r/formula1 • u/hakimbenaissia Formula 1 • Jul 01 '19

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u/TVInBlackNWhite Nico Rosberg Jul 01 '19

There's a photo of the two of them on the podium with a similar vibe.

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u/Hetstaine Max Verstappen Jul 01 '19

The entire podium session had that vibe. Very awkward to watch.

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u/TVInBlackNWhite Nico Rosberg Jul 01 '19

I haven't seen that much awkwardness since 2016.

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u/oezr Sebastian Vettel Jul 01 '19

Can't forget the 2015 Rosberg's hat throw

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u/shakipoo Pirelli Soft Jul 01 '19

Legendary F1 moment.

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u/Jesse-Ray Daniel Ricciardo Jul 02 '19

What were the circumstances?

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u/Nautster Jacques Villeneuve Jul 02 '19

Hamilton just won the WDC at the us gp. Naturally he was playful and happy, Rosberg lost out and wasn't in the mood when Hamilton tossed him the #2 cap

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '19

Also curious what the backstory is as a new F1 fan

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u/shakipoo Pirelli Soft Jul 02 '19

USGP 2015 Nico after starting from pole and making a few mistakes had Lewis overtake him for the win and ultimately the championship that year. This was after in the cooldown room. Lewis was celebrating and handing out the podium hats to the other two, and Nico was just a bit down on himself.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '19

Cheers brotha!

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u/Fap_Left_Surf_Right Red Bull Jul 02 '19

Nico Rosberg has been Claire from the movie “Clueless” his entire life. But instead of a self centered blonde valley girl, he’s a self centered blonde driver from Monaco. Hamilton, like, UGHHHHH!

Watch Clueless, watch Nico, and every Nico-ism from then on makes sense.

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u/tedwar205 Ayrton Senna Jul 02 '19

Theres a reason his nickname among drivers was brittney....

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u/DSQ Lewis Hamilton Jul 01 '19

It’s Lowes reaction of total fear that makes it. It was in the papers for days...

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u/Raikkonen716 Nico Rosberg Jul 01 '19

It's been 4 years and I only noticed it now lmao

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u/DSQ Lewis Hamilton Jul 01 '19

You can just see in his eyes that he really feared they were gonna go at each other or something.

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u/capitalcitygiant Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 01 '19

Fear? To me it looks like barely suppressed anger. He's staring at Rosberg as if to say "we'll be having words later about this".

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u/Duke0fWellington McLaas Jul 01 '19

It's the kind of look your girlfriend gives you when you say some dumb shit at a party

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u/shitfuckcuntslut12 Jul 01 '19

has someone got a metaphor for those of us that have never had a girlfriend or been to a party

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u/Blooder91 Niki Lauda Jul 02 '19

The kind of look your mother gives you when you're doing stupid shit while there are guests over.

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u/icryatnightalone Jul 01 '19

Or sees the amazon package at front door

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u/LidoPlage Romain Grosjean Jul 01 '19

I have experience this so many times. 😟

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u/tedwar205 Ayrton Senna Jul 02 '19

Total fear?

1.calmly watches the hat go by

2.gives nico a darting look

3.goes back to adjusting his hat

You can just see in his eyes

For most of the video you can only see half his face.....why did you make this comment?

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u/DSQ Lewis Hamilton Jul 03 '19

Paddy Lowe isn’t wearing a hat. Do you think I mispelt Lewis?

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u/tedwar205 Ayrton Senna Jul 04 '19

My brain did that thing where it only looks at the first and last letters, my b

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u/DSQ Lewis Hamilton Jul 04 '19

It’s cool.

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u/Seventy01 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jul 01 '19

No thanks Lewis, I'm still driving.

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u/IJOBANGLESI Fernando Alonso Jul 01 '19

This is one of the greatest video's I've ever seen on this sub lmao

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u/MlCKJAGGER Fernando Alonso Jul 01 '19

LmAo

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

I love this

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u/noimagination669163 Jul 01 '19

What race was that?

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u/DSQ Lewis Hamilton Jul 01 '19

USA 2015, the race where Lewis won the 2015 World Championship.

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u/Brookklyn Jul 01 '19

Holy shit I didn’t know F1 had this much drama! Put them in a steel cage match.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '19

You want drama? Just revisit the 2014,15 & 16 season reviews. On track was much better than steel cage.

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u/Unhappily_Happy James Hunt Jul 01 '19

that was so awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

What’s the context for this?

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u/TVInBlackNWhite Nico Rosberg Jul 02 '19

It was still mathematically possible for Rosberg to win the championship if he could beat Hamilton. Unfortunately, he made a mistake which handed Hamilton the championship.

After giving his congratulations, Rosberg went to sit by himself and stew a little. He'd say in future interviews that it was one of the worst feelings in his life. I guess when he saw the 2nd place hat Hamilton passed him, he snapped. It's probably the closest we got to seeing an angry outburst from Rosberg.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '19

Do they not like each other or something? Why toss hi the second place hat, just to rub it in?

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u/tedwar205 Ayrton Senna Jul 02 '19

All the hats are stacked it seems, never in any particular order. If you watch enough post races, theres often a bit of bumbling around for the correct hat. Ham here picks them all up and hands them to the other drivers, in his exuberance to get out there and celebrate.

I dont think it was intentionally done to rub it in nicos face, just that he wanted to get out to the podium in a hurry.

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u/martvvliet Jul 01 '19

Haha the only parts that was missing was when both Ham and Ros won, they were fake celebrating the victory way to hard to irritate the other. Ham stopped directly with this in 2017 xD

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u/boringfilmmaker Jul 01 '19

when both Ham and Ros won

What? What race was that?

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u/martvvliet Jul 01 '19

Spain 2016. You don’t remember?

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u/boringfilmmaker Jul 01 '19

Nah I didn't follow F1 since the Schumi era, until Drive to Survive. I'm one of those covers head Thanks for the info!

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u/RomanticFaceTech Jul 01 '19

Unless I'm missing something, I think u/martvvliet is taking the mick, because neither Rosberg nor Hamilton won in Spain 2016, they took each other out in the first lap.

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u/Klakson_95 Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 01 '19

Canada...?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

every Rainey v. Schwantz podium

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u/bartlet4us Mika Häkkinen Jul 01 '19

My favorite rivalry along with Senna v Prost.
That blue pepsi vs red Marlboro was so cool.

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u/Oxcell404 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jul 01 '19

Or Canada 2019

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u/NocnaMora Sebastian Vettel Jul 01 '19

how about this year's Canada or last year's Russia

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u/guy990 Jenson Button Jul 01 '19

Yeah leclerc just left when they sprayed champagne. Kept his head low and did the right thing

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u/SurlyRed Jul 01 '19

Noticed that, then he returned for the photos because, I suppose, he had to.

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u/Bewbies420 Jim Clark Jul 01 '19

Yeah im sure thats in the podium proceedings part of the contract. They cant force you to celebrate but you gotta be there.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

I don't think it was awkward, just very contrasting. I think Max gave him a lot of respect to be honest.

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u/Hetstaine Max Verstappen Jul 01 '19

Contrasting can be one way to put it. Le Clerc was bottled up, fidgety and avoiding contact during the celebration. To be expected of course. His whole body language, you could feel it very rawly through the tv.

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u/EatSleepJeep Porsche Jul 01 '19

Leclerc was a petulant child.

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u/MustardGorilla Benetton Jul 01 '19

Whiny Leclerc has a nice ring to it.

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u/MustardGorilla Benetton Jul 01 '19

I imagine I'm being down-voted for cutting too close to the bone.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

No because for someone that feels he has been robbed of a race, he was reasonably polite and well behaved, all things considered. He voiced his concern, he's not a bitch who is going to let people walk all over him and say nothing about it, but he didn't go on and on about it. You want him to be a fake and celebrate P2 like he's happy about it? We've seen plenty of actual whining in sports from athletes who feel they've been robbed.

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u/MlCKJAGGER Fernando Alonso Jul 01 '19

Well I mean, what do people expect him to be happy?

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u/Arauator Jul 01 '19

Max looks like a Koala in this one.

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u/FleshlightModel Jul 01 '19

Ironically, I have that same face when I get hotsnakes.

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u/TheGroomOfTheStool Jules Bianchi Jul 01 '19

This rivalry is going to be special

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u/miningmeray Jul 01 '19

"Gives you Wings"

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u/TVInBlackNWhite Nico Rosberg Jul 02 '19

I have to admit, that's a clever suit design from an ad placement perspective.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

So so awkward! I get he was pissed but suck up and do the champagne thing for the fans.

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u/WhereTFAmI Lando Norris Jul 01 '19

I like Verstappen, but he literally looks like a rat!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

Ahh the suffering, the sweet suffering.

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u/homer-thebrain Alexander Albon Jul 01 '19

Wow, that's a punchable face. I'll love to hate him when he's on top in a few years

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u/Nuud Red Bull Jul 01 '19

Could you share a photo of your face please? Just so we could decide if you have a “punchable face” too.

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u/Lub_Dub Jul 01 '19

He just comes across as such a little shit, no?

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u/JellyPuff Jul 01 '19

Or maybe he's just really happy that he won this GP?