy memories for you? Humble by Kendrick Lamar, No Problem by Chance the Rapper, Sicko Mode by Travis Scott, Mo Bamba by Sheck Wes...that whole genre/sound. Takes me back to the fuuuuuucking fun times I had in college. Are there any smells that bring back happy memories? Not really. I associate my memories more strongly with music and places instead.

#survey #surveys

[torentialtribute]

Max Verstappen, park the insults and show Lewis Hamilton some respect

Maybe Max Verstappen Now you know what greatness defines on a motorcycle race track. He arrived at speed in his rearview mirror at the Hungaroring, a second faster per circuit over the last 19 laps. It was on stage above him. It leads the championship again with an unstoppable margin.

In all likelihood, Verstappen will ever be where Lewis Hamilton is now, but for the moment a little respect is due. Certainly more respect than the young man showed in the run-up to Hamilton's last, remarkable Grand Prix victory.

& # 39; Lewis has won many championships, but that is not great, & # 39; said Verstappen. & # 39; He is undoubtedly one of the best, but to say the best of his generation – maybe it's Fernando Alonso? He could have won seven, eight world titles had been on the right team. & # 39; Well, he could certainly have won a few more.

Max Verstappen (left) must park the insults and Lewis Hamilton a show a little more respect

He could have won the drivers' championship in 2007 when he finished one point behind Kimi Raikkonen, level in second place with his McLaren teammate, a young man from Stevenage in his first F1 season. Alonso was so ready for that internal fight that he left the team, and Hamilton won the championship in a McLaren the following season. Verstappen made it sound like he was lucky.

So do it. If it's that easy, do it. Hamilton did that in 2008 because McLaren did not win the constructors' championship that year. It went to Ferrari, meaning it was the best driver, but not in the best car. That is a rare achievement. Michael Schumacher never did it, nor did Ayrton Senna.

Three drivers have achieved this in the past 33 seasons, and none this century. So if Verstappen implies that the Hamilton & # 39; s cars make him great, he should be reminded why he gets them.

One day Verstappen will be where Hamilton is now. He is a brilliant, exciting talent who will have a choice of teams. And this is because it has been worthy of prov. His performances for Red Bull have shown the great talent on the inside. If Hamilton was tired of the competition and retired, Mercedes would immediately focus on Verstappen as his replacement.

He has proven to be capable of inferior machines and that is how a driver ends up with a good one. What is strange is that this argument must even be strengthened. Verstappen's father, Jos, was an F1 driver. Max was the youngest in F1 history. He is steeped in sport. He knows how it works.

Hamilton hunted the Dutchman Verstappen to win the Hungarian Grand Prix of Sunday

Maybe this was just a bad timing. The world waits head-to-head for a Hamilton-Verstappen. That should only happen a few days after some rather outspoken remarks, and that Hamilton should triumph so dramatically would only increase the feeling of a given lesson.

Hamilton has the best car, yes. Which means he has to win. And the tactical decision of James Vowles, Mercedes' main strategist, was nothing short of brilliant. Hamilton left would not have replaced the tires in Hungary for the second time.

The pit stop left him 19 seconds behind on Verstappen with 20 laps to go. "I didn't think this was a genius, no," Hamilton said later.

But when Verstappen speaks greatness, this is important. Vowles could not have made that change with another driver and guaranteed that result. Few drivers throughout history.

The progress of Verstappen was initially blocked by slower cars, but once he was through that part of the field, Red Bull felt he had more than enough to get home.

Hamilton now has the best car, but he Not when he won the driver champions in 2008

That Hamilton pursued him second, second, round by lap, proves that greatness is not only bestowed by in sit a cockpit and sweep a switch.

It is courage, technical skill, the mind to execute strategy, all the attributes that distinguish Hamilton from the day he started the sport.

Verstappen too. Whether Hamilton was aware of the earlier comments, he was generous in the win. Asked to mark his season so far, he gave himself a high eight, and when Verstappen didn't play with the same question, he gave his rival to nine or high nine for his most recent races.

be fooled. He knows what is coming and who is coming for him. But for now, Hamilton is the biggest racing driver of this generation. Respect is due.

IT IS NOT AN ERROR IF HARRY IS NOT A GRAVE

No doubt if Harry Maguire does not appear at £ 80 million defender in Manchester United The debt of Ed Woodward again.

But what should he do then? If United had paid a little less than the best money, had offered a cent below the best wage, Maguire would have gone to Manchester City.

So Woodward secured a player who, according to rights, should not have signed for Manchester United. Just like he did with Alexis Sanchez, Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba, Fred – all very expensive recruits who have not yet been ignored.

Woodward is said to be not good at his work. At the moment, he seems pretty successful with the only weapon he has. It is the players who are underperforming.

Ed Woodward will shoulder the blame if Harry Magurie is not a hit, but it will not be all his fault

DRINKING WATER IS AT THE END

Danny Drinking Water played not a minute at Chelsea under Maurizio Sarri. He could suffer the same fate this season, with Frank Lampard disconcerted. Drinking water (below) remained at home when Chelsea traveled to Germany this week – but again there is little interest in this window.

In the past, moving to an elite club had a safety net. The chance and the money were of course great attractions, but association with a Champions League club was considered sufficient to secure the next lucrative move, even if the first one failed.

Drinking water, however, seems bewildered. He does not play, so he cannot catch the eye, but his wages would repel any club outside the elite. Once excluded from the team, an elite club is increasingly becoming a dead end. Vincent Janssen, formerly from Tottenham, arrived in Mexico; Manchester City is struggling to give Eliakim Mangala away; and how long was Daniel Sturridge looking for a new direction in Liverpool?

It is more and more reason to look beyond the zeros before the jump is made.

Danny Drinking water appears to be stranded with Frank Lampard not under the impression and no clubs interested

In 2008, Liverpool Liverpool became the Liverpool European cultural city – & # 39; which was a surprise to the mayor of Florence & # 39 ;, as Jimmy Tarbuck had.

Similar thoughts could greet the revelation that the European City of Sport for 2019 is Coventry, where the football team is so well fed that they have started their League A program with a home game against Southend fully played elsewhere . Birmingham, that must be me.

It is assumed that cities apply for European recognition. How one of the managers of Coventry had the gall to write that letter is the real mystery.

SHE IS GOOD, BUT SUPER CUP TOO MUCH, TOO SOON

There were 22 references used in Ligue 1 last in France season and the busiest pair, Antony Gautier and Benoit Bastien, each took 21 competitions in hands.

Another two played 40 games between them, a group of six took 19 games, another five 18, three referred to 17, and The 21st most recalled official game, Jeremy Stinat, took control of 12 teams

None of these officials will refer to the UEFA & # 39; s Super Cup next week. For that role, UEFA has chosen an official who played two games in Ligue 1 last season, and none before – but because Stephanie Frappart is a woman and a pioneer, this decision was made almost without comment. Just as it would be if UEFA gave the job to, for example, Premier League official Andy Madley – Robert's older brother – who also referred to two top flying competitions in 2018-19.

Let's clarify one thing immediately. Women can organize men's competitions. Many have and very successful. The presence of a female assistant referee at the Premier League match is no longer a problem. Nobody makes grim old jokes about not knowing the offside rule anymore – not even if the Cameroonian team clearly didn't know during the Women's World Cup this summer. The game has evolved. Experience at elite level? That is another matter.

Stephanie Frappart is a good referee, but she should not be in charge of the UEFA Super Cup

It is unusual to have a referee, male or female, with two games of elite men's football experience who is responsible for a European final. Frappart (below) is clearly an exceptional official because she has remained on the Ligue 1 list this season, the first woman to make that move.

She is also a very experienced referee in the women's game and recently took charge of the World Cup Final in Lyon. Yet this is a definitive prestige between Liverpool and Chelsea, which is handled by a referee whose experience with what is comparable to a comparable standard, certainly physically, amounts to two games.

. Given the difference in speed of the game and the players, the background of Frappart in women's football is comparable to that of Madley in competitions outside the Premier League. However, he would not be eligible for the UEFA Super Cup performance, regardless of how many championship matches he had collected.

An undisputed sports convention is that elite judges, referees or referrals must gain experience in elite competitions. When Madley took charge of Cardiff's match against Watford last December, Neil Warnock Andre Marriner held a well-off position as fourth official, leaving the match in the hands of a & # 39; trainee & # 39 ;. This week in Edgbaston, The wisdom of having the least experienced ICC referee, Joel Wilson, who mentions one of Cricket's greatest occasions, has been relentlessly exposed.

Andy Madley has similar top flight experience as Frappart, but he would & # 39 ; is considered

And UEFA seems to have attached importance to experience in the past. The Super Cup final of last season was settled by the Polish Szymon Marciniak whose c.v. including 23 Champions League matches, 18 Europa League matches, nine World Cup matches and seven European championship matches. He was the referee when Juventus Barcelona played in the quarterfinals of the Champions League 2017; he took the lead over Germany against Sweden at the World Cup in Russia.

He was not a rookie and under no additional pressure as an appointment in the left field.

Frappart & two matches in Ligue 1 last year, resulting in an average of 4.5 yellow cards per game, the highest total of an official in that season. Were her competitions particularly lawless? Did she not take nonsense or did she compensate too much? Her bosses must be happy because she is back, but also to get one of only three UEFA club finals this season is not a logical next step. Frappart was a good referee at the Women's World Cup and there is no reason to believe that she will not be back in Istanbul next week. Yet, as Madley was with Cardiff, she is new. And if Madley had received the call from UEFA, it would certainly not have succeeded without comment.

AT LEAST PREMIER LEAGUE IS A TWO-HORSE RACE

Some neutrals seem a bit despondent after seeing the Community Shield, thinking that the title race will be played again between Manchester City and Liverpool. Maybe so, but is that so bad?

These are two excellent teams that have even breathed life into what can be a dying season opener. And there is no guarantee that competition will not come from elsewhere.

Tottenham has improved and was already on the point of contention; maybe Manchester United also gets a song from their new acquisitions. Meanwhile, on Saturday, Celtic opened their campaign with a 7-0 win over St Johnstone, which ended comfortably at the mid-table last season. Now that is daunting.

CRICKET DOES NOT NEED MP'S ADVICE

ECB President Colin Graves and Chief Executive Tom Harrison are questioned by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on how they intend to build on the success of the Cricket World Cup. Expect the usual guff over free-to-air television from bandwagon jumpers such as President Damian Collins.

Undoubtedly, the committee will have a long list of clever ideas about how the ECB will compensate for the huge investment shortage if they are forced to reject Sky.

British parliamentarians are known for their sharp minds, that is why Brexit has such a breeze to solve. What is special is why someone is totally in favor of appearing before DCMS committees, given that Dominic Cummings (below) has said so well that during a referendum campaign they are full of fake news research, and now one of the most powerful is men in the country as prime minister's advisor.

Given that England has won the World Cup, it can certainly be said that Graves and Harrison have fulfilled their duties in recent years with considerably more success than the parliament.

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