Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button during the 2012 German Grand Prix
Some pages from Riding Sport Magazine’s Special Edition dedicated to Valentino, 2021
[link in source, if you click on the cover you can browse the issue in low rez]
RED BULL RING 2024 | Valentino Rossi with Pecco Bagnaia on the grid before the race.
Assen 2014: Valentino Rossi and injured Pecco Bagnaia on the Moto3 grid.
sebastian vettel and michael schumacher at a karting event in lonato, italy - july 16, 2009 📷 luca bruno / apimages.com
MALAYSIA 2023: Enea Bastianini returns to the top step of the podium // for @dobbiamo-capire
Atleast there is still this. Even amongst the ruins of floppage there exists this.
marc marquez & joaquin sanchez, pictured here not beating a single allegation
Fernando 2012 Chair Lore (source: me)
So I've been thinking a lot about Fernando sitting in this particular chair in the Ferrari garage in 2012 for [redacted] reasons:
Originally I just wanted to find more pictures of it for reference, and then went down a rabbit hole of 2012 pictures, trying to figure out when exactly the chair came to be. There's so many pictures of him in it, and it's so funny to me to imagine them hauling this super villain chair all around the world for him. And so now I'm obsessed with the evolution of it:
Pre-Chair - Australia to Bahrain:
He just had this little stool, well I should say big because it somehow still manages makes him look small. Clearly not comfortable; to paraphrase @sweatyflytrap, it's not conducive to his inner Shakespeare villain monologues
The Chair Appears - Spain
He suddenly now has this, aforementioned, super villain chair. Several things, why is it like this. It looks like a sim chair almost ngl. And then the weird plexiglass support is confusing me, like where did they get that. It furthers my narrative they just had this chair that they couldn't put in a car so they put that clear bottom on it. Anyways yes good, now he has somewhere to brood
The Chair Evolves - Silverstone
Look!! They gave him a booster seat!!!
The Chair is Now Here to Stay :)
I downloaded a truly horrible amount of pics him in this chair, so now you all must also look at them >:)
*he still had the chair in 2013, but I think they took it away from him in 2014 :( Is nothing sacred in this world??? I hope he got to take it home hahaha
george russell is interviewed after the race, hungary - july 21, 2024