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Things that make me love Checo (and the lessons I learned from him):
He carried around fish in his pockets because he wanted to walk them and be closer to his pets, and by extention killed them (lesson: love can kill you).
His siblings told him he was adopted (typical joke among mexican families) and he was convinced it was the truth, so he started asking his mother for his real family (telling her: 'lady, just tell me where my real family is) and then one day he packed up a small bag and went to look for his family (lesson: don't believe everything you are told).
His mother gave all three siblings a big ass-whooping for the whole occurrence (lesson: don't piss off a mexican mom).
He wanted to be a soccer player at first, and karting was just a hobby. The one invested in a career in driving was Toño. He tricked his brother in a race and manage to close up in a curve, taking them both out and pissing his brother off (lesson: dreams can change).
Also he was winning a race, and at the last lap, he thought it was over because he was distracted as he wanted to go to a soccer match and was in a hurry. Everyone kept telling him that he still had a lap left and when he managed to finish, he was second (lesson: pay attention to what you are doing).
Without any notion of how expensive long-distance calls were, he spent his nights calling to Germany, without knowing english and asking a friend to translate, until his mom got the phone bill and got another ass-whooping. He had to switch to exchange emails (lesson: keep trying no matter what).
Manage to convince the Slims to invest in his racing career (the origin of the sugad daddy jokes) and they sent him to Germany but he had to work to support himself until he could actually race (lesson: things will get worse before they get better).
He slept in a warehouse on flour sacks, and he then worked as a waiter and was allowed to sleep in the restaurant having as a roommate a chef who hated him because he was up all night (he was getting used to the change in time zone and got bored) and kept stealing his food (particularly pasta, which is why is his best dish to cook). He helped baking desserts and tried to learn german but never succeeded (lesson: some things are not meant to be, like learning german).
After failing with his first team, he seriously considered going back home and just forget about the racing dream. He was lonely, he felt he wasn't doing much and he barely spoke english and in his team they all spoke in german. This is when the Slims also doubted whether to continue sponsoring him, but then he asked for them to give him another chance and got another team (lesson: never give up).
This was just an excuse to use a few of my vintage Checo pictures, thank you for stopping by, please feel free to keep scrolling.
(or if you want me to keep going for the GP2 series and the start of F1, let me know!)
the group that is carlos sainz, fernando alonso, checo perez and franco colapinto have been labelled (in my head) as the spanish inquisition (yes i know, technically Argentinian and Mexican).
every time i see those clips of them gossiping my first thought is "no one ever expects the spanish inquisition".
CHECO?? SERGIO PEREZ???? I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD SERVE CUNT LIKE THAT????? red bull drivers, the cuntiest on the gird, confirmed!
BECKY G WAS AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX! Again: Becky g was in the Red Bull garage because Patrón tequila is a sponsor, but she was there!! I just need Becky to take photos with other drivers. Like Charles and Lando are preferable but a photo with Max would be cool, same with Lewis Hamilton. I NEED Becky and Lewis to meet.
My Becky G x F1 dreams are coming true little by little, like F1 admin actually posted that she was at the race so that’s something!! Like imagine Camilla Cabello’s experience in the Miami GP but with Becky G. That’s my dream! I know there are mixed feelings about celebrities and influencers being invited to Grand Prixs, especially when they know nothing about the sport or just post about the drivers, but Becky has been an F1 for a few years now (I THINK) but yeah, that’s my rant. I wonder if Becky met Charles…that would be awesome
do yall just ever
Lewis snitching on Perez
I wanna ride him so bad, eughhh
IDK WHAT THEY FEEDIN THIS MAN BUT HE IS TOO DAMN BIG
He done towered over all of them😫💀😭
I’m so excited for the race I actually can’t sleep…
I CANT I NEED IT TO COME ALREADY I NEED THE SEROTONIN BOOST I GET FROM IT !!
GONNA HIT MULTIPLE BLINKERS ON AN EMPTY STOMACH IF I DONT SEE A CAR PASS THE CHECKERED FLAG RN I DONT EVEN CARE WHO WINS ANYMORE.
He is in his villain era
Who people think leaked the e-mail
Who actually did
Way does Checo’s race suit look like a Red Bull version of the Ferrari race suit?
✨🎀2024 Austrian Grand Prix🎀✨
Predictions
- Podium: Verstappen, Norris, Piastri
- Sainz P4
- Russell P5
- Hamilton P6
-Leclerc P8
- Tsunoda P7
- Hulkenberg P9
- Ocon P10
- DNF: Albon, Perez, Magnussen
- 2 Safety Cars
- 1 Restart
- Hamilton Leads At Some Point
- Rain
Hail Mary Predictions✨
- Mercedes Goes Downhill
- Ferrari Strat is good
- Piastri Wins
- Sargeant finishes
✨🎀2024 Spanish Grand Prix✨🎀
Predictions
- Podium: Norris, Verstappen, Russell
- I don’t think Lewis will make it to podium despite quali; he’ll end in a DNF or just have a horrible strat this weekend
- Sainz P4
- Leclerc P7
- Alonso P8
- Tsunoda P6
- Piastri P5
- Albon P9
- Ocon P10
- Sargeant P16
- DNF: Gasly and Perez
- 3 Safety Cars
Hail Mary Predictions
- Hamilton P2, Norris P1, Alonso P3
- Fernando will just go crazy and podium
- Both Redbull DNF (both gearbox issues)
- Leclerc’s strat will actually be better
- Albon P7, Tsunoda P5, Ricciardo P8, Sargeant P11
✨🎀2024 Shanghai Grand Prix🎀✨
Review:
- HOLYYYYY
- that was a great race
- amazing job from lando
- lance stroll…man… that was a bit of a big oops
- alonso giving us all a heart attack mid race
- ferrari what the heck
- GG every body I’m going to bed
✨🎀2024 Shanghai Grand Prix🎀✨
Predictions:
- Podium: Redbull, Mclaren, Aston Martin
- Driver Of The Day: Zhou Guanyu
- Danny Ric scores his first points
- One of the Ferraris DNFs
Hail Mary Prediction
- Hamilton wins the whole thing
Yall I can’t do this I’ve been in mourning ONCE AGAIN cause of F1 wdym Daniel Riccardo isn’t gonna have a seat like at this point I need a magical thing to happen and checo wanting to retire so we can get maxiel back cause if I don’t see Daniel avocado on the grid I’ll lose my mind UGH HES SO SMILES AND SO KIND AND FUNNY AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN HES MAYBE GONNA MOST LIKELY CAUSE SKY SPORTS MADE A SLIDESHOW FOR HIM GONNA BE GONE I CANT IM DONE I HATE THIS AND IM SICK AND ON MY PERIOD FUCK THIS SHIT IM OUT GUN TO MY HESD BOUTA PULL THE TRIGGER
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if max really loves lando he will let him win this race
This is so funny. Im glad carlos knows this exists. It looks like he enjoys seeing someone doing an impression of himself
I'm gonna miss seeing Checo eye fucking Franco...
I wonder if Checo is cursed to never outperform Max or something because there's always some incident ™️ occurring 😭😭
What is happening in the house of commons...
Montreal ✅
Daniel in the points + Alex's overtake + Hamilton setting the fastest lap + Max win means this weekend is officially one of my favourites this season. If only Logan didn't DNF and Yuki didn't crash 🥲🥲
Monaco ✅
Forced myself to get this done before the end of the week...is anyone even active on F1blr rn 😭😭
Starting lap and we have:
A yellow flag (Sainz puncture after contact w Piastri - NOT a dnf)
A red flag (Perez's tyres all gone after an incident with both haas)
Ocon DNF after lunging at his teammate and causing damage to both cars
Update: ALL DRIVERS OK
Haas DRS train 2: Electric Boogaloo
Q2
Out: Gasly, Albon, Stroll, Ocon, Perez (P15-11)
Tsunoda goes third fastest, Daniel Ricciardo makes it into Q3 just barely (less than a tenth faster than Perez in P11, who had an unfortunate bump on the first chicane)
Verstappen and Leclerc exchange fastest time after fastest time
Imola GP Quali
Q1
Out: Sergeant, Alonso, Magnussen, Zhou, Bottas (P20 to P16)
Oscar Piastri investigated for impeding on Magnussen
Logan Sargeant's lap time deleted for track limits, drops from P17 to P20 :(
Hulkenberg goes third fastest
Both Williams and Alonso hit the gravel, turn 18 also almost caught out Verstappen and Norris
Both Alpines and RBs into Q2!!
Verstappen went fastest in Q1 in the last few seconds
2024 Chinese GP: Recap + Results
Another one! Fair warning that it's the longest one so far, but I blame that on the 3 safety cars
P1 is Max Verstappen, who takes his first Chinese GP win, leading by about 14 seconds!
Yes the car is great, but the guy behind the wheel is also having to deliver - Crofty about Verstappen post-race
Red Bull also sets the fastest pit stop of the race, double stacking Verstappen and Perez under the full safety car and setting 1.9 and 2.0 seconds respectively.
Lando Norris is P2, his best finish since 2023 brazillian GP. He was also voted DOTD, winning just ahead of Hamilton and Alonso, who were also fan favourite picks. He was a little unhappy after he missed out on pitting under the safety car, but all ends well for him.
He [Norris] is not a happy bunny - Crofty, probably, about the missed pit stop
Woop Woop! I told you we would get past the Ferraris. - Norris, after crossing the finish line
Checo Perez places P3, yet another Red Bull double podium! There was an interesting 5 second gap from him to Norris, likely due to Norris having fresher tires. At the beginning though, he pulled some nice moves, regaining his position from Alonso within a few laps of him losing it.
P4 and 5 were the two Ferraris, Leclerc finishing in front of Sainz for the first time this season. They had a bit of a clash at the start, but nothing that the broadcast really focused on.
P6 was George Russell
P7 was Alonso, who was placed on an interesting strategy for the last several laps. He pitted for mediums, allowing him to overtake Ocon, then Hulkenberg, then Hamilton and Piastri.
P8 was Piastri who, keep in mind, has never driven at this circuit before
P9 was Hamilton, who is DOTD in my heart. He struggled with his tires at the start, being only one of four drivers on softs (everyone else on mediums, except Magnussen). He seemed to fare better after pitting for mediums, making his way to finish P9 after starting P18 :)
We also got a few moments of Nico Rosberg trying to be on some sort of wavelength with Lewis while commentating:
He's Lewis Hamilton, so yes he can…get into the points…im sure he'll move up fine - Nico Rosberg
I'm making no ground with this tyre - Lewis Hamilton That's not what we want to hear - Nico Rosberg
I can't even catch him, Mate. This car is so slow. - Lewis Hamilton That's exactly what I was going to say - Nico Rosberg (Lap 17)
P10 was Hulkenberg, yet again managing points for HAAS
P11 was Esteban Ocon
P12 was Alex Albon, who had a complaint about Ocon "moving like a ---- everywhere on the breaks." on Lap 1
P13 was Gasly, who set the slowest pit stop (19.3 sec) after an incident in the pits where a loose tire hit a mechanic when he was set to be released.
Is he okay? - Pierre Gasly All good here Pierre - Alpine
An unfortunate no-points finish for Zhou, who places P14 at his home GP, but still a very emotional day for him.
This is a dream to me as a kid, so thanks for all the Chinese fans here and back home watching TV and thank you to my team…let's keep working. - Zhou Guanyu, after he gets out of the car
Sauber, as always, had issues with their pit stops. Zhou's first one was quick compared to their previous ones, at only 3.0 seconds, but his stop under the physical safety car was the second slowest at 5.3 seconds.
He had a short fight against Sargeant and picked up some damage after contact with Magnussen near the end, losing his front wing end plate in the process, which couldn't have helped his position.
P15 was Magnussen, who always seems to be at the scene of the crime. He also picked up a 10 second penalty for infringing on the safety car.
P16 was Stroll, after picking up a 10 second penalty for causing a collision. He also had a battle for 16th with Magnussen, which was pretty interesting.
P17 was Sargeant, who was doing pretty well for the most part. Then, he stacked up a 10 second penalty for the same reason as Magnussen.
DNFS
The first yellow flag was also the first DNF of the race, caused by Bottas whose engine reportedly failed. The FIA changed the yellow flag to a virtual safety car, then a full safety car, all within a minute or two. Truly a testament to their amazing decision making skills.
The second yellow flag was caused by Yuki Tsunoda's spin out at lap 27, after contact with Kevin Magnussen that led to Tsunoda having to DNF and Magnussen going into the pits for a punctured tire.
Just minutes later, his teammate also DNFs, as Stroll collides with the back of Daniel Ricciardo's RB under the safety car. This was likely due to the fact that Ricciardo was the only one who hadn't pitted for fresh tires during the last safety car, as well as the fact that he was trying to avoid bumping Piastri, who was trying to avoid Russell, who was trying to avoid Alonso. Stroll recieved a 10 second penalty for causing a collision, but Daniel retired on lap 33 after reporting floor damage.
This idiot just slammed on the brake! Check wing damage - Lance Stroll
I've got no fucking rear on exits - Daniel Ricciardo
Before that though, his drive was going "superb" (in the words of Nico Rosberg), as he was P9 and had made a switcheroo overtake on his teammate at turn 3.
Another chaotic race, another race summary! Usually I'd make these digitally but I got a new set of pens and really wanted to use them,, anyways I love this circuit and GP a lot so I'm glad it was at a normal time for us Aussies :'))