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SF-25 Prayer Vigil Day 34 (D-45)

Invoking all the racing gods to give Scuderia Ferrari the car worthy of its drivers. Grant them speed, precision, balance and teamwork that would get them to the chequered flag ahead of everybody else. Take away all the negative energy and protect them from silly mistakes that cost them races. Grant all the engineers and strategists clear minds and fantastic ideas that will make that red car a rocketship. And if its not too much to ask, Ferrari 1-2 from Australia up to Abu Dhabi. Forza Ferrari Sempre. Amen.

Sir Lewis Hamilton at the Karting World Championship in Valence, France (2000)

keke：At the end, Williams have had a fantastic season. But Prost drove a great race. You can't take that away from the little Frog. He's great.

alain was depressed, niki cheered him up

they're so cute🥺

Lourdes' 2k celebration: option 2 + michael schumacher -> for @sacharowan

Carlos and Alain 💛

Back to the Old House, The Smiths

MICHELE ALBORETO, 1982

🥺.

LUCKY NIPPLE TWEEK!! (not shown, jenson's loud giggles)

Riccardo Patrese and Nelson Piquet.

“Some years ago I’ve made a reasearch about the motivations of people to go and see some kind of sports. You know, what makes people goes to see football, goes to see tennis… And I asked them about Formula 1. At that time, I don’t know if it’s still the same, but at that time I heard from people that the most excting thing was not to see drivers overtaking each other, but the expectation of an accident to happen. How do you feel about it?”

Fun fact about me

Any time a man asks me who my favourite f1 driver is they always assume it’s Charles Leclerc(I think this happens to most girls). But despite who my favourite driver is, I will always say Lella Lombardi.

lella lombardi + smile

Interesting facts I learnt about Maria Teresa de Fillippis & Lella Lombardi from Motorsports Magazine: Italian Legends

Maria Teresa de Fillippis:

She originally started off racing horses

Her first car was a Fiat 500 which she raced when her brothers bet she couldn't be a fast driver

She won her first ever race in the Fiat

Her father inspired her to succeed in whatever she did and supported her racing, Her mum didn't object either as she was happy that Maria was winning

She never had any sponsors or managers as she came from a wealthy family and made her own decisions, took no orders.

She never raced for Ferrari because she didn't want Enzo Ferrari to try and control her - Maserati respected this

Fangio told her she drove too fast and needed to go slower

Fangio, Ascari & Villoresi were her hero's and they were always very good to her

On track she called Fangio her 'Race Father' because he treated her so well and she admired that

"The relationships within the team were influenced by the older drivers. They were all older than me so they would protect me from anything like that (people trying to romance her at the track) I could look after myself, you know, and when things became too intense or too vulgar then I would joke with them, make fun of them, and they would go away"

She was once courted by Luigi Musso

"She was admired not only for her beauty but her courage in a racing car. She had guts, and was respected by her fellow competitors. I thought it was absolutely great she was in Grand Prix racing"- Tony Brooks

Monaco was tough on her at the corners

She was known as 'pilotino' because she was the smallest person racing

A car was made for her but had so many delays that neither her, Hans Herrmann nor Wolfgang von Trips could get the car on the grid during qualifying. Stirling Moss advised her to not race that car anymore

She was due to race the car at AVUS but gave the car up to Jean Behra who's car it originally was and was without a car. He was killed at that race

After this De Filippis left the sport to focus on having a family and didn't return until 1973 to join the International des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix F1 club

She became the club's vice president in 1997 and made honorary president days before celebrating her 85th birthday

Lella Lombardi:

Robin Herd says the Nurburgring was Lella's best driver, not the time when she got half a point

She started off with Monzo-based Formula 875

Her partners name was Fiorenza

She did well in F3 and became Italian's Ford Escort Mexico Challenge Champion the same year, 1973

Jackie Epsteine ran a Formula 5000 team in the winter of 73 and was persuaded to let Lella try, and became impressed with her driving and technical knowledge like when she correctly pitted when realising the car was getting a puncture

She was nicknamed 'Tigress of Turin' though the place name is wrong

She had little trouble getting sponsors. She stayed in Italy and flew to each race and never asked for expenses.

"She was charming but stubborn and independent, and a tremendously careful road driver. I went with her from Snetterton to Norwich once: 30mph all the way. Painful. People were staring and peeping. She didn't care"

"She wasn't interested in fashion and usually wore trousers if she was in civvies. She had an image to keep; "I'm tough so don't mess with me" She was a loner, really. No entourage. She never brought a girlfriend"

"Her sex and sexuality were not topics of conversation in the paddock. She was judged purely as a racing driver"

"She wasn't a publicity seeker. BBC news came to her first test with us at Goodwood and she wanted to know why. That she was a woman was irrelevancy to Lella. She was a racing driver first and foremost" - Robin Herd

Lella would complain that her car was understeering badly in corners but Vittorio who tested the car out said it was fine. Only next year when Ronnie Peterson described the same handling with the car did they realise Lella had been correct

With Ronnie Person joining Lella was unfortunately let go from March

"Lella was the perfect co-driver. She was much more concerned by the settings than I was, great with the mechanics and very speedy. But she wanted me to be just as fast and was always giving me tips and help. She was passionate about racing. She was no interested in music, reading, culture or anything else. Just racing - and fishing" - Christine Beckers

"When asked in a press conference how she was coping with such a hefty car, she replied, "I don't have to carry it, I just have to drive it"

Lella felt she could have been rich and famous in America but her love for Italy made her stay there

She knew foreign people appreciated her but she wanted to be know in Italy

Lella knew of her breath cancer by 1985. She had hit her breast on a sailing trip and it hurt her a lot.

With her partner Fiorenza she was trying to create a team and find others to help her including Giusy Remondi

She used to sleep in her truck to save money for racing

"She and Fiorenza were a beautiful couple, reserved; the spotlight was never on them"

"Lella only complained about the inequality in Formula 1 - because nobody had listened to her about the changes for the car"

"On her deathbed she asked us to continue the team to preserve what she had achieved. We miss her passion, determination and modesty"

Lombardi checked into Milan's san Camillo Clinic in February 1992 and died on March 3rd, days short of her 51st Birthday

incredibly happy for ralf schumacher feeling comfortable enough to come out & obviously incredibly important for the sport but let‘s not forget who was there before him.

mike beuttler, who never felt comfortable enough to come out & lella lombardi, who not only made history by being the only woman to ever get points in f1 but also being openly gay.

hear me out

if you had told me that we would be getting an audio clip of 4 time formula one world champion max verstappen saying 'UWU' on a twitch stream

i would have said "yeah sounds about right"

photos taken moments before disaster etc etc

First painting of the year: Franco Colapinto :)

Went back to basics with this one, studying the values and shapes of the reference image, and being very intentional about my layers. And it worked! Full process is in my Instagram story highlights (same name as here) should you wish to see.

Roman Szmal Aquarius watercolours on Saunders Waterford 300gsm cold pressed 100% cotton paper in my Canson sketchbook, approx. A5 size

And also, an idea came to my mind. Since Keke called Prost a frog, and Berger was just throwing frogs into Senna's bed, then… Alain was thrown into Ayrton's bed???🤔🤔🤔

it's giving zara model

me: do you think franco will learn french?

my sister: i think he needs to learn english first

💀💀💀

never getting over the fact that the oscar piastri baku overtake was aerodynamically impossible.

like that's my bumblebee driver

Mermaid Lestappen inspired by @formula-fun’s lovely fic 🧜‍♂️

POV: you're the camera at a Charles Leclerc photoshoot

James in 1979, in Wolf Racing overalls, photographer unknown

1st place Michael Schumacher || 1994 French Grand Prix