Me; No I Will No Longer Stress About Formula 1.

While people are complaining about F1 “tiring” the drivers out by “forcing” them to stand on stage for an hour at 8 PM EST, throw hats and say their government names, please know that there are actually real issues surrounding the Miami Grand Prix that don’t have to do with the fake marina or the inconsequential beach area lol?

Here is a good thread on the racism embedded in the Miami GP. They originally wanted to hold it along Biscayne Bay but that was immediately axed by the rich (white) citizens as it would be held on public property. Instead, it was moved to Miami Gardens without the consent of the neighborhood as it is private property and one of the organizers of the GP also owns Hard Rock Stadium. As the thread says, most of the tourism money being made from the GP will not go to the black people whose community is being upended for the weekend but rather towards richer, whiter areas like South Beach, Brickell, Downtown, etc.

just a reminder in case anyone needs to hear it: you do not need to understand every single technical aspect about f1 regardless of gender it doesn’t make you any less of a fan. if you don’t watch every single practice session or qualifying or race you are still a fan of f1. if you watch it because you think the cars look pretty or you love the gay subtext or you think some driver has great hair or whatever it is you watch f1 for you are not any less of a fan. not everything has to be so deep all of the time.

It’s the same picture

lando norris is like strawberry ice cream, it's not meant for everybody, but it's the sweetest thing you'll ever taste

It’s funny how every week, you pick up on something Lando says and twist his words just to make him the villain of your story.

LANDO.EXE

the thing about matilda is that it not only says that it's okay to let it go, but it also acknowledges that all the bad things happened to you even though you don't deserve it. and i love it, because it's so easy to say 'you're okay. you can let it go' but sometimes you also need to talk about it to be okay. 'you talk of the pain like it's all alright, but i know that you feel like a piece of you is dead inside'. because that's what we usually do, we immediately supress our feelings and put a brave face on because we need to carry on with our lives and it's such a weight on our shoulders, but we still try to weather it out. and we act like it's no big deal, like we're not surprised the bad stuff happened because we're so used to things not going our way that we're almost resigned to it. and then, after acknowledging all of this, after admitting how all the things that happened to you weren't right, then you can let it go. you can create a life of your own, where you're the one in control, where you get to choose where you want to go. it's like holding in a scream for the longest time ever and only ever softly sighing but reaching a point where you're just. screaming into the void. and it hits you that you're finally free of the dead weight. that you're gonna be alright. you can let it go.

round 2 baby

signing a contract that says drivers/personnel passports will be confiscated at race refusal is so beyond sickening and can’t just be looked as an oversight from f1. and i’m pretty sure FOM probably didn’t share that information with the drivers/teams when they agreed the track contract. just another case of money meaning more to f1 bosses than the lives of the people who actually make their sport happen.

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