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oscar was faster just deal with it instead of writing paragraphs

Oscar claimed that he was faster. Oscar appeared faster, because he had DRS. I will give credit where it's due: it's clear that he had pace. After all, he caught up with Lando, and he was in his DRS for multiple laps. But was he faster? Well, according to ex-drivers, journalists and commentators featured in the post-race segment: no, he wasn't. According to the Mclaren TP, Andrea Stella: no, he wasn't. According to the data? No, he wasn't.

So, maybe, just maybe, you should stop taking Oscar's words as gospel while he is in a racing car going 280 km/h and willing to do anything and say anything in that moment to get a better result. This is what most drivers do in situations such as this. The difference is that if it's Lando (or George, or Carlos, or any other least liked driver) they are made fun of, bullied and labelled as crybabies, selfish people, whiners who want things handed to them. If it's Oscar (or Charles, Max or any other beloved driver - excluding Lewis, because as we all know a certain fanbase loves to call him 'Crymilton' for one very specific reason that has nothing to do with racing) they are being disadvantaged by their team and everything is true as they say, and the team, the weather and the whole world is against them.

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“LET THEM RACE!!!!!” has now evolved into “TEAM ORDERS EXIST FOR A REASON, YOU KNOW” since it would benefit pookie oscie

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Suddenly "free to race" doesn't seem to please that crowd

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I'm just so tired of the hypocrisy, if anything. Last year, when Lando was in a position to fight for the WDC (even if it was not a reasonable challenge,imo) week to week the entire F1 community was screaming and crying at the thought of team orders. Everyone agreed that points, podiums and wins should be achieved on merit, and not with the help of a teammate. Hell, even this year there was constant discussion about the team orders McLaren told their drivers to hold position back in Australia for four laps while their drivers were passing backmarkers in a wet track, on a rainy day, where there were multiple DNFs. Yet suddenly, everyone thinks that Mclaren should have made Lando give up his second place to Oscar, because he got within his DRS and said that he was faster on the radio.

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Piastri asking for a swap so he can go get max. There are people saying he could have gone and got max but he was behind Lando even with DRS the whole race. Lando didn’t have DRS and was protecting his tyres and Piastri still didn’t/couldn’t overtake or even get close enough to set up for wheel to wheel. So how would Piastri gain on Max? Piastri was asking repeatedly on the radio and Lando was not aware as his (incompetent) race engineer (to the point he had to ask him for suggestions re:hairpin) and barely spoke to him the last 20 laps (plus WJ’s obsession with imaginary rain). It’s very telling how Piastri seems to expect this now probably due to him being repeatedly coddled and given advantages and race wins. Even today he was given an advantage by the undercut.

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Piastri's fans are going to be fucking HORRENDOUS. I can already see the bullshit narrative they'll run with.

I'm going to just say it — if at any point at the BEGINNING of a season, Lando and his fans were begging for team orders in the SWAP POSITION flavor, F1 fans would be hunting all of us for sport. Yet Oscar and his fans have done that in 2 of the first 3 opening races and it's viewed as "championship mentality?" He was never team ordered not to fight Lando, he was merely told they weren't swapping the positions. If he couldn't pass Lando, he wasn't passing Max. And I fear his shitty attitude towards playing the team game thus far is why the team wouldn't even entertain the thought of "Let him by to have a go at Max then give back the position at the end if he can't overtake him" strategy that Oscar stans seem to think they should have. Nah, dude. No team with any common sense is going to do that with a driver who regularly threw tantrums over the mere prospect of having to play the team game the entire second half of last year.

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look, i 100% agree that if oscar had the pace to go after max, then he should’ve, but mcl never told him to hold position. so people have got to stop blaming lando for this.

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i love how lando was able to discuss the race straight out of the car in the most mature and measured way possible, like he's obviously a bit disappointed, but his energy is not in any way dejected or resentful about it. he knows he did the best he could, and max simply didn't make mistakes. you have to appreciate a master at work, you know? so lando obviously respects the skill of max, and accepts that racing is racing, even grinning about it, happy to be racing against the best, against someone who wouldn't give him an inch. so like yes he didn't win, but max is max is max, you just can't do anything against that force of nature <3

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i will never agree with the "driver needs to be cutthroat and ruthless to win a championship" narrative.

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What's the last thing they said that made you stop talking to them?

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it’s okay lando can overtake tomorrow trust

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that’s so fucking sexy 🥵

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amazing how lando said in the same interview that mcl has a stronger driving pairing currently because they're the only ones who haven't gone through a driver change AND that he's not better than lewis and charles, yet people will focus on the half of the first half of the sentence.

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three things in life are certain. death, taxes and lando’s ramblings being taken out of context by journalists to stir up drama.

the fourth certain thing is fans of drivers like lewis hamilton, charles leclerc and max verstappen foaming at the mouth over every twisted soundbite like its a personal attack.

never has there been a group so desperate to be outraged on someone else’s behalf, or so quick to twist a harmless comment into a public execution, as long as it gives them a chance to pile on lando.

if we’re doing this we might as well have fun with it.

BREAKING: Lando Norris Breathes — Fans of Hamilton, Leclerc, and Verstappen Demand Apology for “Deeply Offensive” Inhale

“He exhaled in a tone that clearly disrespected my favorite driver,” says anonymous Twitter user

OUTRAGE: Lando Seen Laughing in Interview - Fans Assume It’s About Their Favorite Driver, Demand FIA Investigation

“It’s giving smug. It’s giving villain arc,” tweets user @.MaxLover42

SCANDAL: Lando Calls Race ‘Tough’ - Leclerc Stans Interpret It as Shade, Start 27-Tweet Thread on Why He’s the Problem

“He just doesn’t understand the struggle of real talent,” says @.16161616 on Twitter

DISASTER: Lando Norris Enjoys Sandwich - Verstappen Fans Think It’s a Metaphor, Cry Foul

“The way he bit into that bread? I just know it was about Max.”

DRAMA ERUPTS: Lando Wears Purple Hoodie - Fans Claim Color Scheme Is ‘Deliberate Psychological Warfare’ Against Hamilton

“He’s clearly obsessed. Seek help,” posts fan account with 18 followers

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Did you see the quadrant post saying that it is created by a real human and not AI?

Thought thats really cool !

Is he perfect? No, but his small company is trying a lot harder than these huge ass teams are when it comes to things like this.

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oscar: "last weekend lando had the advantage, this weekend i seemed to have a little bit.."

lando: "you had the advantage you can say it"

oscar: "thank you, i'll use lando's quote"