Haas

Haas

As much as Haas is a trash team they do have the social media admins like Ferrari in a sense where their Social Media team is what saves them. They know what the people want and they give it to them. Mick thirst trap, check. Gunther merch, check. Top quality Twitter memes, check.

So my personal opinion is just that he was talking about the whole P*quet family and those who stand with them, and I think that when they did the we race as one and Max fully participated in the campaign (even though it was a requirement for all drivers to part take and post) that he saw that as subtle way of Max condemning them ( the P*quets) with out actually destroying his relationship. This also feeds into the fact that Danny has bordering narcissistic tendencies and will usually just take what he thinks as fact. Although to certain degree I think that if this was the case that he also knows he is bordering on delusional but just wants to keep believing, because he's an optimist and likes having Max as a friend and so he just wants to only see the best in him even when there's nothing there to see anymore.

Huh @ the maxiel break-up theory. When I saw that statement, I was like: wow maxiel dead in the water. But then... it wasn't? At least not from Daniel's side. And that makes it odd to me. "Is no friend of mine" is such a strong thing to say. You don't say it about strangers, anonymous bullies. It's *personal*. But then... he kept on acting the same towards Max? Kept praising him in any case. Tbh, I feel like Max was already acting more distant before that, but maybe he did read it that way too? And kept his distance even more? It's true that statement wasn't ever dissected by fandom (because of the context, obviously, you can't simply turn it into a fanon thing and ignore the underlying issues), but it mostly makes Daniel's behaviour since very odd to me. Who are the people who aren't his friends? Kelly?????? Please.

your guess is as good as mine and probably even better

"no friends of mine" "if it's not me I'm glad it's him" who knows what a goes on in the mind of the honey badger

Brocedes, The build up and The blow up

So part 2 of my Brocedes essay. I saw a question of what sort of mind games Nico played and how bad were they that Lewis refuses to speak his name even 6 years after. A topic of conversation I never saw however was HOW Nico learned these mind games. Nico learned all of those by being put through them. Every team mate he has has left him mentally damaged from Mark Webber, to Michael Schumacher, to finally Lewis Hamilton. Mark was the one who popularized the nickname Brittany which lead to a lot of people calling Nico, the derogatory name that was given to him, as a punchline. Michael, often referred to as the Mind Games Warrior, using unorthodox and at times borderline cruel tactics to throw Nico off. Lewis making backhanded comments and using micro-aggression in his statements that although to most seem utterly normal and unassuming, he and Nico both knew that there was underlying malice. The mind games were never one sided Nico was just always more open about them. This is why I think that retirement was not only the best decision for Nico's mental health but also a final 'FU' to Lewis. By leaving on a high he never gave Lewis the chance to beat him to prove that he is the better driver, he just left. Lewis beat all his other competitors, Fernando, Jenson, Sebastian, but not Nico, never Nico. When Max beat him he had the excuse of it was taken from him unfairly, Max won through cheating. (I personally do not share the same sentiment however.) With Nico however he won fair and square, in equal machinery. The fans were rooting for Lewis, the team was rooting for Lewis, But Nico won. That is why Lewis never speaks Nico's name, because of the self disappointment that comes with it. Nico was and to this day still is the only person to ever make Lewis Hamilton doubt himself.

Kimi

Kimi didn't start to look old until he rejoined Ferrari, and not to say that he looks old but he just looked so young before that like he looked so young.

God what's next a VR game from Matt's POV?

Matt Murdock + love at first sight?

boy do I have some news for you

Brocedes

Such an overrated conversation topic I know but I just needed to talk about it cause I keep seeing it. Ok, first off if you didn’t know Lewis and Nico were besties growing up because of their circumstances but ended up with an absolutely destroyed non-existent relationship after Lewis joins Mercedes. Personally for me this is one the saddest stories in F1 history because of the backstory behind it but was also a long time coming. Lewis and Nico became unlikely friends due to circumstances mostly because of the prejudice of other people. Nico for being the rich only son of a Formula 1 world champion, a very important one at that, and also looking very feminine. Lewis on the other hand for being a poor no name black kid in a white and expensive sport. Both being the same age and living in Europe were constantly competing with one another and seeing how the other was treated, they became friends. They constantly helped one another and pushed one another up until finally in the 2006 season they both debut in Formula 1. (Although Lewis makes his official F1 debut the year after in 2007.) They would both find themselves at opposite ends however, with Lewis only in his 2nd year becoming the youngest driver to ever become a world champion at the time, and being the only driver of color to this day to ever do so. Nico on the other side of things was barely getting by and scraping points while constantly being ridiculed along the way for how he looked. And the sad part was that not only were other drivers doing it but Lewis was too. His oldest and most trusted confidant being the very person to make fun of him and publicly humiliate him ultimately only hurting him further. I think this is why it was a long time coming when they just got to the point of hating each other by 2016, because it was all that pent up pain and little resentments piling on with the stress and hardships all coming to a head and bubbling over into one of the most bittersweet seasons of F1.