Can't stop laughing at this photo of Alonso waiting for Bortoleto to stop hugging his girlfriend after winning the F2 championship
the yuki-liam dynamic is hilarious to me. they're bros, but not in a 'we're such close friends we consider each other family' way, in a 'you're so annoying and i would never choose to hang out with you but i guess let's not fight while mum and dad (horner and marko) are watching' way
Pierre: "No power"
Engineer: "You're fine"
Pierre: "N̵͉͕̙̮͈͎̦͚̺̰̭̺̘̉̔ͅƠ̵̢̧͖͕̳̣͕̘̰ͅͅ ̴̯̳̺͕̿̚P̸̧͈̟̺̩͚̤̠̹̻̫͒̊͛̋̅͋̓̆͂̿̍̀̈͘Ơ̸̡̢͎̳̥̣̺̤͇̼̠̗̗̑̎͊̀́͒̽͑̈́͠͝͠Ẁ̵̟̲͈͚̥̯̬̖̗͊̈̀̉̊́̈̆͘̕Ȩ̴̪̝͍͎̑̚ͅR̵̢̻͍̠͗̋̎̑̈́̀́͒̚̕͠"
*engine explodes*
YUKI TSUNODA P3 QUALI IN BRAZIL!!
they done tuned my driver into a catboy
Is there even A NORMAL RELATIONSHIP in the paddock?
**contains all those dramatic relationships in the paddock
please enjoy!
me in vc: "bro imagine being stuck between two Saubers in 2024. if I was Yuki I'd be fuming rn"
Yuki:
not to say he's predictable but.... fork found in kitchen
Oh ok so it turns out ive been borrowing grief from the future ! it turns out ive been preparing to lose the things i love rather than basking in the light of them while they last. Maybe i should nt do that
I need everyone upset about Liam's promotion to understand that it had nothing to do with him being better/worse than Yuki. Yuki outperformed him. Yuki deserved the chance. BUT Yuki is not a Redbull driver. He is a Honda driver. He has no loyalty to Redbull and that is why he did not get a chance next to Max. It's not that he didn't deserve it. It's pure business.
Redbull are ending their relationship with Honda. They are creating their own engines. It's likely seen as a big liability to Redbull to have Yuki actively involved in any tests or even near anything involving the 2026 engine.
This is not an attack on Yuki or his character or anything like that, so please do not take it that way. But, Yuki's loyalty to a different engine manufacturer is a major risk to any new manufacturer like the Ford/Redbull powertrain. You just never know. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve a good drive, but Yuki's loyalty will forever be to Honda (as it should) and that poses a lot of risks for Redbull.
Once again, I am not commenting on Yuki's character or making assumptions about him when I say this, but there are a lot of big concerns if he gets promoted. He could ditch them for Aston immediately because Honda asks, he could share information about the new engine to Honda, or he could give questionable feedback that negatively impacts the new powertrain. Maybe he wouldn't do these things. But if there's even the most miniscule potential that he could, it would make any team hesitant. F1 is rampant with cheating allegations and questionable tactics to win. The teams will want to protect themselves in any eventuality. And that is what's working against Yuki so greatly.
Yuki has proven to be a very competent driver over the past year, but let's not forget that he nearly lost his seat in 2023 and the rumored reason he stayed is due to Honda. He owes his career to Honda, not Redbull. And at the end of the day, that's his main flaw within this team. It's not his driving. It's not his temper. It's not anything else. It's purely who he is aligned to poltically in the racing world. Is that fair? No. Is that how racing works? Unfortunately, yes.
Yuki's mom's phone background omg