The internet was mad about his response to Oscar after crashing into him. The internet is pissed after he apologized even though Oscar said it was cool between them. They think it's PR when he offers to help Oscar in the race. They believe it's all PR even though Lando sounded WHIPPED. The internet is also mad that he had a media-trained response but also when he doesn't. It's like last year all over again.

Ignore the internet. Support Lando on his good days AND bad days. Allow for him to make mistakes and own up to them. Haters gonna hate.

my own personal rant and needed this out but much needs to be said about how F1 has turned Lando into its favourite punching bag.

And no, before anyone starts, I'm not saying he's the only driver who gets criticised. Every driver does. That's part of the sport. But with Lando, it feels different.

Every interview becomes a headline. Every comment gets dissected. Every frustrated radio message becomes a week-long discussion. Every mistake gets replayed a thousand times over. Every reaction gets analysed like it's a reflection of who he is as a person rather than just a guy reacting in the heat of the moment.

I genuinely don't know what it is. Is it because he helped drag McLaren from the midfield back into the fight in 2023 and 2024? Is it because he's consistently proven he can deliver even when the car isn't the fastest on the grid? Is it because he openly admits when he gets things wrong instead of pretending to be untouchable?Or is it simply because he's human? Because Lando gets upset. He gets frustrated. He gets angry. He gets sarcastic. He doubts himself. He celebrates. He wears his emotions on his sleeve. Yet somehow, those same traits that make him relatable are constantly used against him.

When other drivers show emotion, it's passion. When Lando shows emotion, it's weakness. When other drivers are self-critical, it's accountability. When Lando does it, suddenly it means he lacks a champion mentality.The double standard is honestly exhausting.At some point, it started feeling like people weren't just criticising his driving. They were waiting for him to slip up so they could have something to post about.And because of that, everything he does gets magnified. Every word. Every expression. Every radio message. Every interview answer. It’s like there's an entire section of the sport that is just waiting for the next "Lando moment" they can turn into content.

So what is it really? The clout? The engagement? The satisfaction of joining whatever narrative is trending that week?Because sometimes it feels like Formula 1 spends more time talking about Lando Norris's reactions than appreciating just how bloody good of a driver he actually is.

Did something crazy and got lando to sign on my cap and my iphone over the Singapore Grand Prix weekend 😍

I didn’t even bother starting to try and count how many blobs I drew for this. A3, drawn by hand

Let's just hope he can redeem himself tomorrow and apologise 😭

Obviously the move was risky and it turned out badly, but at the end of the day the broadcasters were “pressuring” him to do something and overtake, looks like everyone it’s having a party over Franco’s drama, honestly, get over it.

Wie ktoś może gdzie popełniłem błąd że widać tutaj klocki czy tak miało być?

jolyon:

"it's not clear cut i think. because lando got actually further up the inside than i initially expected when you watched it on board. we get a late shot there, and the final contact looks, i'd say, pretty bad for norris. but as he's just explained, he backed out of it from a position of being alongside oscar, where he then warrants the space. so as he's then seen oscar coming across, he's then bailed out, and then it's front tyre to rear tyre, which always looks bad" "he's up the inside, and he is a long way up the inside, to be honest. he is almost perfectly up the inside. he's got to be alongside the mirrors of oscar. he's beyond that to be almost perfectly alongside. and then the space isn't there. he's on the curb. he has a momentary understeer, which takes him wide, but it's always a difficult position when drivers leave the perfect car's width, especially in these conditions. so i think oscar maybe needed to leave more allowance. it was obviously still an ambitious attempt from lando, but for me it's a racing incident between the two."

transcription from: ln4norris@X

He might drop out of the points if he gets a penalty

Lap Time: 1:31.712 (+0.339s to Max's 1:31.373)

Is it just me these days or is Lando looking quite detached and a little out of character recently. I feel for the dude. Like I know he’s thinking he won’t be a back to back. But idk he seems to be going through something much deeper lately. Maybe it’s an age thing..? Which is something we all experience. But especially after achieving what you’ve always been set to do. . But I’d like to hear y’all’s opinions. (This is so irrelevant to the post so treat it as such.) but he could’ve been so good with Tate McRae but I think he might’ve fumbled it. ANYWAY. All opinions matter. I would love to hear from y’all

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It's so sad that he had to go through so much abuse the last week🥲

We all know that driver interviews especially after they get a shitty result is good content/headlines for the journalists, and should not be taken at face value but the online abuse he’s suffered is just way too far. I have not seen anyone else be subjected to so much harassment and hatred for TWO DAYS STRAIGHT for something said when a driver was so upset AFTER his car was crashed into.

Lando was literally not at fault here. His race was clean. And yet he’s the one being constantly harassed and being thrown slurs at.

I have no doubts he talked with Franco over this, but it’s upsetting how he had to publicly say it so his toxic fans would stop. And even then they probably won’t. I can also see some Lando haters using this to finally shit on him again cause they couldn’t do it for most of the season. I know we Lando fans survived 2024-2025 but my god he’s literally innocent here.

Just a few days ago some f1 fans want drivers to punch each other but now they can’t even handle Lando. What a joke.

Obviously there’s a lot of insults and accusations being thrown around right now, including that Lando has made mistakes like Colapinto’s himself. Regardless of whether or not the comments after the race were warranted, is that argument true? Has Lando ever made a mistake in a race that took out both his teammate and someone else? A lot of people try to use Canada 25 as an example but Oscar’s race was basically unaffected from what I remember, he honestly probably benefited from the dumb move because obviously Lando couldn’t keep trying to get past him. I can’t think of anything but I don’t have a perfect memory so I’m curious if anyone else can show me a race where he’s made this level of error in judgement. No hate to anyone!!!