The level of trust it requires to pull such move is immense. Seldom are those who would trust each other to do so, and clearly, CarLando is one of those rare pairs. š„
I've been seeing some takes about how what Lando and Carlos did was unsportsmanlike and that weāre already dealing with RBR and AT being sister teams and we donāt need unaffiliated teams to start acting like they do, and that is it hadnāt been Lando then Carlos wouldāve just done the same thing with someone else.
I call bullshit.
Something like this would have NEVER worked with Carlos and another driver. Why? Because the bond and understanding between Lando and Carlos is on another level. They know each other so well and that's why it worked. They're former teammates, they shared everything back in McLaren when it came to data and the way they drive.
They know each other so well.
I donāt even think people who are outside of the Carlando bubble actually realise this. Carlando isnāt just a work bromance made up for likes on IG and more engagement from fans. They care for each other, respect each other, love each other. They are collageus but thatās not what they truly are. They are friends, I might even go as far to say theyāre the racing equivalent of soulmates.
Those saying that Carlos wouldn't have done it with anyone else are right. He doesn't have that level of trust in anyone else. It was amazing to see them understand each other without actually talking to each other. Carlos more than deserved that win after such a genius strategy that he came up with himself.
No one else deserved the P1 because no one else came close to his mentality all weekend.
Louder, please! š„¹
No but Rosberg though⦠pretty son of a world champion racer (so pretty that the rest treated him like a girl and used the nickname āBritneyā as an insult)⦠the weight of expectations on his shoulders⦠becoming best friends with the man who would go on to become THE F1 supernova while they were both still sweet little boys⦠having to reccon with that as they grew and not knowing how⦠the relationship turning sour publicly for the whole world to pick apart and laugh at⦠getting constantly compared to the four āonce-in-a-generationā talents racing in his years (Lewis, Seb, Kimi, Alonso) and always coming up wanting⦠Michael Schumacher publicly rejecting him in favour of his wünderkind Seb⦠no wonder this man almost killed himself to win that world championship (to prove to himself and to the world that he could, despite everything) and then immediately dipped. I have to admire his drive and mental strength, regarless of what anyone might say of him.
If this aināt brocedes, then I donāt know what better to call them š„¹
this excerpt means everything to me you donāt understand
from The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano, 2008
thats not how you use tags
how do u suggest I use them then? :)
Putting this here for anyone else who appreciates Brocedes. š„¹š©µ
CarLando - more than friends, a lot more ā¤ļøš§”
carlos's radio message of ā gap to lando every lap" and carlos intentionally slowing down just enough to keep lando within drs range , lando understanding the signal. when told by his race engineer about the gap (0.8) carlos goes like ā it's on purpose ā. do you understand how much coordination, trust and intimacy you have to have with THAT driver to have that amount of telepathy with? like. nobody apart from CarLando could pull that off. i repeat, nobody else.
Nico - JBās greatest certainty and his biggest what-if š„¹š¤
he is the last of your motorhome boys from the summer of ā08 written by:Ā rosbergs (insp)
(his faith was strong but he needed proof)
Sainz Sr. spoke about Lando to skysports and itās so sweet š„²
"He's, first of all, a super driver, and, more important, he's a nice person - it is a pleasure always to spend time with him, to play golf with him.
"I know he's a good friend of Carlos, and in that circle, I am a little bit closer to him - he's a super guy and super intelligent.
"He's, for sure, one of the best drivers out there, and it is just a matter of time [before he takes victory], and I'm sure when it comes [the opportunity], he will grab it, and it will be great for him and all the fans."
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12964357/carlos-sainz-sr-lando-norris-first-formula-1-grand-prix-win-is-a-matter-of-time
š„¹š„¹š„¹ Thank you for sharing with me!
They are? Sebastian, is this the confirmation we didnāt know we needed? š³š¤§
when did seb call nico and lewis a couple? š
first sorry for the very delayed response, trying to find the interview back was a task for no reason other than i can't read apparently
At this point, according to some braindead fans, even breathing is a crime when you're Carlos Sainz. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to change my career path to a lawyer because as a CS55 fan, defending Carlos has become an hourly job.
"He is not a team player"/"He is selfish"- you go sit in an F1 car, try to compete at 300kmph+, do your best to make up places, all while racing for your fucking career, and then come lecture me about being a team player. Like what the fuck is he supposed to do? Just let others pass him? Are we even watching the same sport?
In racing, you either fight or you fall behind. Nobody likes to fall behind without a fight.
Carlos raced, fought, earned those places and got that podium. And he won't be apologizing for that.
Wanna know why Silver War happened? This team. Thatās the answer. š
https://x.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1712472853151666446?s=20 the first photo on this tweet literally crops him out he's standing on lewis's right in the full version... at this point do you think they have some agreement (with lewis?) that they're not supposed to mention him?
you see lewis won 2014 constructors all by himself there was no other mercedes driver who won 317 points to lewis' 384. Mercedes' 700 points in constructors? who knows where it came from.......
I don't think the team have any explicit agreement with lewis, but rather they just want to make it seem like their current driver is the only one who took that team to greatness all by himself