History Memes / FormulaOneDrivers

** Liked by pierregasly / Pierre Gasly: Pro Instagram Liker [[labelnote:Explanation]]Gasly has exhibited a tendency of liking almost every Formula 1-related post on Instagram, as well as some posts from his fellow F1 drivers that are completely unrelated to the sport. Quickly became an AscendedMeme with [[https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/status/1535880890026536960 this tweet by his then-team AlphaTauri]], showing Gasly giving post likes by way of multiple mobile phones.[[/labelnote]]

** Liked by pierregasly / Pierre Gasly: Pro Instagram liker[[labelnote:Explanation]]Pierre Gasly has a tendency of liking almost every Formula 1-related post on Instagram, as well as some posts from his fellow F1 drivers that are completely unrelated to the sport. Quickly became an AscendedMeme with [[https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/status/1535880890026536960 this tweet by his then-team AlphaTauri]], showing Gasly giving post likes by way of multiple mobile phones.[[/labelnote]]

** Liked by pierregasly / Pierre Gasly: Pro Instagram liker[[labelnote:Explanation]]Pierre Gasly has a tendency of liking almost every Formula 1-related post on Instagram, as well as some posts from his fellow F1 drivers that are completely unrelated to the sport. Quickly became an AscendedMeme with [[https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/status/1535880890026536960 this tweet by his then-team AlphaTauri]], showing Gasly giving post likes by way of multiple mobile phones. Gasly himself [[MemeAcknowledgment addressed the meme]] by adding "Pro Instagram liker" to his Instagram bio.[[/labelnote]]

* Esteban Ocon, Collector of Penalties [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, Esteban Ocon has accumulated three penalties in a single race. The first penalty was having his car's front right tire outside the grid box, forcing him to pit in the next lap and serve his penalty for 5 seconds. Then comes the second penalty, where Ocon served only 4.6 seconds in the pit box, breaching the sport's regulations, thus forcing him to serve a combined 15-second penalty. Ocon was later found speeding in the pit lane by just 100 meters per hour of the 80 km/h maximum, forcing him to serve a third penalty in the next lap, this time for 15 more seconds. Ocon would later be penalized even more during the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, this time for a total of 30 seconds for going past track limits.[[/labelnote]]

** '''[[SayMyName Leclerc! LECLERR! LECLERRC! CHARLES LECLERC!!! CHARLES LECLERC!!! LECLERRC! LECLER-]]''' (cue coughing fit)[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the Drivers' Parade for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, a young fan goes viral yelling out Leclerc's name at the top of his lungs trying to get his attention, ending with the boy with a coughing fit from the screaming.[[/labelnote]]

** Leclerc's scream[[labelnote:Explanation]]After spinning out and crashing in the 2022 French GP, Leclerc was heard on his team radio screaming in frustration and rage at another race where he failed to finish despite leading. While the scream was viewed sympathetically at the time, in the months since it's become a common reaction to frustrating things, or just in response to more Ferrari mistakes in the following seasons.[[/labelnote]]

** Russell's [=PowerPoint=] Presentations[[labelnote:Explanation]]Before George Russell got to debut for [=Williams F1=] in 2019, then Chief Technical Officer Paddy Lowe actually narrated the time the Brit tried hard to find a spot on the 2018 Grid [[https://wtf1.com/post/george-russell-tried-to-get-an-f1-drive-this-year-by-using-powerpoint/ by giving the team a [=PowerPoint=] presentation.]] Further fueled with [[https://youtu.be/YWd7_bwzdkw this video]] during the 2019 F1 Rookie of the Year deliberations, where he also did the same.[[/labelnote]]
** Eva Hache on the podium [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the 2022 season, after George Russell joined Mercedes, Spanish [=F1=] fans would take to making Spanish comedian Eva Hache a trending topic on Twitter every time Russell finished on the podium because of a perceived "[[https://twitter.com/xqTTs/status/1535974756490559488 striking resemblance]]" between the two.[[/labelnote]]

** "Is anyone else reporting the rain? I think it's sweat from inside of my helmet!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix, George Russell mistook his sweat for raindrops falling on his face, not realizing he didn't cover the entirety of his hair on his balaclava, which led to the sweat dripping on him in the first place. Much to the hilarity of his race engineer.[[/labelnote]]

*** "Your rear end is insane."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Hamilton commenting again on the rear end of another Red Bull car, this time Max Verstappen's, during the Cooldown Room of the 2023 Canadian GP. For added hilarity, Fernando Alonso (then driving for Aston Martin) asked if he was talking about his car, to which Hamilton corrected, then added "Yours is pretty good, too.[[/labelnote]]

** "He's got so much rear end!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Lewis Hamilton's frustrated observation of Pérez's defense during the 2021 Azerbaijan GP, where Pérez was trying to keep him behind for majority of the race. Add to the fact that the Red Bull [=RB16B=] he was driving back then had a high rake angle, and that [[https://youtu.be/R0H0X0KXzbA?t=24 his pose in the 2021 F1 Opening title sequence]] has him facing from the back, fans have interpreted it as [[https://twitter.com/jorgeomarmg/status/1401526603381940226 Pérez having a very pronounced bottom.]][[/labelnote]]

** '''[[IncomingHam FROM MEXICO]]... IT'S [[PunctuatedForEmphasis SERGIO! CHECO! PEREZ!!!]]'''[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the Drivers' Parade for the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Perez gets the hammiest introduction from UFC octagon announcer Bruce Buffer, followed by an awkward {{beat}} from the man himself for 5 seconds.[[/labelnote]]

** "It's more like a hobby for me, so obviously I don't have to do it if I don't want."[[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvQ1J3gCPOg This vid]] showing Kimi's total nonchalant outlook on F1 compared to his colleagues in the sport.[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ELNyQ6zoH4 "HE'S DONE IT! JENSON BUTTON WINS THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX! GETITDAH~!"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Commentator James Allen losing it during Button's maiden win at the 2006 Hungarian GP.[[/labelnote]]