#fanstage

[landopics]

Lando Rocking fan made sunglasses and a fan made crochet bucket hat

[acrosstobear]

LANDO NORRIS and OSCAR PIASTRI drink a shoey on the fanstage after the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit (by Peter Fox)

[russellius]

sooooooooo, about the fanbook... well... this has just happened:

so, yeah :)...

i would like to say a big BIG thank you to everyone who has contributed to this lil book in any way, and the biggest shoutout and thank you goes to mercedes as well, for being super super nice, and helping to make this happen.

i honestly have no words for this right now, and i've been just trying to process this for half a day now (i got sent the photos and the video as we were waiting in the fanstage area at the track), but yeah.

i'm over the moon, as one would say 🥹💙...

[landonor]

Fridays at the fanstage

[penaltyboxboxbox]

Fernando Alonso at the fanstage in COTA, 2017

[mctwinkdom]

why do you think daniel and lando as a ship didn't take off the way landoscar did? I am obsessed with landoscar but just recently got into it so don't know too much about the Daniel era... Ive seen clips of Carlando and I get why they were shipped so much (even though I deff prefer Oscar lolol) but curious your thoughts...

I'm also a recent fan! I wasn't around during the McLaren Daniel era, so my analysis really isn't that great, but I also noticed how much more popular Carlando and Landoscar are compared to Dando, so here's my two cents on it (don't take it too seriously please):

My first idea is the age gap? I think some people aren't comfortable shipping two men with a 10 years age gap, whereas Carlando and Landoscar have a much more comfortable 5 and 2 years gap. Second idea is that Daniel was supposed to be the number 1 McLaren driver and, being a race winner, to show Lando how it's done; but the opposite happened and Lando was the better McLaren driver at that time, which made the dynamic a bit weird. Third reason is, from what I've heard (I didn't necessarily see it from myself) Daniel and Lando actually were a bit awkward around each other at first and took some time to find common ground and humor.

Overall, I think Dando is a good ship but they don't have a "cliche" trope, which helps a lot of ships to get popular: Carlando was a big brother taking his little brother under his wing and teaching him what he knew about racing and life in general; Landoscar are giving college sweethearts being a bit shy and playful and cute around each other. Daniel and Lando are obviously good friends but Daniel was not the mentor he was supposed to be and that Carlos was, and he wasn't the playful cute agemate Oscar is either. They were just... well, dudes.

As for why Landoscar took off this way, I think that fanstage moment at Silverstone 2023 changed everything, that's when the fics started blowing up. It's obvious Oscar is not a touchy person and Lando is very respectful of people's boundaries, so when Oscar wrapped his arm around Lando's middle and pulled him closer with that kind of "c'mon why not" face, you can see how suprised and happy Lando is, he's literally BEAMING. So yeah. Landoscar hits like crack and they became popular so quickly because it's a dynamic we're not used to see in F1 and in Lando's previous ships: it's sweet, and quiet, and soft, they have so many little moments showing how fond they are of each other, they're two teammates genuinely having each other's back (last Austrian GP really proved that) and pulling the team UP.

That concludes my analysis!! I never paid too much attention to Dando to be honest, they're really not my cup of tea (mostly because I don't fuck with Daniel like that), but that was fun to think about.

Landoscar stays on top ✌️

[racewinnerlandonorris]

Lando Norris doing a shoey at the Fanstage to celebrate his P2 at the British Grand Prix

Photo Credit: Dan Istitene

[brasiliangp]

George Russell and Carmen Montero Mundt watch the Euro 2024 quarter final game between England and Switzerland from the fanstage at Silverstone Circuit on July 06, 2024.

© Bryn Lennon

[mecachrome]

What’s the « Lando’s biggest fan incident » video ? Because the link does not work and I don’t know which one it is :(

hi anon it's from the 2023 dutch gp fanstage!!! truly the perfect video oat HKLSDFHLKH "oscar's a smart guy he dresses up well!" "(affronted) that's a LIE" + oscar saying lando is going to get him a smaller shirt to strangle him which... like. Okay + "i'll give him like a... (voice cracking) see-through" ??? 😭 they were on one

[acrosstobear]

P3 & P4 | silverstone fanstage, post-race | by peter fox

[russellius]

NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JULY 06: George and Carmen watch the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter final match between England and Switzerland on the fanstage after qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit on July 06, 2024 in Northampton, England. Photos by Bryn Lennon.

[lennies-blog]

Hi! 😊 Just popping in to show you the picture I took of Mick at the fanstage in Hungary today! 🥰 That's all, bye👋

[lqvesoph]

the mclarens and alpha tauris on the fanstage together in monza, means we could’ve gotten dando on stage together IN MONZA😫

[racewinnerlandonorris]

Lando Norris at the Fanstage after the British Grand Prix

Photo Credit: Dan Istitene

[brasiliangp]

George Russell and Carmen Montero Mundt watch the Euro 2024 quarter final game between England and Switzerland from the fanstage at Silverstone Circuit on July 06, 2024.

© Bryn Lennon

[userlando]

HI! I’m at Monza this weekend and I just saw Lando and Oscar irl on fanstage this morning. LIKE CLOSER THAT I’D THOUGHT I MIGHT and I’m still not completely fine after that. Lando is truly such a menace (affectionately 🧡). They both look so good (even more affectionately 🧡). Lando said some stuff about mayonaise on pizza with Oscar staring at him like he hung the moon. I’m sorry, it’s not to flex or anything, just everything Lando-related I think of you 😭🧡

oh my gosh stop!! I’m SO happy for you are you kidding me 😭 thank you for thinking of me and sending me this, it made me super happy. I hope you have the bestest time over there and please feel free to tell me all about it whenever you can!! 🤍🤍