#33max

6. worst fia / stewarding fumble

jeddah 2025, i hate you from the bottom of my heart. i was so emotionally wrecked by it that i felt awful the entire monday after the race! and looking back at it,,, well, oscar didn't even won a wdc in the end, so what was the point????????

11. best marketing video of the year

The fic is part of my Racing Hearts Lestappen verse, but I did my best to make it readable even if you haven’t followed the whole story (though if you’re in the mood for 200k+ words of slow burn, enemies to lovers, coming out, love, fluff, happy ending, and general emotional chaos… I got you covered 😌). Yes, it spiraled. No, I regret nothing. ❤️💙

🧊 if there is a driver that you think should be on the f1 grid but is not, which current driver would you swap out?

i'd swap out george simply so i don't have to look at him ever again or hear his voice <3 a serious answer: lance. please. enough.

🎀 what is your favourite thing about your driver?

how unapologetically himself he is. what you see is what you get. he doesn't put on a face for the media vs the fans vs the drivers. he just does what he's best at, alwaaaays pushing for more and to find ways to be better, everyone talks about his intelligence and compentence and that's so sexy to me on every level. he's never switched Off no matter how badly people wish he would be.

once again im telling everyone to READ THIS FIC!! read it.

read it now.

pretty please

op acct and the fic here

i love this fic so so much please read it😁

Thank you <3.

NGL, I'm actually kind of super terrified of writing Maxiel? There are SO MANY great scholars for them, and writing my lil a/b/o wip is basically exposure therapy 😬.

I was talking about this over DMs last night, and I think it's kind of interesting that Daniel is often written as someone who's constantly happy-go-lucky and playful. For me, there's a sharper edge to Daniel that I wish is explored more in fic.

I read him as someone who's obsessed with control--both holding on to control and being in control--that I find it difficult to perceive him as like, this super lackadaisical, everything is always copacetic kind of guy. I do think he genuinely likes to have fun! I also think he's not afraid to weaponize the fact that he's known as the fun driver on the grid when needed.

Admittedly, my desire to see a Daniel with bite sometimes feels antithetic to Maxiel, especially when Max definitely sees Daniel (and their history) with rose-coloured glasses on. I also think though that Daniel does have a (giant) soft spot for Max, so even in a universe where Daniel is a little more cunty, his desire to see Max happy and content and safe remains largely the same.

And I think even with a more idealized version of Daniel in his head, Max is too honest to allow Daniel to get away with shit.

I have no idea where I'm going with this, and I'm a little unsure if any of this even makes sense 😵‍💫.

🧸 pick someone f1 related to fire. It can be a driver, a team member, a journalist, anyone.

oh thats good. i'd say max is fire. he's explosive sometimes, he's very much led by his emotions, he's passionate, he's fierce. i'd say he's fire.

🍄 if you could ask your favourite driver a question, what would you ask?

ur too sweet and kind bean 🤭🥺🫶🏼