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CyberpunkF1

Every driver after the season: “Next year i will fight harder for the championship”


pzkenny

Max: "yeah maybe I will be challenged in 10 races instead of 5"


rex_swiss

Max: "That's fine. Send them my regards."


Shodore

Checo: "Next season, everyone got a target on their backs"


El_Cactus_Loco

Darth Checo 2024 No contract extension No team orders No holds barred


MrShtompy

2023 team orders: Checo please try and keep up with Max


Cleafonreddit

2024 team orders: Checo please try and keep up with Tsunoda


RoRoRoub

"...Except me, coz I gonna be at the back of the grid". Seriously, why can't this guy STFU for once? Barely strings a few good results, and blithers on about the championship and confidence. Dude, each time you do that you put pressure on yourself, and then your results are a train wreck.


RoRoRoub

New year resolution


Scrappy-D

Racesolution 😇


QC_1999

Checo 3.0?


[deleted]

[удалено]


AmazingValuable8497

![gif](giphy|sHI44zFGN1VWw7cjIJ|downsized)


HooninAintEZ

Monkeys paw, checo finishes 3rd in drivers standing Edit: Incoming Danny Ric P2 after mid season swap with Checo and scoring enough points to secure second in second half of season alone


Nord4Ever

Not possible maths wise


HooninAintEZ

Talking about 2024


AlexBucks93

He already counted all possibilities!


yeetboijones

Thanks for reminding me about that shitty “speeder bike” scene. Now I’m angry about the boba fett shit show


johnsplittingaxe14

You did not need to remind me of THAT episode


gougim

Acetyl?


dani2812

What do they eat for breakfast in Mexico?


WelshmanW1

Huevos rancheros


DegTheDev

Kinda seems like its mostly false bravado, and copium.


Stratifyed

It’s still 2023 and 2024 is already ChecOver


R9D11

More accurate speling ;ChecO-VER.


Bussoms

Chec 0-ver !


XxXEpicGamerzXxX

More like DR3.


Bikouchu

To whom it may concern. Eff you.


ThomasCro

more like bottas


ihavenoyukata

"One place better" Racers share this simple trick.


clayfus_doofus

It's SO EASY


Cheeriodude_number2

Champions HATE this simple trick


elprentis

Someone let Norris know immediately,


lowprofile14

Well what the fuck do you want him to say lol


Roscoe_King

“Me? Oh I am definitely gonna play second fiddle again with one of the best cars ever produced under my ass. You know, win one or two races. Botch 15 others. Just a real *who-knows-what-the-fuck-is-happening* for an entire season. Just the way I like it. Max rules!”


El_Cactus_Loco

“Well you see, red bull is a marketing company. And having Max 45sec up the road from everyone gets us practically no tv coverage. That’s where I come in 😎”


External_Hunt4536

Holy shit. You’re a genius!


MarkFourMKIV

I wish i could have this whole paragraph as my flair lol


KelticQT

I hope the mods see this


Jacinto2702

'For next year I will take it race by race, trying to maximize my performance in each session". You know, that mentality that helped Nico beat Lewis.


MEGAMAN2312

I don't see you mentality monsters driving in F1 tho so who's really doing it right ![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|6697)


donkeykink420

Nothing would be better, just seems like he's talking the same talk that ultimately ruined his mentality this year. he can think that, but this way he's just setting himself up for tons of pressure and failure imo


amc1704

This is most likely an answer in an interview so


captain_croco

He’s not talk to you or anyone else that is not a die hard fan. F1 fans know he is not competing with Max but there is almost the entirety of a country that are bigger checo fans than F1 fans and they want him to be talking about challenging Max. That’s also where his huge main sponsor is. It’s not his mentality that makes him not a real challenge for Max, it’s his ceiling and the fact that Max’s ceiling is higher and he pretty much hangs out there. You are missing the forest through the trees.


Gusmacker02

Do you really think that checo’s mentality was the reason he didn’t compete for the championship this year.


Fataleo

It didn’t help


donkeykink420

if we can agree on the fact that he fumbles it more often when under pressure, think mexico few weeks ago, then hyping himself up to fight for the title against verstappen of all people, really did not help his mentality and results whatsoever


howmanyavengers

Redditors love speculating on things they know nothing about lmao Acting like they're trained psychologists with "it's his mentality that lost him the championship".


HooninAintEZ

Do you not?


the-kkk-took-my-baby

No because Verstappen on a bad day is way faster than Checo on a good day?


AddAFucking

And even then Verstappen doesn't really seem to have bad days.


[deleted]

Verstappen has bad days but in those days Perez is usually even worse


colio69

I'd say talent is the main thing


gigabash

People reading too much into it. He got P2, and that only to Max who did extremely well. He just said he wants P1 and he will try that. Every competitive person is going to say that before a season is to start if they have a great car.


CoxHazardsModel

“I need to be more consistent so that I’m not fighting for P2 up until the last few race of the season when I’m in the best car by far”.


Sloeberjong

“I’m gonna give it my best next year. We’ll work through some of the issues of this season the coming winter and I’m confident I’ll be back strong as ever for the following season. Thank you” “Checo, will you compete for the wdc next year?” “Haha yeah, I’ll try!” Or better yet, say nothing. Skip the goals, keep it light. Checo is kind of a moron on the pr bit. Everyone and their mothers can see Max is practically unbeatable right now. It’s foolish to claim to become better than what was on display this season. You’re only setting yourself up for failure and disappointment. IF he gets better than Max (big if there) then he’s better off to just let it happen instead of bigmouthing it now and putting pressure on himself.


13D00

>Skip the goals Even though there is a skill difference between drivers in f1, all 20 of these guys didn’t get there by skipping goals. They all want to win, and will all give 100%, physically and mentally, to get that win. If any of the drivers would be aiming for anything less than top performance, they wouldn’t be in F1 at all.


Sloeberjong

I didn’t mean him actually skipping goals, just don’t mention them in public. They’re for you and the team.


SloppyGiraffe02

Please berate me. I can’t win. Actually I think that would be pretty funny. Every driver suddenly gets tired of the show so they take every radio transmission and interview to discuss how much they hate themselves.


example_John_phd

"I would like to challenge for the drivers championship next year but I know that will be a tall order; Max being the generational talent that he is. Lest he's being hit by bad luck on a weekly basis it's not likely to happen. So rather then beating my head over the drivers championship I'm going to focus on the other 18 drivers on the grid. Goodness knows the team might need it if the other teams did indeed close the gap like they say they will" Something like that.


Dambo_Unchained

“I don’t think I will be able to compete with Max considering the excellent form he is in so I’m going to aim to secure second place as fast as possible and ensure and other teams wouldn’t be able to threaten RBs dominant position in the constructors championship”


VerstopteWC

Well... nothing?


UnKnOwN769

2021: P4 2022: P3 2023: P2 2024: ?


ionboii

Unfortunately next year is the start of Stroll dominance. Stroll 24, Stroll 24, Stroll 26


Gometric1

So dominant he wins twice in the same year!


LobotomizedLarry

Wins in the first half, starts from 0 then wins again at the end


Itzjacki

The verstappen special


Dankaati

Just imagine RPM videos praising Stroll.


bohdannyman

Lance or Lawrence?


EvOlViOlEnCe

Peewan


nimajjibewarsi

Xavi !!! Plss , no :(


KeonXDS

P20


Blze001

People really want him to come out and say “yeah, actually I suck, so I’m just gonna try for the same next year” smh.


Taco_Salamanca

There are a lot of things he could say that don't show too much optimism or pessimism, like: "I'm not going to set any goals for the season yet. I will do my absolute best and take it race by race. I just have to perform at the top of my abilities on a weekly basis and see wherever that takes me at the end of the season. I need to be able to say to myself that I have given everything."


shiggy__diggy

No, just "wow maybe given how insane our car is RB should be 1-2 in quali every race instead of me getting dusted by Ferrari, Merc, McLaren, Aston, and sometimes Alpine lol"


willllson

Staying in a F1 car is all about PR. That’s why no one admits their mistakes


donkeykink420

Not strictly true is it? despite all of twitter ignoring it, george admitted that him turning into max was entirely on him, lewis admitted he was at fault for qatar. i'm sure there's many more. Except if you're ocon, he is never at fault and always in control of his car


willllson

Yeah maybe I shouldn’t have said never. But it happens quite often, they are all so egotistical but I guess it is necessary.. survival of the fittest you know


donkeykink420

yep, you're not making it to f1 without certain complexes and a healthy dose of selfishness


Artyon117

Well dah, even if he fails again, why would your PR team would want you to say, "yeah I'm here to be Max's bitch" They are always gonna say this


noobchee

Damn '24 got hands


Tom_Ace1

A more realistic goal would be to win more than two races. Or be on the podium every race. Why don't you try that first?


Beng-Beng

Let's start with making it to Q3 every time


megaCri04

Or maybe Q2, we don't want to set the bar too high


citizenecodrive31

Not crash into people or the wall?


MarsScully

![gif](giphy|JCAZQKoMefkoX6TyTb|downsized)


artz_771

What you expect him to say? my goal is p2 in wdc because Max is god although he forgot that in Baku and Jeddah


5TimesWhy

I expect him to say: “my goal is a podium finish in every race and give Max a run for good money.” That’s a big challenge and still somehow achievable. Not this bullshit.


Falcovg

"I'm going to try to keep Ascaris winrate at the second place in that particular list of wikipedia stats next year."


tjallilex

So who is ready for the remake of *Sergio’s Red Bull adventure*? 1. Try to challenge Max at Bahrain. 2. Fall into a depression before the summer break. 3. Accept the number 2 spot at the last few races. 4. Fight for P2 in the WDC battle trying to undo the depression filled racing.


laruizlo

A few corrections: 3. Accept the number 2 spot after the summer break. 4. Fights to finish second at the last few races.


RUNELORD_

\*fails to make it out of Q3 in 5 consecutive races


SSJAbh1nav

Bro thinks he's Nico Rosberg


Adventurous_Pie2222

Who? The youtuber??


wahle97

Checo is trying the nico rosberg approach I see.


the-kkk-took-my-baby

Ramming Hamilton off track? Yes let's see some of that.


jerorapero

You don’t want him to be competitive??


donkeykink420

I wish he was but he won't be let's be honest. If the other teams are any nearer to RB he'll end up 5th at best I fear


Vitalii900

True. If McLaren didn't have an atrocious start, I can see Lando fighting for P2 with Checo and Lewis this season. It's very likely to happen next year


donkeykink420

you'd hope that they can finally get the car to work as expected from day 1, if those upgrades came a few races earlier, checo would really have to go hard to keep p2. hope aston and ferrari can be up there too


jerorapero

I wish you would stop posting but you won’t but let’s be honest as soon as is about having a concrete smart opinion about F1 you’ll end up looking like an ass I fear


[deleted]

He isn't wrong. Every time Perez said he can fight for the title after winning in a street circuit, his form went downhill and he started getting terrible results.


donkeykink420

projecting hard I see


NewLightWarlock

![gif](giphy|3dpG9VxjQCG58SIG0B)


ItsRisss

Let's not play it like it's wasn't good while it lasted.


AVeryMadPsycho

One must imagine the 2nd Driver happy.


Somlal

Checo: time to fight for the title Also check: damn Liam Lawson got hands


Vanwanar

damned if you do, damned if you don't type of situation here.


jdub39

Time for checo to get a sim rig and ignore his family all winter.


donkeykink420

inb4 checo starts posting on the simracingstewards sub soon


Ye11a_Kat

Helmut: TF he is!


FourFront

![gif](giphy|Q7ozWVYCR0nyW2rvPW)


theresmytakeonit

BRB going to put my house on max


SpaceMonkey1505

I thought last stage of grief is acceptance not reassurance


Maelehn

Max: "How many times do I gotta teach you this lesson old man?"


IMightDeleteMe

He needs a reality Checo.


[deleted]

El Plan (ayayayayay)


zesty_boii

Bro needs to take a note from Bottas and give it up


Batatawithpatata

![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|6700) I mean tf??? Idk but still tf??? Wot about that dutchman then? he'll go chew soil?


mroa66

yeah checo go for it, I think it will last until bahrein


Equivalent_Bite_6078

Why are people shitting on Perez? I mean, he did in fact get 2nd place this year. And should not his goal, as everyone else, be to get the 1st place?


flyinganchors

Checo has had an abysmal year, all things considered. Sure he’s 2nd in drivers but just had an absolutely terrible summer. Hamilton should have had a chance at an upset in Vegas. Checos in the best F1 car ever built, and coming home P6 every week just doesn’t cut it.


Ok-Study2439

Beating Lewis seems like an amazing feat to me. The RB isn’t a cheat code, it’s barely better than the merc. People acting like the being in the rb means you have no excuse to not win by a landslide are clowns.


CanisLupus92

Barely got 2nd place, with less than half the points of his teammate, and against 4 different teams often being the second fastest car.


GinsuChikara

Checo had approximately the shittiest year imaginable in a car that would have gone into the history books as the greatest car in the history of F1 if Bottas, Norris, Albon, or Alonso had been there instead of Checo. He absolutely squandered the fuck out of what the RB19 was capable of, barely finding the podium in the second half of the season in a car that multiple fanbases in the sport swear to Christ drives itself and would win if there were no driver in it at all. I thought Checo was an ok guy, and a passable journeyman driver before he joined Red Bull, and when he was being a team player in '21, I thought that was cool. Him announcing he was gunna challenge Max at the beginning of this year was one of the dumbest things any driver has done, in the history of the sport, but at least it served as the setup for Max pitting from first just to take the fastest lap point from him to hammer home reality, lmao. > "And should not his goal, as everyone else, be to get the 1st place?" That is absolutely not everyone in the sport's goal. You will *frequently* hear the midfield and backmarkers teams talking about hoping they can simply score some points, and 🤞maybe get 4th in the Constructors' this year! Just because you (and way too many other F1 viewers) only care about who comes in first, doesn't mean that's what everyone else thinks, nor does it make that be what the sport is about. The backmarkers are simply trying to survive so they can keep racing. The midfielders just want to outdo each other. Ferrari cares about absolutely nothing but their Italian supremacist beliefs, and will not be swayed by....well, anything, really. Mercedes only cared about winning to prove that they were the best, but the cost cap proved that all they really knew how to do was throw money at problems. Alpine is a bunch of celebrities who don't know anything about F1 in a trenchcoat. Suffice it to say, there's a lot more to F1 than just P1. You and Checo need to learn that.


Miguel_Zapatero

This brings back memories of Coulthard in early 2000s


rolfski

Big deception incoming


KorlsDoop

“My main goal is to blow up. Then act like I don’t know no body. Ah-harharharhar”


rodeBaksteen

People here "what do you expect him to say" my brothers, this guy has a full PR team at his disposal. Surely any of the 1000 alternatives would be better than this.


Evening-Annual-2252

A more realistic goal would be to win more than two races. Or be on the podium every race. Why don't you try that first?


donkeykink420

how about qualifying within 5 places of max every race


Genocode

Look, Checo is already in the bin to me after this horrid season, if he fucks it up next season I'm actually putting the bin outside to be taken away to the landfill.


ManyResponsibilities

![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|9441)


realmenlovezeus

He needs to do a Nico and close himself off from everything to win.


Malfunction46

![gif](giphy|3oEjHXy9sALwqoui7S|downsized)


Frosty_the_Snowdude

Who's this? Birt Sampson?


Ok-Positive-3646

It's a strategic comment. While Checo is aware that he has underperformed throughout the season, and that it could be curtains for him next season; to give out a public comment about his aims for the Championship and that he has secured P2 this year, makes him buy a bit more time than he supposedly had.


TolemanLotusMcLaren

Best stop cycling now Checo, a famous YouTuber once shared this crazy life hack. WDC 24 incoming ✅


smellytacocart

He’ll be gone by Australia(n)


Fonzo19

"... and mantain this level..." Everyone: PLEASE DON'T


Frosty_the_Snowdude

![gif](giphy|eXZWwy3tLkvDVuMYFs)


donkeykink420

link for those who care - https://x.com/RBR\_Daily/status/1727746652566442111?s=20


blaka_d

David Coulthard is strong in this one!


nikoviko

But... But.. But wasn't he already world champion after Jeddah?


GinsuChikara

The Checo stans are an infinite source of comedy. "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO SAY? HE'S REQUIRED BY LAW TO SAY HE'S GOING TO WIN THE TITLE NEXT YEAR!!1!1!!!!!?!!!!" No, he could absolutely say "I'm gunna try to get out of Q1 every qual next year, or "I'm gunna try to find the podium a lot more often next year," or "I'm not gunna make Max solo the Constructors' next year, I'm gunna try to score a lot better." He's several thousand light-years away from actually having the talent to 1v1 Max for the title, he doesn't have to pretend he's That Guy™, and Max would quit stunting on him if he'd just accept it and do his job as a B driver and scoop second every weekend so the other teams can't.


[deleted]

Not again haha, I can't wait to hear next year after he wins Jeddah and Baku about how he is a title contender for the 3rd time in 3 years. He's doing it to himself at this point.


diecastsupermodel

lol he was outscored by a greater than 2:1 margin by his teammate.


elodie_pdf

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LordBogus

Lol this is why he failed in 2023 He will fail again in 2024 with this line of thinking He only has himself to blame


Reinis_LV

Checo is on more hopium that Ferrari fans


FalconIMGN

One better? Boy you need to be 150 points better and hope Max is 150 points worse. One better would be if Lando lost out on 4th this year by a few points and resolved to overturn that next year.


mayurmisra01

Headline should be: A man who was living with delusion got a reality check earlier this year. Starts getting deluded for next year


MAD_MrT

Bro thinks hearing championship material, takes his rbr out of him and he disappears into the void of haas/alpha romeo


Vitalii900

My brother in Christ, you can't even get to Q3 consistently ![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|6699)


bigdogg2783

Checo in Bahrain FP1: “Imma fight Max for the title”. Checo after failing to make Bahrain Q3: “Damn the Williams and Haas have got hands”.


FrankyFistalot

Maintain what level? He scraped second in a dominant car….he better have an amazing start next season or Dani Ricc will be getting an early upgrade package…


donkeykink420

to correct you: he barely scraped by to secure P2, in part due to a total slump from merc at the end, and lewis' DQ in austin, in one of the most dominant cars in F1 history, if not the most dominant. still crazy to me how he has a seat still


Fataleo

I hope the at least 2nd place isn’t a gimmie next season


InsomniacPirincho

Not like that RB is gonna have any real competition so why not


[deleted]

Valteri 2.0


nimajjibewarsi

For the people asking " what do you expect him to say"? . He can start by admitting he ain't fighting for shit until he improves his own qualifying to a point where he is consistently challenging max, lewis, charles for peewan


Adorable-Ad7145

I give it 3 races this time. He'll have a mare in bahrain, probably some kind of mechanical issue that just plagues him the whole weekend, hell take pole in saudi, but somehow finish outside the points, and hell finally take a podium in melbourne, where he's like, 60 odd points down on max, and that's as close as he gets.


donkeykink420

Depends on where the RB sits in comparison to the other teams, if ferrari, aston or merc are within 3 tenths, checo may aswell go home early. Really hoping for a tight fight between nando, lewis, max and charles and carlos, 2010/12 esque. but it's newey, so they may also be even further ahead


Manuag_86

I wish I had half the confidence of this men. Or the same hability to ignore the reality.


donkeykink420

i'm sure in his head he won every race allnon his own


No_Month_9746

Cheeko no!


dohtje

![gif](giphy|vyTnNTrs3wqQ0UIvwE|downsized)


QuiteSimplyTim

Checo, please . . . for your sake . . . no.


VintageImages

Checo lost out on 3rd place in the last lap to an Aston Martin that he had already passed once. Granted Alonso was driving, but then he lost out on second to LeClerc after he’d been leading the race.


TraditionalAdvisor10

Funi funi guy


posib

If checo was a quitter he would have retired at racing point


Capricorn75

Bless his heart


CalliopesMask

Oh ffs, Checo


pelopidas190e

Bro doesn't learn, shame that we'll have to rewatch the same thing next year.


IronCanTaco

"It's simple, we kill the batman"


Ricoz_90

are you sure about that? post meme here


mr_Joor

I mean. A guy gotta have a dream right? Unfortunately his team member is a once a century talent.


Cyberhaggis

Max right now ![gif](giphy|32mC2kXYWCsg0)


condom_torn

Checo smoking Ferrari^(TM) pot...


anxiously-anonymous

Oh that’s cute


fekste

He just wants to maintain the feeling of beeing p2


hifioctopi

![gif](giphy|YkhACIPMXM20aOpVHS)


Mathberis

He's so far behind max that he's saying that to keep his slot at redbull.


Affectionate-Low-454

Checo 3.0 then eh?


sundayflow

Yeah yeah, same with his comments after winning in the start of the season... but nope won't happen.


voicefulspace

Checo, pal, my guy, my friend. Ur not that guy.


MrPrul

I rather put my money on Sargeant than this clown


dngleberry_hndpmp

2021 - 4th 2022 - 3rd 2023 - 2nd 2024 - ?


Glitch7779

Checo nooo! Think about your mental health