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Formula One F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. – October 21, 2021 Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. play basketball ahead of the Grand Prix REUTERS/Mike Blake
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Formula One F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. – October 21, 2021 Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. play basketball ahead of the Grand Prix REUTERS/Mike Blake
The Ferrari due is one of the best driver pairing this season, with Charles Leclerc a potential contender to win the 2022 world championship. While the Prancing Horse drivers are usually phenomenal on the circuit, we, unfortunately, can not say the same for them when they are in front of the camera.
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Leclerc and his teammate Carlos Sainz appeared in the latest ad of Shell V-power. The Ferrari boys talk about the new 10% renewable fuel from Shell. But the ad didn’t receive the response as they would have imagined.
Fans react to Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz’s poor acting
Shell is an official partner of the Italian constructors. So, the Ferrari F1 drivers appeared in the advertisement for Shell’s new race fuel for road cars. However, the ad turned into a massive joke for fans.
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The drivers were unable to impress the fans with their acting prowess. Leclerc and Sainz looked lost, and the entire video was very monotonous. Many fans even said the drivers looked like robots. The fans expressed their thoughts on the ad on Twitter. Let’s take a look at some of those fan reactions.
Why do they sound like robots??
— lol 🙃🔫 (@vandansavage) June 1, 2022
The director of this video must be the same guy doing tyre strategy at Ferrari
— GKM Games (@GKMBGS) June 2, 2022
With the hand on his waist like PLEASE😭😭😭
— Madie 🏁 (@Madiethebadieee) June 1, 2022
he’s clear of leclerc and sainz in that shell adv pic.twitter.com/BLPq8bbv6u
— bia ☀️ (@biazzarro) June 1, 2022
Some fans even said Leclerc and Sainz were forced to act at gunpoint in front of the camera.
carlos is def being held by gun point
— lori (@randomtrashfan) June 1, 2022
Wusjajajaja worst acting ever I freakin love itttttt
— Marco (@marczzss) June 1, 2022
Literally me trying to present infront of my class 😭 https://t.co/9zldNsqjMt
— Jose Mourinho (@sukaryRutab) June 2, 2022
Am I the only one who doesn’t think it’s totally awful?😂 I mean obviously they are standing very awkwardly the whole time but the way they’re saying their lines could be worse🤔😅
Also I don’t think I could do it any better. Still funny to watch😄— maxine (@maxineM98) June 1, 2022
Some fans even jokingly mentioned the Ferrari duo should receive an Oscar for this ad. Fans even mentioned other ads featuring F1 drivers as worthy competitors to this Shell ad.
Oscar worthy performance #Ferrari https://t.co/MsqnEeXDjN
— Tracy (@CassiieTheSassy) June 2, 2022
they deserve an oscar for that performance https://t.co/luz8XF0rnZ
— hit me one more time¹⁶ (@hitmeGD) June 2, 2022
I raise you https://t.co/qkr43Wp1B0
— Jake Archibald (@jaffathecake) June 2, 2022
no one does it better than Daniel pic.twitter.com/CfQktNC1Ck https://t.co/OSSGzhrsP9
— Tanvi🔪| FEA. (@rustywhoo) June 2, 2022
Nowhere near as good as these Ferrari drivers https://t.co/561lawV4nN
— Mrs Pinsent (@MrsPinsent) June 1, 2022
The Ferrari duo’s funny interaction in the Shell commercial
The Shell commercial had many checky interactions between the two Ferrari drivers. This ad was shot when the drivers were in the US for the inaugural Miami GP. And Leclerc was leading the 2022 championship title run back then.
Leclerc told Sainz in the commercial, “Being first isn’t everything, Carlos. However, I am, without a doubt, the undisputed first.”
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Then Sainz talks more about the fuel and asks Leclerc to speak again, “Secondly, well, why don’t you take second, Charles.” This ad was shot during the race weekend in Miami, and coincidently, Leclerc finished second to Verstappen there.
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Further, Leclerc even dropped to second in the driver’s standing after the Spanish GP. It seems the Monegasque took Sainz’s words from the commercial seriously.
The next race for the Ferrari duo is the Azerbaijan GP. Let’s see if Leclerc can again get the pole position in the streets of Baku.
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Ranvijay Singh