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THE Rookies
10:01 PM
Gabi
Can anyone explain to me what happened in the drivers group chat?
Kimi
You mean today or generally?
Ollie
a lot happens in this group chat
Franco
I stopped reading the messages. Pierre gives me summaries every now and then
Arvid
Really?
Franco
You see how many messages they send? I can´t keep up with that while being a professional athlete
Kimi
am I offended now?
Ollie
don´t be
Isack
What is it we need to explain @Gabi?
Gabi
George and Max for one and Lando asking someone out?
Liam
Feels like tinder in the drivers group chat
Kimi
Can you believe that Max and George are actually a couple?
Ollie
The possibility was there
Liam
But was it realistically?
Ollie
Never actually expected it
Arvid
I'll be honest with you, I thought they were more likely to fight than to love each other
Kimi
Part of me thought they really hate each other
Not the opposite
Isack
I´m just scared of them as a couple. They will be unstoppable
Ollie
They have been a couple since ´25 and we didn’t realize it. Nothing changed much
Isack
Maybe it changes now that we know
Kimi
We will see
Gabi
And Lando? Do we think the guy he talked about was Oscar?
Liam
100%
Franco
Definitely
Nando
Absolutely
Gabi
Are they a couple now?
Kimi
We don´t know
Liam
If he really did ask Oscar out on a first date just now, it'll surely be a while before the two of them become a couple and share that news with us
Isack
or they pull a Russtappen and just don´t tell anyone
Franco
nah, Lando isn´t as subtle as George and Max
Liam
True
Gabi
Didn´t expect that either
Kimi
Really?
Ollie
You didn´t feel the tension between these two?
Gabi
A lot of drivers have tension
Isack
You mean Max and George?
Franco
Carlos and Charles?
Liam
Kimi and Ollie?
Kimi
Why us?
Arvid
You and the old man?
Gabi
You think there is tension between Nico and me?
Ollie
We need to distinguish between the different types of tension
Kimi
True
We got the rivalry tension (which we all have to some extent) and the tension tension. Like sparks flying
Liam
The stuff Lando and Oscar have going on, where they´re always together and look at each other with heart eyes
Franco
or sing about riding till they can´t no more
Ollie
It´s honestly crazy that we got Russtappen before Landoscar. Lando and Oscar together makes so much more sense
Gabi
And Nico and I are like Landoscar or Russtappen?
Kimi
We can´t use them because they are the same. They have a rivalry going on but they also have the romantic part
Gabi
So Nico and I are like Lewis and George?
Ollie
No. You have something entirely different going on
How many times did Nico talk about you being naked? With Lewis and George this never happened
Isack
I need two hands to count the times this man imagined you razorblade naked
Gabi
He was joking
Kimi
Was he?
Gabi
Yes
Liam
Nico is a millennial. They don´t joke like that
Arvid
I think nobody jokes like that?
I never joked about wanting to see my teammate naked
Kimi
me neither
Franco
me neither
Ollie
me neither
Nando
Me neither
Gabi
Okay, so that’s not normal
Kimi
It´s normal for you. This is stuff Gabico does
Liam
Unless you feel uncomfortable?
Gabi
No, I feel safe with Nico
Arvid
Good, otherwise this would be very problematic
Ollie
Would you say Nico and you are flirting?
Gabi
He does maybe. Idk
Franco
If you take a closer look at the Audi Videos he either flirts or he has a very unique way of communicating
Isack
Would you like it if he flirted?
Gabi
I wouldn’t mind it
Kimi
But he´s really old
Ollie
Nearly 20 years is a pretty big age gap
Gabi
Is that very problematic
Liam
I say fuck it
Kimi
I don’t know. I think its okay as long as you’re old enough. Could still be weird
Isack
The question is what Nico thinks about it
Gabi
How do I find out? I cant ask him
Kimi
We can ask him
Gabi
What do you mean?
F1 Drivers 2026
10:29 PM
Kimi
What’s your opinion on age gaps?
George Russell
Like generally? In what context? Friendship? Romantic or work relationship?
I can´t believe I’m actively engaging in this nonsense
I blame @Max
Max
I take the blame
Someone needs to give these morons good advice
George Russell
Thanks?
Max
No problem schatje
Kimi
Every kind of age gap
Oscar
You can’t really do something against age gaps at your workplace?
Charles
Don´t we all have colleagues double our age
Alex
Big age differences at work are not a problem. Sometimes you can benefit from someone with more experience in life and work
LANDO
I have friends older than me
Liam
How much older?
LANDO
10 or 15 years. I think it’s fine
Pierre
I think older or younger friends are okay. Even though I find it weird if a friend of mine was 15
Carlos
At our age you can have older friends but not much younger
Kimi
How about relationships?
George Russell
Why? Some old man talking to you?
Kimi
No, not me.
Max
Father George
LANDO
Why did I just raed this like George is a priest?
George Russell
Fuck you @Max, I´m not Kimis father.
Kimi
I ask for someone else and I want your opinion. Especially from the elder drivers
Checo
It depends on the age difference and the person
I wouldn’t be with someone that’s 20 or 70
Valtteri
I say love is love. It has to be legal, otherwise be happy
Isack
What about the other older drivers? @Nando? @Lewis H? @Hulk?
Nando
You already know I support age gaps as long as the difference isn’t more than 20 years
Carlos
How?
Kimi
He´s in the rookies group
Oscar
Why is he in the rookies group?
LANDO
He is what????
Pfffttftf I love it
Alex
You are really going along with this joke
Nando
I am a rookie and don’t know what you´re talking about
Isack
And the other two?
Lewis H
I am not the biggest fan of big age gaps. With work and friendship its okay, in a relationship it can make things difficult. You have to realize that you´re in different stages of life and possibly have different perspectives on topics such as family or the future in general. That can be a dealbreaker, but I think about it like Checo. It depends on the person
Kimi
@Hulk?
Hulk
Why does my opinion matter?
Kimi
Because everyone said something about this topic
LANDO
Besides Lance
Kimi
Besides Lance but that’s okay
Lance
Rude
Kimi
Sorry Lance
Lance
Just keep going
Hulk
I don't think your friend or whoever you're asking for should make decisions based on our opinions
Ollie
very mature of you
Kimi
Don’t care. I want an answer from you
Hulk
Didn’t know you were that stubborn
Fine
I see nothing wrong with it, being together with someone older or younger
Arvid
So you´d get together with someone younger?
or older?
Hulk
I suppose so. When you´re in love
Kimi
Interesting
George Russell
What´s going on here?
Liam
Say someone Gabis’s age? You´d be okay with that?
Hulk
That´s very specific
Kimi
Just answer
Hulk
Yes, why wouldn’t I?
We are both adults so we know what we´re getting into
Kimi
So the age gap wouldn’t be a problem
Hulk
No
Liam
Interesting
Isack
very interesting
Hulk
I feel like I´m being interrogated
Kimi
Noooo
I´m just asking
Franco
We´re just making some things clearer for someone
Ollie
Are things clearer certain someone?
George Russell
What’s going on?
Max
You don´t know?
George Russell
Don´t behave like you know. You´re dense
LANDO
Wait
WAIT
Are we really talking abuot Gabi and Nico? In that way?
Kimi
…
Liam
…
Isack
…
LANDO
We are
Hulk
We are?
Gabi
Fuck
Kimi
No no. I just wanted to know what you say to a relationship with Gabi
*this message has been deleted*
Hulk
I saw that
Kimi
I don’t know what you´re talking about
Hulk
All of this was about Gabi and me? If I was okay being with someone 17 years younger?
Ollie
Maybe
Hulk
Okay
Gabi
What does okay mean?
Kimi
Hello? Nico? Still there?
Oscar
He really went offline
LANDO
That’s brutal
Gabi
Did we just destroy my professional career?
Kimi
Nico is reasonable. He just needs time to think
Charles
Or you scared him?
Gabi
Oh god you think so?
George Russell
Don´t panic. Maybe he just needs a few minutes to think.
Franco
or we destroyed Gabis professional career
Gabi
Porra
Kimi
Stay calm Gabi
Hulk
You could have asked me in person?
Gabi
What if you just joked about it?
Hulk
You don´t know
Gabi
And you don´t know either. You joke when you feel insecure
Kimi
So …
Hulk
Yes
Gabi
What?
Hulk
Still yes
My answer hasn’t changed
Gabi
Oh
Okay
Hulk
Should we talk in person now? I don’t need 20 people reading about our possible relationship
LANDO
I love reading about your posible relationship
Max
Me too
Gabi
I don’t
Alex
And they´re gone?
Oscar
Both offline
Kimi
That’s what we get for playing wingmen?