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Oh fuck my life, Donald Trump is planning on going to the Miami GP 😬😬😬

#oh God no #f1 #2024 miami gp #Makes me think of the awful Putin cool down rooms

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People need to understand that you will see the takes from the people you follow and they'll reblog from the people they follow. I have also not seen that narrative because I don't follow a lot blogs that talk about brocedes and because I'll unfollow people if they takes are wrong/boring to me. Curate your dash loves!

That's why I keep saying you need to give me context when you send me asks because sometimes we think what we read on the internet is what everyone on the internet reads and it's not the case. I actually see brocedes content on my dash frequently but I still never saw anyone victimize Nico or anything about a possible apology or whatever, actually quite the opposite of that? I've mostly seen Nico demonized and blamed for the whole thing.

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Nahh it’s the constant victimization of Nico as this long and suffering ex husband and painting lewis as one who misses his Nico but is too arrogant to apologize just cuz he refuses to mention his name in public which to me looks like a boundary he’s setting. if it’s true that lewis apologized then why is that period still talked about like this. That’s how germans talk is not going to cut it everytime. Maybe you’ll say well Nico doesn’t have to accept the apology okay but where’s Nico’s own apology cuz if we really want to get into the blame game…

Whether or not it’s in Lewis’ nature or just his position, Lewis throughout his career hasn’t had the luxury of being a dirty racer and then he had to be that person. Lewis had his dick moments but there’s growth and reflection and while i wouldn’t argue that he still occasionally has dick moments he’s clearly outgrown that version.

Maybe I too watched that era through a biased lens but these are real people and now we’re blurring the lines between facts, one side’s stories and painting a full picture with fantasy and maybe that’s how hybrid fandoms work but i can’t help but wonder if people who romanticize (is that the right english word?) that period even like lewis.

Also Spinz, lewis’ actual friend whacks nico every 3-5 business days on his socials. I think it’s obvious where they stand lol

I'm very confused because I don't think I've ever seen this narrative around and you're talking about it like it's the most common thing lol I have no idea what you're talking about tbh

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all this talk around max potentially moving to mercedes and tbh even the talk around newey leaving could all just be rumors spread by the anti-horner side of the power struggle inside redbull to put pressure on horner.

I mean. I think the power struggle thing is a bit much but they are still rumours for now. And I will say again I'd be shocked if Max decided to leave now.

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The 2016 era.. it’s very irksome that even mercedes engineers said well Nico was the clever/more technical driver because he idk studied engineering but he never got to finish or something while lewis always gave layman feedback that wasn’t helpful in relation to nico being able to setup his car better at the beginning of the season over lewis. even with that narrative surely there’s a translator that can convey whatever lewis was trying to say. it’s said so much that even i started to think it might be cuz it seemed like lewis struggled with setting up the car (tho it may have just been him again throwing setups at the car as james vowels said until he felt comfortable and/or found the limit tho that also doesn’t jive with the whole one driver having a setup on friday and then whole thing being erased to the other driver’s setup is copied come quali).

off topic; people who talk about setups in the w15 as an excuse or something i think underestimate how much it impacts a driver but cuz lewis is a very good driver he’s able to compensate for losses of bad setups however now, with this unpredictable car, merc has sort of limited him.

I do have a lot of notes about this year lol. Obviously we don’t know lewis, no one really does, i’m seeing a lot of controversy about that pairing these days and i don’t want to enter that discussion at all or upset any fandom, you do you, but it’s a bit annoying how to this day nico and people believe that nico still knows the ins and outs of lewis. That was almost a decade ago, am watching it and you know how much lewis has grown from then?? obviously he knows him to an extent, somethings never change and Nico does chat a lot of shit and sometimes facts, he’s allowed to give his opinion on who he thinks lewis is but to pretend that using a 2016 lewis he’s able to give a correct assessment of a 40yr old lewis is just delusional imho.

Anon there's a lot of information here and I'm struggling to make sense of it tbh

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My whole dash is somehow full of people just sending love to each other and that's very cute good job to you all

#I've just said goodbye to my friends but it helps keep my heart warm on the way back home #off topic

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https://x.com/junaidsamodien_/status/1783885751408570379?s=46&t=gE0C5rbbTrCEQr2Yeerjcg what odds do we give to this story being true?

I mean I'm sure Toto / Merc want to meet them. It doesn't really mean anything by itself or even if they do meet, though.

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Signing Hulkenberg over a race winner Valterri is definitely a choice. (Assuming they’re going for the Hulk/Carlos lineup). I’m not going to pretend i can create the best lineup with what’s left of the grid and i try (but fail on occasions) not to rate drivers in midfield teams cuz sometimes you just don’t know what car will bring out their potential but Haas/Ferraris have imo always been good qualifying cars and bad in the race. The fact that Nico is able to extract that, idk should that be your metric over an actual race winner? A driver that has proven he can with all things considered take it to Hamilton?? you’re trying to reconstruct a team with a driver who’s never been on the podium?? while his mates in force india have been able to take theirs to the podium (Prerez, Ocon, Stroll) am i being harsh idk😭 maybe i haven’t been paying attention but I’ve never heard praise for Nico’s race craft or tire management or whatever skills just that he’s a good qualifier and i can see that but surely that’s not enough. idk maybe if you make a good car at the end of the day it wouldn’t really matter having at best good drivers.

We don't know for a fact that he's being signed over Valtteri + keep in mind that (unfortunately?) results aren't the only metric by which they choose their drivers.

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i guess it’s fun to speculate about Adrian Newey but people keep forgetting the man is old😭 and in my opinion he’s too old to even be a magical solution for whatever team he may transfer to without taking his team along with him. It’s easier to slap a name on the success of a car/team but Adrian Newey alone isn’t going to Aston Martin or Ferrari to build them an RB20. He’s one of the highest paid employees, money isn’t his problem. if he’s leaving he’s going to design road cars or something and i guess he can do that in Aston Martin and stay in the UK so. that’s literally the only plausible option.

Ferrari tried to recruit him before but failed and so did mercedes i think. This is probably all part of Red bull power struggle; now including threats of leaving.

The only thing i can think of for ferrari is someone pointed out in feb that john and Fred must’ve told Lewis something for him to change his mind last minute so maybe it was that they’ll get him Adrian. but even then i don’t think Lewis Made this drastic change for one engineer without the certainty that he’ll produce a winning car just in time before he retires (as successful as Adrian is, he’s failed before, in fact he failed before Red bull finally benefitted from the ground effect). whatever happens it’ll be exciting but winning and adrian newey are not mutually exclusive. If he wants to challenge himself he should go to williams. build them an RB20 on excel

What do you mean he's too old lmaooo 😭 Don't get me wrong I know he's close to retirement and I fully agree building a car isn't a one-man job but you don't just lose your skills when you reach 65? The last 4 cars he's worked on at his grand age have won championships?

Also define failure. Not all cars that don't win championships are failures, a lot of them are very good cars, it's just that another car is even better. RedBull has been competitive for years. Their 2021 car was competitive enough for Max to win, before ground effect.

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Just realised I had a job interview on zoom the other day and they could probably see the BottASS calendar in the background.........

#tbf not clearly like they would have had to actively look at the background to see it #but still #untagged

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Hulkenberg has had such a weird career path, and out of all the drivers you could predict would be in F1 nearing his forties I don’t think he’d be one (he’ll turn 39 in 2026)

Like he joined F1 in 2010, didn’t have a drive in 2011, then got a seat for 2012, moved around a bit and then lost his seat at the end of 2019. Had a couple of reserve appearances, comes back in 2023, and now in 2025/2026 he’ll be at a proper world team

#it's so weird fr #f1 #nico hulkenberg #2024 silly season

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Kinda sets the bar and expectations for Audi imo

#f1 #2024 #2024 silly season

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#f1 #2024 #2024 silly season

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mmh let’s see. the most likely options imo are ferrari, aston, retirement or mercedes as a distant fourth. in favour of ferrari we have the fact that he said his only regrets are not working with lewis, alonso and ferrari, and with this he would achieve two at once. for aston we have working with alonso, the fact that they had a confirmed meeting not that long ago and the hypercars projects (but i guess ferrari could offer those as well?). oh and the fact that he wouldn’t have to move countries. same for merc, except they recently have extended allison’s contract, didn’t they? plus i have a feeling that if newey went there max would be willing to follow him. but it would be funny if he went to a team no one expects, like mclaren. i mean i could see that happening.

First of all I need confirmation that he's leaving for real.

If he is, then imo Ferrari is actually the least likely option. Retirement is definitely a possibility but I wouldn't know if he feels like he's done with F1 and ready to leave. Joining a UK based team not too far from the Redbull HQ makes more sense than moving to Italy at 65.

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why did merc apologize for the lock up in their debrief?? it’s a driver’s error and lewis already took responsibility for that. idk what the plan is for their pr here?? is it cuz they’ve already taken a lot of heat

They didn't. They took responsibility for the tricky car + not insisting more on Lewis taking a similar approach to George's which allowed him to do two laps instead of Lewis's one.

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Am I the only one thinking it’s still incredibly unlikely that Newey goes to Ferrari? I just don’t want to be let down so I’m managing my expectations lol but I do see Aston or retirement as very possible options

I really don't know. All I could think of is if he goes to Mercedes I'm gonna lose my shit.

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The streets are saying an ironic amount of us on Motorsports tumblr don't have a driver's license

For science, I just wanna know how many of you are being the funniest person alive when you say, "wowwww, does this dude even know how to drive?!"

Reblog to increase sample size 🤝

#I don't have a license and don't plan on getting one #I don't need it #The public transportation here is very good #off topic