#Singapore’s podium was for me bc god he looked so good up there

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part 2

SILVERSTONE MY BELOVED thank god we're finally at the good part 😭

"okay lando. it's now or never time" i did not know his race engineer said that to him before his provisional pole lap? jose is so funny for that (assuming this isn't a random clip spliced in from somewhere else)

also it seems like the mclaren episode is going to end at silverstone/focus on the first half of the season which is a shame because there are SO many good moments in the second half (the two double podiums! suzuka! qatar! lando's back to back to back etc string of podiums! SINGAPORE) but ig it makes sense narrative-wise. i REALLY hope they have a montage of all the success/podiums at the end of this episode though! it feels like perfect food for drive to survive as well to have that epic comeback (and you know they love their montages)

lando's choked up little "yeah baby" after qualifying p2 in silverstone oh!!!! sobbing

"but it's only qualifying" will buxton shut upppppppPPPPPPP

lando saying a podium isn't on the cards (on pure performance) and saying he never gets his hopes up (a reporter saying "bc you've had too many false dawns?" and him saying "yeah") ... cut to him getting a podium in his home race. cut to him in p2. cut to him basically winning it bc max doesn't count. great things are coming for him <3

LMAO at them splicing in random radio messages and clips from completely different situations 😭 "yeah baby!" "let's fucking gooo!" he did NOT say that there. it even SOUNDS out of place. also the clips of zak brown reacting to whatever's happening on track look like stan twitter reaction gifs. i swear i recognize some of these from elsewhere

i'm glad they're capturing how INTENSE the lando vs lewis fight for p2 was post-safety-car because i remember PACING around the house yelling at my laptop when it was happening

zak brown running around high fiving everyone 😭 my ceo!

"never in doubt, never in doubt!" oh!!!!! 🥺 

"let's go see my boy lando" CUT THE CAMERAS

zak brown jogging down the pitlane huffing and puffing because "i didn't wait this long to walk to the podium!" 😭😭😭

the most surprising thing this episode has done is to endear me to zak brown. i was wholly neutral about him before but now? that's MY ceo. that's MY team boss. love that guy. competent teddy bear. so much respect for him.

STOP when lando was hugging zak after jumping out the car his dad was right behind zak, so he reached out and snaked an arm between all the mechanics and just wrapped it around lando's shoulders and pulled him in. the norris family, everyone. i'm so emotional over this.

"finishing second in silverstone was one of the best days of my life" i'm on the floor

the music SWELLING as he walks out onto the podium THAT'S RIGHT

him talking about winning a race: "i know my time is coming. and it's definitely gonna come, yeah. 100%." 🧡

DEDICATED TO GIL DE FERRAN what if that was my last straw

i forgot they did previews for the next episode at the end of each one so i was just jumpscared by a guenther steiner/smoking haas crashed into barrier combo. anyways that was the episode. i'm going to go lie down now

watch drive to survive with me, a lando fan with absolutely zero chill, season 6 episode 3 edition:

(this got so long it literally exceeded tumblr's character limit, which i did not know existed until now, so i'm splitting it into two parts and posting it anyway because what is a tumblr blog for if not dramatic unhinged public breakdowns!)

it hasn't even started and i'm already Losing My Mind

"the brand cries out for more performance" with angsty heavy music... i forgot how dramatic drive to survive was. the music really enhances the stakes here.

"we did go backwards last year. no denying" cut to daniel struggling at the back 😭 he's not even in the team anymore and he's still catching strays. drive to survive editors have zero chill.

dramatic conversation between zac brown and a mclaren exec about how poorly things are giong... cut straight to lando walking into his interview with rice cakes smiling and giggling. I LOVE HIM.

the squeal of excitement that came out of my mouth at his VERY FIRST line (it's one word: "wow". wow indeed lando norris. you. yes. wow. i need to stop)

producer: "did you break it?" lando: *instantly looks concerned and checks*

LMAO not oscar waving his arms in front of the mtc double doors trying to motion sensor them open... only to fail epically 😭 dork (affectionate)

LANDOSCAR <3

oscar arriving late to the first mclaren team meeting and immediately thinking to ask his guide if lando's arrived yet vs lando making a point of pointing out that he beat oscar there 😭 idiots

lando watching oscar walk into the room for the first time with a contemplative expression… what are you thinking in that beautiful curly head of yours

oscar, doing an official interview about mclaren f1 vs lando, in the corner, eyeing him up and down: oscar’s quite tall, huh? he doesn’t look tall, but he is. he’s also like 15.

trademark dts beat drop after will buxton finishes dramatically chatting shit oh i've missed this

lando face scrunch count: 1

oh no we’re doing bahrain

i didn’t watch bahrain live so i didn’t know it was this bad 😭 wdym 25-30 second long fifth stop of the race my god

“red bull DOMINATES bahrain” yeah yeah shut up

claire williams??? what is she doing here

lando looking distraught cut the cameras i can’t do this 😭

“is it too soon to call it a crisis?” f1 journalists have zero chill (derogatory)

mclaren were DEAD LAST?? i was not aware

not christian horner again 😭 leave lando ALONE! he doesn’t want you!! netflix pls stop exploiting cute norstappen clips for your rbr lando agenda i do NOT endorse this

christian horner saying lando would fit really well in the red bull environment…………… in WHAT world

i’m so interested in seeing how conversations with pr managers go… like this is so fun to see them go through the bullet points of what topics journalists might ask and the ~vibe~ they want to be giving in their responses

…okay netflix i REALLY feel like you’re taking clips out of context and splicing them together to form a narrative here. and i get that that’s your whole job. but i think i also get why lando signed that renewal so early now 😭 warding off dts bullshit before it can even start to hit

“we’re so slow on the straight” dipping to a whisper like a confession he didn’t mean to slip out… glance up then back down again… i see you storytellers weaving the narrative. i see you. i get it. you really don't need to keep going

okay i know lando and zak are having a very serious conversation in this scene but also. lando in golf clothes. arms. AND legs. bronze tanned smooth skin... i’m not even thirsting here i’m just pointing out OBJECTIVE facts that are possibly maybe a little bit distracting me from… whatever they're talking about

“i’ll do my best, as always” ❤️ he always does

will buxton shut UP

why are they spending so much time on miami... they weren’t even good there… we’re getting more angst aren’t we.

ohh i forgot how pretty the red bull miami liveries were

nevermind they’re showing max lapping the mclarens. no longer pretty. fuck that livery actually

lando sounds so depressed on the radio i’m going through it 😭

did he really say haha. LOL. :/ on the radio 😭😭😭

“i’m not suggesting it may look bad. i’m suggesting it is bad”

lando saying "fucking hell" on the radio count: 2

okay do we really need another montage of team principals ragging on mclaren. we get it! you want him! he has a line of admirers a mile long! move on!!

NORRUSSEL CONTENT

according to george there are drivers who drink during normal race weekends?? lando throwing up his hands as the camera points toward him like not me! (i can't tell if george is joking but that sounds crazy to me? i bet it's either a really depressed backmarker or max after winning the wdc on a saturday)

not george calling the mclarens horrendous 😭 have some mercy

……………………………………...........

NETFLIX—

cut the cameras.

NETFLIX WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME

the way i'm actually in tears 😭 i'm so fragile right now do not talk to me

"this is the worst start to any season i've ever had. i want to be the best driver there is in formula 1. that's why i started my whole journey" THEN THEY CUT TO HIM IN A GO-KART??? A MONTAGE SEQUENCE???

they really edited together a mini montage of lando's whole journey including interview clips of him as a young child then put a voiceover of his tiny baby voice saying "i need to be stronger and not make so many mistakes" over video footage of adult lando looking depressed out the plane window and expected me to just be okay after that.

then they go straight into a montage of zak brown and lando's history together going way back ("first time i met lando, he was a small 14 year old ... he was very shy, as you'd expect a 14 year old... he was very fast.") cutting between old photos of them together pre-f1 with emotional music ("i think the first time he drove a racecar it was probably mine") oh! okay then!!

"i would love to create the story and finish the story and everything with mclaren. i really would love that." EVERYTHING HURTS

why does watching this episode make me feel like he's going to leave mclaren when i KNOW he just signed a contract extension? the magic of mood-setting background music and splicing clips together

zak brown meeting with all the sponsors... he is a stronger man than me. i would be freaking out in his position. it's also insane how much is riding on literal sports results from a corporation/business perspective? like the amount of pressure on f1 drivers to deliver is wild and here we are giggling at our silly clown sport and its silly circus events

oh claire williams shut up

(you don't even have a job in f1 anymore why are you still HERE)

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I just wanna come on here and say that Hugh Bird is attractive.