Well This is awkward

Max all but saying only I am allowed to commit track crimes on MY man

The tired resignation in GP's voice when he responded, "yeah, uh...we'll look at that." 😭 How often do you think Max yaps on the radio about Charles' race?

That moment, combined with Max's comments in the cooldown room after Zandvoort '25 and Spa '26, perfectly illustrates his stance on track crimes. First of all, 90% of the time, he thinks they're funny. Second, only he's allowed to terrorize Charles (though he generally has the good sense not to), but Charles is allowed to terrorize him and literally everyone else. Commenting "no door" when Charles overtook George around the outside in Zandvoort, and calling his move against Oscar in Spa "calculated" with a huge grin on his face? Max supports Charles Leclerc's rights and his wrongs.

The smile of a man who not only defends Charles' track terrorism, but gets off on it. They're fully freak4freak, and I think that's beautiful <3

Charles: "Max hated my guts in 2012 he was my nemesis and he wanted me dead"

Meanwhile Max:

Have you seen the Oscar for the new “World Circuit” merch collection?🙏🏻

Bodily autonomy (like abortion, anti draft, etc) -> “The government shouldn’t be able to force anything on my body I don’t want.”

Anti surveillance -> “I don’t trust big government/big tech (big brother if you’re feeling frisky) with the ability to spy on me and my family.”

Immigration -> “Next to all of us immigrated at some point, I don’t see why the elites get to decide who’s allowed to be where. What’s to stop them coming for me?”

Climate Change -> “Big oil shouldn’t get to determine whether or not I get to go places. I don’t want to be dependent on some big business to survive.”

State Violence -> “I don’t want the goddamn secret police breathing down my neck! I trust my community a whole hell of a lot more to help me than I do the state!”

Yesterday I saw a mother with a baby carriage, being followed by a girl of about 4-6 years old on a bicycle. The kid started ringing her bike bell like RING RING RING RING RING RING RING, and the mother turned to look behind them to see whether they were being followed by a cyclist who desperately needs to pass them for the sake of everyone's safety.

And the little girl - who just rang the goddamn bell herself 5 seconds ago - also turned to look.

me and my brother later had a small discussion about whether that could happen randomly (conclusion: no, he probably had to file papers or something) and whether daniel should now be referred to as dad’s ex-husband (conclusion: yes but only to see the face he’ll make) but at no point did we find it like... alarming? the world is big and weird. we were used to it.