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Ferrari is turning everything upside down

Why are Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz wearing these weird goggles?

F1 Grand Prix of Australia - Previews
F1 Grand Prix of Australia - Previews
Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Things aren’t going great at Ferrari right now. The team is still trying to recover from Mattia Binotto’s resignation, The Prancing Horse is fourth in the constructors and struggling to keep up with Mercedes and Aston Martin, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are having friction — and everything feels like it could explode at any moment.

It’s important in times like this to gain a new perspective. In this case, one that’s totally upside down.

F1 Grand Prix of Australia - Previews
Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Charles and Carlos put on “Vango” goggles, which flips everything you see upside down. It’s a disorienting, bizarre move right before race — and a little more odd considering they played tetherball right after this.

Judging from the camera we’ll presumably get video of how it went soon, but for now we have to appreciate how happy Charles looked right before their game.

F1 Grand Prix of Australia - Previews
Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Then how sad he was when it was over.

F1 Grand Prix of Australia - Previews
Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

When you put on goggles to get a new perspective, but everything is still terrible and you’re dying inside.

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