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I'm crying 😭😭😭🤌🤌

ok but the history of Oscar noticing changes to Lando’s appearance !!! the way Oscar stares and smiles and even tho it’s supposedly meant as teasing, he never follows it up with any kind of jokey insult and it ends up as pigtail pulling attention that Lando absolutely loves. the fact that Oscar doesn’t do the Staring or the Noticing with anyone else in his life except for his literal girlfriend. that there’s no way he or someone around him hasn’t noticed the hearteyes jokes made about him all over sm since like early 2023 but he has no interest in stopping - or just can’t stop himself idk which is better ???

but esp how he pets his own hair and then the two of them just breathlessly giggle and beam at each other likEEEEE I can’t get over how Not Blokey or overtly masculine they are w each other ??? like Lando will slip a bit into cabron/mate/dude behavior w friends who are more blokey like how he’ll trade play punches w Carlos and Daniel or he’ll put his chin up and pull out the crude jokes w guys he’s less comfy with - Oscar mostly just withdraws a bit and lets his voice get deeper and more monotone. they don’t do much ! but around each other they aren’t physically aggressive and treat the physical space between each other like spring break middle school crushes, they giggle, they don’t take any funny jabs at each other or and even their play-bickering is followed by breathless giggles. but esp w how things like ‘you seem uncertain’ and ‘I was uncertain of trying it’ like they’re just chatting about the why’s and how’s of Lando’s haircut the same way they’ll get wrapped up in talking about their new driver spaces (the new couch/bed, the new door, etc) or the snacks they have to try and they kinda forget to play for the audience bc they just want to comfortably toss around the minutiae between each other bc it’s nice! and calm! and reassuring! it makes them smile and giggle and be quieter than the raucous alphas mucking about out there in the paddock!

esp with Oscar’s active listening (and GOD I’ve loved seeing how much Lando has learned he loves that about Oscar after he was a bit unsure and thrown by it early in 2023)

Lando is telling a little story about himself and Oscar is paying close attention - like he always has paid close attention to details like stories Lando told on stream years ago and a moment between Lando and MaxF from a year prior and immediately knowing the year Lando got his maiden podium - and even when Lando starts talking about his curl pattern Oscar is invested and it’s silly but it’s a thing !! and they giggle and oh that’s the end of the video just them talking about Lando’s curls and giggling :3 no taglines, no wacky moments, nothing to get social media fired up about. just them quietly chatting in their half-sleepy little voices!

but like Lando’s dimples are so deep you could fall into them and he’s wriggling delightedly on his little butt and twirling his fingers in his curls and looking up at Oscar through his lashes and Oscar is leaning back all easy and relaxed and smiling big big big like he does in the mirror selfies with Lily and goddddd they’re so unusual and sweet and killing what’s left of my sanity w each tiny video under one minute

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video sources: one two three four

Strollonso is essentially people thinking Lance had daddy issues because he has a track record with older men but then they realize that he actually has an amazing relationship with his father, he just really likes old men

Love this necklace

unstoppable force (fearless bisexual max verstappen) vs immovable object (gay panic stricken daniel ricciardo)

Interviewer: where would you take Max on a date, Daniel?

Daniel, immediately sweating: oh woah a FRIENDLY date!!! As FRIENDS!!!! We’re competitors!!!! We can’t DATE-

Max: ✨🥰✨I want to go to your farm, Daniel 🥰🥰❤️❤️ and we can go dirt bike racing 🥺❤️🥰❤️🎀 and then not go to the next four races ❤️❤️🥰 cause we’re together 🥰🥰🥰🥰 and you broke your collarbone 😈😈😈

shout out to the 🧍 emoji. it conveys so much. no other way to truly explain the emotion you get when you feel like🧍

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri play Hide-and-Seek

Oscar looks beautiful in his new Esquire spread. but you know what angers me? the amount of fucking airbrushing. because you know what he has in real life? acne. and freckles. and there’s nothing wrong with either of those things - not as a model, not as an athlete. and yet there is not a freckle or a blemish in sight.

put them back! let people have skin! he is stunning the way he is, he didn’t need his skin polished to twilight vampire levels of smoothness.

this has me just as aggravated as when magazines edit out Verstappen’s lip freckle.

it’s 2024, why are we still denying the fact that people have skin?!

"you came" "I never left"

omg omg oMG OMGGGGG O.M.G

OP81 GIRLIES RISE UP AND THANK ESQUIRE AUSTRALIA

Sometimes, it's top!Lando...

Sometimes, it's top!Oscar

Landoscar are verse, visual proofs.

spot the difference (EXTREMELY HARD)

I need to know the story of the chili plushie

because in the car it looks like charles had it and then gave it to carlos?

and then when they're entering the paddock charles throws it to carlos

but then while they're walking in the paddock charles has it again?

so who gave the plushie to whom and who has it now or are they sharing custody of the chili

oh they already married?

Lando Piastri

how i feel 24/7, but especially during races

Oscar : Lando annoyed me today so I told him that I can’t wait to see what he has planned for our special day tomorrow.

Logan : o-kay?

Oscar : there is nothing special about tomorrow.

Oscar : but there is something special about watching the colour leave his face as panic takes over...

Logan : ....

Logan : you're evil

Oscar : oooh I know *smiles happily*

I would never condone watching F1 for free without subscribing to those expensive, corporate streaming sites that make millions from advertising other corporations.

And I would never condone clicking on this link to watch F1 pre-season testing and all the free practices, qualifying and races.

Don’t click on this link.

JOKES! Fuck that, free for all is what I say. No one should miss out on F1 because it’s expensive to watch.

Just to be clear…this is the link I am talking about. It streams F1 for free. FREE!

just thinking about lando feeling like it has been years since him and oscar have been teammates when in fact it's only been one season.

and how comfortable and easy their partnership must be for someone like lando to feel that way so quickly.

there is such a deep rooted respect between them, as teammates, as racing drivers, as people. it's like they were made to find each other. i hope it never changes.

everyone says they remember where they were when princess diana died, when 9/11 happened, when jfk was assassinated… i will remember where i was when i found out lewis hamilton was going to ferrari.

This last week has been something

I need y'all to know that I discovered the secret to happiness is just writing the extremely cringe fic you want to read so bad yourself. It doesn't matter if you're a good writer or not or how ridiculous or crack your idea is- if it makes you happy, just write that F1 RPF fic where a world champion title winner is a cat shapeshifter and his team principal basically adopts him as a son and also barn cat for the winter. Who gives a shit- this is for me and me alone, and y'all will just get it fed to you like I am the old man on the park bench with cat!Max Verstappen flavored bird seed and y'all are my pigeons- I don't give a fuck anymore, I'm truly free <3

Toto: Lewis isn't answering his phone. Sebastian: I'll call him. Valterri: We've both tried several times, he won't- Lewis, answering his phone: Hello?

charles is a PR genius. and here's how he's trying to slowly rebrand his persona to strenghten his personal brand:

recently, especially after the triple header, you could notice charles had a period of time when he distanced himself from ferrari and clearly changed his public statements about his goals. he went from saying he wants to win with ferrari to saying that at his core, he just wants to win. and that he would leave ferrari if he didn't believe the project.

he also changed the way he communicated with fans, through social media. you can notice the change of wording in his post descriptions:

both posts are from the same year, but the wording is now different. he refused to use the ferrari branding and stopped using the typical ferrari-PR wording he was conditioned to use.

fast forward, he started interracting with ferrari by abu dhabi and seemed to be finally happy with the direction the team was taking. however, he still managed to build something from this anti-ferrari period -- the slow rebrand from being "charles, the ferrari driver" to "charles, the f1 driver".

charles is slowly, but surely working to increase the value of his personal brand to possibly gain more negotiating power, and other bonuses that come with having a strong personal brand not tied to any team in particular.

in general, the goal would be to outgrow the team so you are known as an individual athlete, not just someone who drives for the particular team and has their identity tied to the team only.

he also signed with WME for advertisement purposes, he started wearing his personal clothing brand CLACE again after ferrari banned him to do so. he clearly regained more confidence in what he can do as an athlete within the contract (that's usually very limiting from ferrari's pov).

how does he otherwise work on his personal brand? relatability. charles is a gen z child first and foremost, he knows parasocial relationships play a huge role on social media. he works on side personal projects like the LA vlog -- the vlog that had little to do with racing but still showed charles completely SUCK at basketball.

why would you include it, you may ask? it makes him relatable, it makes his personality more interersting. more fun.

his first public post from winter training then was him falling

why did he post that? well, a) he's a silly guy. but more importantly, b) he's not crafting up a perfect PR image, he's aiming for being relatable, showcasing more of his personality. he wants to stand out as an individual in the sea of other f1 drivers who posted more pre-planned content during their winter training.

in the LA vlog he also left in a little dig at carlos. why? because he can. he also used his twitter likes to like controversial things that ferrari wouldn't let him say. he very much knows how to navigate online spaces and how to create more boundaries between his personal brand and the ferrari brand.

additionally, he also now hangs out with people like max publicly even if they don't benefit the ferrari brand. max, in general, isn't liked by the tifosi or ferrari in general. but charles still makes sure to hang out with him on track and outside of it, once again, securing his personal brand and not pushing something that ferrari would prefer.

it's all very interesting to watch, seeing how carefully he's rebuilding his public image and how he communicates on social media with the world.

Lewis : hey mick

Mick : hi guys!

Seb : me and lew wanna tell you something

Mick : .. okay?

Lewis & Seb : we're adopting a baby!!!

Mick : OMG guyssss!!! that's ama-

Seb *slamming adoption papers on the table* : it's you, you're the baby

Lewis : sign here and here

Seb : here's a pen

Mick *confused and speechless* : ummm...? what???

i miss them so much 😭

it's missing Landoscar hour😔‼️

Sirius, when Remus gets them matching bracelets for Christmas: This is cool, but what if we had matching last names?

Remus: What?

Sirius: What?

I'm crying this is the most couples boyfriend selfie

📷 Scuderia Ferrari

there’s just something about Oscar post race (and sometimes with a little polite cat smile!)

This looks so sugar daddy x babygirl to me