They take less and less, but there are those who like to keep a Christmas tradition, sending a card, a christmas, to congratulate the holidays to relatives and close people. That can also be translated to sport and, specifically, to Formula 1, especially to one of its teams: Red Bull. The energy team is given to congratulate Christmas on their social networks with a typical card loaded with messages about what happened during the season, and this year’s one will not like some.
After such a special 2022 for them, with Verstappen’s bichampionship and the double of titles, they stick out their chests showing off their trophiesSome details that hang on the Christmas tree such as the 759 points and the 17 victories achieved by its two pilots, who appear in the image dressed in their helmets and clothing together with the trio of Milton Keynes bosses: Horner, Marko and Newey. And in those two parts of the scene is where the messages addressed to third parties that have caused some controversy are found.
The first, for the FIA, in the words of Santa Claus himself, the one in charge of bringing the food for dinner with a message: “The turkey might make us go over budget…”. An obvious allusion to the punishment they have received for exceeding the spending limit in 2021. And the second message is for their rivals. Max and Czech they play with a simple, charming, strategic RB18 that also has “zero porposing”, while the Mercedes and Ferrari are in a box of ‘unwanted toys’ along with a Scuderia strategy book…
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More generic, and much less controversial, is the Formula 1 congratulation in which the entire World Cup grid is distributed through a Christmas landscape. An updated image with pilots wearing new colors (Alonso from Aston Martin, Gasly from Alpine, Ricciardo from Red Bull or Mick Schumacher from Mercedes), being welcomed (Hulkenberg, De Vries, Piastri and Sargeant) or saying goodbye (Vettel or Latifi). A scene also loaded with messages, but without pulling the irony that can light the bonfires of some teams…
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