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that talk about self belief is really important and something I think other drivers could benefit from hearing in f1, which keeps pushing the "having that dog in you," "he has a championship mentality but he doesn't," and really just ideologies that further stigmatize mental health struggles. it's refreshing to hear a world champion say something like that actually.

you have to be able to contextualize nico is saying this NOW, almost 8 years after he retired. he has no skin in the game now.

in 2016 and before, he was absolutely saying to the media "of course I believe I can be world champion" regardless of he did or not.

because the f1 media landscape is brutal, as much as we talk about #authenticity why on earth would you hand them this insecurity on a silver platter? can you imagine how fucked his mental health would be if every time lewis won a race, the articles say "rosberg, who believes he can't win, proves it again by losing to his teammate." ???

it is ultimately a sport, and an insanely competitive one at that. you can't be saying self-defeating rhetoric in public, not when you're the face of 500 ppl who work for you and on your car every weekend. how demotivated would the engineers and pit crew feel, if the driver they're working blood sweat and tears for doesn't even believe in himself?

ultimately, in sports some people DO believe they've got it, and some fake it til they make it. but this rhetoric to the public is also a way of protecting themselves, because how can you root for a guy who can't even believe in himself?

nico saying "but it's reassuring, you can still achieve great success even without believing in yourself if you are damn committed." goes to show he DID that have dog in him. he Was that damn committed, he clawed his way to victory. he's the "do it, even if it's scary. do it scared."

啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊救命🆘

在本人的二次世界里从未发生的事情又多了一件！

就是说

here are some jonas' pics that i really love because i'm really worried about him and i hope he's recovering well

we miss you kitten, there's no doubt you'll come back like a true champ <3

My heart is so broken for Wout tonight. I can't imagine how he's doing – all those sacrifices, all those changes, all for nothing. And he doesn't even get to know if he had made the right choice or not. Next year this will all be a mystery once again, a risk once again. All while being one year older.

His bad luck in the classic season in the last few years is just unbelievable. I hope he can bounce back from this – I know he will physically, but I hope everyone stands by him on an emotional level, too. It's a hard blow.

tadej pogačar what the fuck do you mean

🐱你…你你你

Listening to G's podcast for crumbs and when Mathieu goes 'no, it would also feel strange (going to dinner with Wout)' and then later on, he adds: 'maybe that's something for after our careers'.

Oh, man.

would LOVE to know what they're saying to each other here

我说你们俩别谈了🫡公费恋爱要举报的

生动诠释恋爱数十年还是初恋一样的感觉🤪

和对方说句话都要紧张到舔嘴唇你们俩真的有大出息😌

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