Pinnacle Of Motorsport

Pinnacle of motorsport

reblog for sample size, I want to see what the rest of this website thinks of our vroom vroom car sport

They're ready to sing the first bridge of the evening

Reblog to keep this post for when I need it 'cause I'm still trying to understand how this whole thing goes

Kind of a new-fan question, but what are the street circuits on the calendar and what is the difference between a street circuit and a normal track? Aside from the obvious lol. Like does it affect anybody's driving differently? 'cause I saw some people saying that there are some street circuits coming up and certain teams work better there, and as a new fan I'm confushion

Hi! So, this got long. tldr: each circuit has its own characteristics which means teams need to attempt to maximise this or that component. "Street" vs "racetrack" plays a part in that, but there are more factors at play.

Street circuits are temporary tracks on existing public roads — the roads are closed up, and they build temporary grandstands, pitwalls, safety barriers etc. That sets them apart from "traditional" racetracks, which are permanent facilities built for racing and are usually wider (more opportunities for speed and overtakes) + have smoother track surfaces (no paint, less drain cover drama). Race tracks also have a runoff area, while on street circuits if the driver makes a mistake they often end up directly in the wall, so mistakes are costly and on average there are more safety cars. The 3 street tracks coming up on the calendar are Baku (Azerbaijan) Marina Bay (Singapore) and Vegas.

In terms of different circuits suiting different cars better, tracks have their own features and shapes that all play a part in what the "optimal" car + set-up will be for each track. Characteristics like the length of the straights, speed in corners, braking zones, long corners vs twisty corners etc — all affect a car's performance. You might have heard of "downforce", which is the downward aerodynamic force that "pushes" the car into the ground, allowing for more grip on corners; the greater the downforce, the trickier it gets to reduce drag (air resistance against the car) which in turn impacts speed; taking corners aggressively has also an impact on tyre wear, while long straights mean that cars will be braking from full speed and need to pay attention to that etc. There are a lot of features at play. Basically what I'm getting at is that if your power unit is kinda mid but the aerodynamic package is great, you'd have an advantage on circuits that rely on downforce over pure speed. On the other hand, if your rear wing is shit, that doesn't matter at Monza, which is a circuit designed to go very fast on, so teams always bring a specific update update packages to maximise straight-line speed over cornering speed. And so on etc.

That's what people mean when they talk about power tracks (speed) vs downforce tracks (lots of turns and short straights), and most street races specifically tend to fall in the latter category. But Baku is pretty fast for a street track, and Vegas last year was the circuit with the most overtakes (or close enough) despite not being on a racetrack — there's more that goes into what makes an ideal car for a specific circuit than just the "type" of track.

I hope this was helpful and didn't just add to your confusion, ops. I feel like my English failed me a bit here! But in general, if you're interested in learning more, I'd recommend going through the list of tracks on the calendar and then looking for info re: the specific characteristics of the ones you're interested in. But you absolutely don't need to delve into it deeply to watch the vroom vroom.

I made a bunch of f1 memes and they're stuck in my gallery til I find the will to live and post them

I'm gonna cry LEAVE ME ALONE

Got sad thinking about Logan's f1 career so I'm making it everyone's problem

Let's not forget the time Seb asked Charles if Max was good looking and he went through an existential crisis

girl I like your take (“Charles has a crush on Max but it’s completely different to Max having crush on Charles). Explore pls!!!!

Omg, nonnie, I could go ON about how different yet the same these two are with each other. Body language is absolutely everything with Max and Charles, though I'm sure everyone knows this. Max's yapping isn't everything.

Honestly, I genuinely believe with my heart of hearts that Max has an actual crush on Charles, there is, and it sounds like a joke but I'm being serious, no heterosexual reason for him to act the way he does around him. (This is coming from an aromantic, so it's not like I'm seeing something that's not there.)

I've made a post before about how I think some of these guys are not straight but bc of how F1 is built on dodgy sponsors(BIG MONEY) and can't forget the corrupt FIA, they can't just say it. That's a whole other can of worms I won't get into rn tho.

Anyway – the way I see is that Charles absolutely, without an ounce of doubt, knows Max has a crush on him. Like the OP mentioned in their post, how Charles' Christmas gift to Max was the F1 game with all of Charles' face on it, with the tag "for my biggest fan." Yeah, he knows. And he encourages it.

And not to say Charles doesn't crush as hard on Max as Max does on him, Charles absolutely does. He just tries to be nonchalant about it. But his giggles fail him every time Max opens his mouth.

I think the joint Vegas interview is a good example of this. Charles tries to be serious with Max but Max is clearly doing his damnest to make Charles laugh, which obviously, Charles does. Once again, the way Charles looks at Max in this, he knows Max is trying to make him laugh too. (Max also literally quoted Charles' joke from an interview that he wasn't even in, meaning Max WATCHED it in his own time.)

THIS ONE REALLY GETS ME, MAN. Max and Charles look at each other, Max lingers longer on him and Charles ???? Starts touching himself ???? Like he still thinks Max is looking at him??????? Max looks off to a screen that's on them AND LOOKS AT CHARLES AGAIN BC HES ACTING THAT WAY?? WEIRDOS.

Charles wants to be nonchalant and chill so bad but he's not slick. He's just as down bad as Max is and thinks we don't see it.

(GIFs belong to @pretzelgotze)

Or when Charles stopped mid interview to go speak with Max.

Or Charles, not getting podium at all, yet running for his life, leaving his radio on for Xavi to still ask if he's there, the car empty, because he wanted to be the first one to congratulate Max on his WDC in Qatar last year.

Or Charles ditching his little jeep for him and him alone to go and sit with Max, even though the car is NOT made for two people, he sits in it anyway and they both get driven away as they wave at the cameras. It's giving just married.

This is long as hell now, apologies, told ya I'd ramble LMAO

Anyway, conclusion: Charles tries to hide the fact that he has a crush on Max but his body language and giggling fails him every single time.

Extra conclusion: not to be taken TOO seriously but they are in fact my ken dolls that I make kiss