pierre: "seems like everywhere you go it's raining."
yuki: "yeah recently my heart is crying because you might gonna go to a different team next year."
YUKI EVEN STUTTERED PLEASE
"you should not touch my hands. i know you like to be..."
"i know. we got used to it, holding hands together."
"i know, but not now. not on TV."
UH WHAT NOW ??
helmut marko has no business putting yuki's mental health into spotlight and place him in a vulnerable position to answer these questions. if yuki wants to open up, then he should be the one who choose the place and the time to do it, not because marko said something about it.
ah! finally found the clip where guanyu prefers his name to follow the chinese naming convention of putting family name in front of first name (zhou guanyu) instead of the western naming convention of putting first names in front of family name (guanyu zhou)
never one to complain but this is quite literally the bare minimum lol. they only did this because the person affected is from the main team. all these time yuki is receiving hate comments and being called names by one of the team principals, they are dead silent.
A clip of Will Buxton asking Guanyu questions in Chinese during his interview.
Will Buxton, in Chinese: You raced here before, do you like the track?
More translation in the thread below:
"What's gonna happen with you next year?"
Pierre: "I say you gotta ask this guy. You want me to be your teammate or not?"
Yuki: "Of course, I love to, always. We're together. "
P: We move together, wherever we go. For this next year, I have many chance to drive in Formula One +
yuki: let me drive, pierre
pierre: oh you're not driving
yuki, whines: please... you drive a lot already!
pierre: no the brakes. the brakes are screaming "not yuki, not yuki."
BRO WHEN I TELL YOU I LOVE THEIR DYNAMICS SO MUCH
Q: If you were a mechanic, what would be your preferred role?
Yuki: Probably the mechanic who ties the seat belt to the driver. Because I think you can tighten it as much as possible if you don’t like a driver, or you know, if the driver is not performing well.
yuki please 💀
i feel like we didn't talk enough about how much yuki's mentality have changed ever since he entered F1 last year. he went from being stubborn, filled with an eagerness to prove himself to everyone, to having the courage to admit his vulnerabilities and own up to his shortcomings