#it’s not oscar’s job to win the wdc for lando

[leclerc-s]

now that people are realizing oscar isn’t like checo or valtteri (willing to be a 2nd driver) they’re shitting on him.

[fullsundiall]

having 2 number 1 drivers is all fine and dandy when they both have a viable chance to win the championship. when you have one driver that only barely has the ability to catch up and 9 races left, you prioritize that driver.

[hamilando]

ੈ✩ My personal volkov (smau) ੈ✩

pairing : max verstappen x fem reader

summary : max verstappen got married, and his fiancé cannot stop sharing their twisted love

tw : suggestive, fluff

a/n : thank you so much to @amberjazmyn for suggesting this ! lysm 🫶🏻 also, if not obvious, the fic contains references of twisted love by Ana Huang 🫶🏻

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landonorris helping him take over the husband duties

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fransisca.gnomes good job with the ring max 🌟💪🏻

maxverstappen1 your approval was only needed 🙄

maxverstappen1 aslo norris, I WAS SUPPOSED TO POST THE PICTURES, I was supposed to announce MY ENGAGEMENT

landonorris best friends right ? maxverstappen1 meet me in Abu Dhabi

user1 AHAHAHAHA

user2 MOM AND DAD ARE MARRIED

user3 MR AND MRS VERSTAPPEN !?

user4 I want to taste both max and the pasta he made -

charlesleclerc Y/N, you sure you want to deal with his anger issues for life !?

maxverstappen1 WHAT ANGER ISSUES!?

yncooper exactly the way you are screaming over text in CAPS

yncooper and yes Charles, those anger issues lead tobest fucking of my life

maxverstappen1 Y/N!? HELLO!?

charlesleclerc I regret saying anything

lewishamilton then please calm him before every race, this lad is climbing over my car every time 🫷🏻

georgerussell you are using an emoji !?

lewishamilton so what ? 🤺

georgerussell you need to learn the correct usage of them

user5 they forgot we can see this-

user6 the freakiness on public account !?

user7 I don’t even want to imagine the private -

user8 no worries, some nudes might be there 🍑

user9 BUNDA

user10 🗿💀

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yncooper engaged men do it faster 😮‍💨🌟

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user1 yn never beating the freaky allegations

user2 I won’t be surprised if max whips out handcuffs

user3 they definitely spend millions on bdsm

user4 the dress has easier access-

user5 WHY ARE THE FANS MATCHING THE FREAKINESS !?

maxverstappen1 my skills were top notch since d1

yncooper true, best first date ever 🫶🏻

user6 YALL TELLING ME THEY GOT FREAKY ON FIRST DATE !?

user7 I won’t be surprised if they were just dating for 2 months

user6 surprisingly , they waited for two years 💀

user8 PROJECT VERSTAPPEN IS GOING TO HAVE SOME FINE LOOKS?

user9 blonde, blue eyes, rich parents, yup I would get my kid to befriend their kid

user10 their kid or befriend the kid’s parents 🗿

user11 MAX WINNING THE 100 WDC

user12 that’s biologically impossible 🦅

charlesleclerc do you both bother reading what your fans write ?

yncooper yes, sadly me and max don’t have twisted love

user13 DID SHE QOUTE TWISTED LOVE !?

user14 max and Alex volkov….

user15 THATS A SMASH

user16 I get a TMI every time she posts ✋🏻

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redbullracing the three aspects of happy married life “ Stress, tears and beer” 🍻

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user1 my wife said they quoted perfectly 🗿

user2 admin has marriage trauma

user3 admin got too real 💀

user4 max is going after the admin with a knife for posting that pic

user5 them crying on the altar 😭

user6 they are so cute 😭🥹

maxverstappen1 the middle and last picture is perfect ��️

redbullracing the best for the best 🌟

ynverstappen my heart 🥹 thank you for capturing the sweet and teary moments ❤️

redbullracing welcome to red fam ❤️

user7 y/n chugging down beer is somehow the most y/n thing she could do

user8 max watching y/n chug down 10 glasses of beer be like-

landonorris @ mclaren will I also get such appreciation post on my wedding ?

mclaren a wedding needs two humans Lando

landonorris I have Oscar 🧡

mclaren kindly do not engage in spoiling Oscily 🧡

user9 WE SUPPORT OSCAR AND LILY

user10 admin shutting down lando for Oscar and lily 😭

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ynverstappen the eyes never lie, my Alex Volkov 💋

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carlossainz55 you both deserve the world ❤️

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lewishamilton if you ever have marriage troubles, just call me up

maxverstappen1 says the unmarried virgin man

ynverstappen the person staying virgin for the next few month would you max and THANK YOU LEWIS FOR THE LOVELY GIFT 🫶🏻

lewishamilton your welcome yn ❤️

charlesleclerc what did he give …..

ynverstappen Cheval Blanc 1947

charlesleclerc Lewis, I am your teammate, I deserve that too 🫶🏻

landonorris you managed to click a photo max without his racing suit …

ynverstappen I have a whole album ..?

landonorris send me few

ynverstappen nude, semi-nude, shirtless or with clothes ?

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[forzaferraris]

PUPPY LOVE — po5

pairing: patricio o'ward x stella! reader summary: in which the dog got your attention first but the boy keeps you forever. warnings: tooth rotting fluff, sexual innuendos, inaccurate timeline of events, reader doesn't know much about indycar, arrow mclaren when i catch you arrow mclaren, pato and his fascination with calling reader hermosa, references to the art that is bax lurmans romeo + juliet film, love blooms in abu dhabi and blossoms further in miami. style: social media file faceclaim: isabllemathersx on instagram, however you can picture her as whoever you please authors note: trying a new formatting approach for fics with this one. this is fic number 2/3 of my 3 fanfic options i posted earlier. sorry if this is a little ooc for pato, i also original had thi based this instead of meeting at indycar but instead they meet at the 2023 abu dhabi grand prix instead ! add yourself to my taglist !

WELCOME TO YOU'VE GOT MAIL . . . find a match today !

would you like to send a message? YES / NO

you: what's your dogs name, right now >:( pato: his name is norbi why are you on a dating app? surely finding love isn't all that difficult for you? you: originally i did it to entertain my girls' group chat, but after every loser i've tried to meet "naturally" ultimately fumbling the bad so disrespectfully, why not take this dating app stuff a bit more seriously 🤷🏻‍♀️ pato: what are you even doing in abu dhabi anyway? you: how do you know im in abu dhabi? pato: this app is location-based, you wouldn't have been able to match with me if you weren't in the same location as me, plus you just confirmed it with that question. . . . seen 3 minutes ago

ynstella just posted to their story . . .

seen by racerbia, francisca.cgomes and 12,3009 others [ caption one: why did i say yes to coming to abu dhabi, shit is fucking hot ] [ caption two: abu dhabi gp, i'm here to make you my bitch ] [ caption three: your favourite duo back to cause trouble @/racerbia ] view more story replies . . . landonorris baby stella in the building ! ⤷ ynstella baby? lando norris i'm older than you ⤷ landonorris by like three whole months >:( ⤷ ynstella L + ratio + wrong + get a job + unfunny + you fell off + never liked you anyway + cope ⤷ ynstella im gonna curse the race, are we prepared for max verstappen 3x wdc ! ⤷ landonorris i'm literally going to to dob on you, you're being so mean rn >:( ⤷ ynstella you dirty little dibber dobber cindy !

alexandrasaintmleux prettiest girl <3 ⤷ ynstella says you i'm gonna smooch your face on that podium cmere mwah mwah mwah kissy kissy ⤷ alexandrasaintmleux stop got me blushing, charles it looking at me weird ⤷ ynstella he doesn't have to know baby girl x

francisca.cgomes you're so hot, if dating app hottie doesn't pull you i might ! ⤷ ynstella i'm blushing, flirting with the enemy, whatever will my dad think ⤷ francisca.cgomes babe it's a modern day romeo + juliet, but the baz lurhman edition. ⤷ ynstella who is who in this situation? oscarpiastri lando said stop being mean to him on social media ⤷ ynstella lando give oscar his phone back

racerbia we r so cute, i luv us !

pooknation groupchat . . .

instagram dms between ynstella and patriciooward . . .

ynstella has posted . . .

liked by mclaren, oscarpiastri, francisca.cgomes, alexandrasaintmleux and 88,340 others ynstella abu dhabi, i came i saw and max verstappen concurred !

view more . . mclaren our own resident mclaren girl will always post about redbull and not mclaren ⤷ ynstella i'd post oscar but lando is somehow always in the background of the pictures i take, i'm not having lando on my account 🙅🏻‍♀️ ⤷ landonorris can i go one day without you publicly hating me ⤷ ynstella when you get a race win next season pooh bear x username pooh bear? is lando the man she's trying to soft launch? not actually enemies but enemies to lovers?? ⤷ ynstella good lord no. lando norris wishes he could have a chance with me ⤷ landonorris disgusting don't put words in my mouth. you wish you're the one wishing you could have a chance with me ⤷ oscarpiastri nurse, they're back at it again francisca.cgomes i need more of this soft launch shit. it's like a drug to me post more. im foaming at the mouth. ⤷ ynstella can i hard launch our relationship instead ⤷ pierregasly nah bc i am literally right here man ⤷ ynstella get out of my comments with my gf pear

username are we ignoring that y/n is soft launching a man, rue, when was this? ⤷ username recently it seems ⤷ username shocked. i wonder what her dad thinks ?? ⤷ ynstella not that its any of your business, but my dad's actually quite charmed with him x

patriciooward has posted . . . 📍 abu dhabi , united arab emirates

liked by arrowmclaren, elbaoward, racerbia and 63,001 others patriciooward what a weekend, cya next year !

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username there's one too many soft launch pictures in this race weekend dump ⤷ username ladies we've lost another one ⤷ username all men are the same. breaking my heart elbaoward since when did "have a good time in abu dhabi" mean somehow get someone to soft launch? ⤷ patriciooward the just a silly lil guy rizz worked unfortunately ⤷ elbaoward i doubt that, so much.

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[ caption one: where to next 🛫 ] [ caption two: mother hood looks good on me ] [ caption three: boyfriend reveal ]

francisca.cgomes i can't believe i'm in love with a MILF ! ⤷ ynstella i want you so bad 😩 ⤷ francisca.cgomes lets kiss rn before our boyfriends see

alexandrasaintmleux i think norbi is cute enough to convince charles that we need to get a dog ⤷ ynstella ugh i hate when you mention that man >:( how come WE can't get a dog together ⤷ alexandrasaintmleux my love because you are a capulet and i am a montague </3 ⤷ ynstella as long as lando is the character that dies first i'd happily performe shakespeare with y'all

landonorris this is insane, my brain can't keep up with the events that are unfolding right in front of me ⤷ ynstella pook i think that's both a you issue and a skill issue, double homicide. ⤷ landonorris oh so you hate me again ⤷ ynstella i never stopped, if you have 0 haters i've died <3

patriciooward te mo hermosa ⤷ ynstella shut up, don't tell me you love me over text, that's so foul ⤷ patriciooward i've been telling you i love you for two months now </3 ⤷ ynstella oh shit, i forgot to buy you an anniversary gift </3 ⤷ patriciooward oh hermosa, what am i going to do with you ⤷ ynstella well when you word it like that . . . i could think of a few things

patriciooward and ynstella just posted to their stories . . .

seen by arrowmclaren, racerbia, francisca.cgomes and 22,010 others [ caption one: feliz aniversario (happy anniversary) ] [ caption two: happy 2 months ! feliz aniversario ] [ caption three: came for the dog. stayed for the owner <3 ]

mclaren happy anniversary ! ⤷ ynstella thanks admin, love u so big x

ynstella i adore you, ⤷ patriciooward te adoro mas, hermosa ⤷ ynstella happiest with you in my life i fear ⤷ patriciooward good, i don't plan on going anywhere

authors note: abu dhabi 2023, you are so special to me <3 please enjoy this little pato o'ward fanfic. praying, manifesting the tags let me post this and doesn't shadowban me sobbing crying throwing up

[cutielando]

now, let’s talk about this guy for a bit 🎀

words cannot express just how proud i am of how much he has achieved this season 😭

he won his first race back in Miami after desperately chasing one for almost 6 years, and he finally got the car to assert his place.

then he was thrown into the deep end of the WDC battle with Max, which from the very beginning was an uphill battle.

he has made many mistakes during the entire season, which even he has admitted to. but he never backed down, he never once showed any sign of giving up🧡

he has received so much hate from people claiming to be his “fans”, got dirt thrown his way from various commentators and voices in this sport about how he’s not “worthy” of winning a Championship title. but he held his head high, because he knew how much we, his true fans, loved him and how much he means to us🧡

we have to remember that this is the first full year when McLaren has had the car to win, with both Lando and Oscar winning multiple races.

i think that given this, Lando has handled the pressure with grace and with the mentality that makes him who he is.

i know some people think that it’s not fair that the team prioritized Lando over Oscar while the WDC fight was still possible, but we have to remember that this is what teams do. any other team would have done the exact same thing that McLaren did.

and despite Oscar helping out a couple of times, Lando has showed that, if the roles were reversed, he would do his job to help out Oscar.

the Qatar Sprint is probably the best example of this. Oscar gave him the win during the Brazilian Sprint, and then Lando, after he was specifically told by his team to finish in the order they were (Lando P1, Oscar P2) still slowed down on the last corner enough for Oscar to pass and take the win. he’s showed that if Oscar helped him, he will give it back without question. he kept Oscar in DRS range the entire race, potentially hurting his own tyres and pace, just so they could have a 1-2 and Oscar finish with him.

this is just a fraction of who Lando is as a person. he bleeds for this team, he bleeds for this sport. every single person on that team is his family, including Oscar, every engineer and every mechanic.

he is worthy of being a title contender, and we have to give him credit for having the best season in Formula 1 ever.

4 wins.

8 poles.

13 podiums.

Lando Norris.🧡

[valyrfia]

your take on lando is so interesting and by far the most nuanced view of him I’ve seen. I think’s it clear that he needs help managing his emotions bc some of things he says and done are baffling and the latest thing of him liking criticism proves it. he doesn’t have that champion mentality (or just seem to be in a good headspace) and a lot of that can be traced backed to McLaren. He messes up his starts every time and that could be linked with a mental barrier but ig no at McLaren cares enough to look into that???Like that’s your driver and your wdc you’re washing down the drain.

but I can’t be too suprised, bc when ppl talk about lando mh McLaren covers their ears and say Lalala can’t hear you (unless yk it benefits them)

I think I retain an enormous amount of empathy for him because prior to this year he was one of my favourites. I think he started acting strange and immature and there was this initial huge backlash but this weekend has kind of made me see things more clearly, between his actions, his words to media, how McLaren handle him, and his driving. And he really is a victim of his environment.

He IS an incredibly good driver. Before you all boo me: sure he's nowhere near Max who's currently in another league, nor is he really near Charles who would be in this championship instead of Lando if not for Ferrari shitting the bed midseason. Lando is however, on par with George, and currently probably better than Carlos and Oscar. I would happily call him the third best driver on the grid at the moment. He however, does have a problem with starts, that's just a fact. As you said anon, it's more than just experience at this point there is obviously some sort of mental block there–he's clearly going into these starts expecting to lose places. But again, like you said, McLaren obviously don't care enough to look into that. Other things this weekend just made me notice: him snapping at a journalist is not and has never been normal behaviour for him, for example, begging McLaren for that switch in the sprint and immediately catastrophising that they won't do it (pressing the radio button immediately to panic and say "I thought we talked about this") is another example of just, slightly abnormal behaviour. That coupled with his internet lurking (he liked an edit of Max a week back, and is now obviously reading his comments) paints a picture I'm not sure I like. I'm never going to assume anything, but considering he's talked about struggling with mental health in the past, I can't help but be a little uneasy on his behalf.

All of the above becomes especially true if we consider McLaren and the case of Daniel Ricciardo. As much as they love to position themselves as the champions in the sport of mental health, the whole Daniel thing remains a worrying incident they've tried their best to sweep under the rug–he never recovered his mentality in that team and instead of working with him the team were perfectly happy to throw him to one side with little regard to prioritise Lando instead. I can't help but feel with a certain sinking that this is what they plan to do with Lando and Oscar, if Lando doesn't win the championship next year. The problem is, Lando is a lot younger than Daniel was, with a lot more career ahead of him and theoretically, a much higher ceiling to reach–yet McLaren seem perfectly happy to not put any development into Lando to help him reach that ceiling. Just like some drivers need developing in the wet, or the dry, or high downforce, or reaction times, some drivers need developing in their mentality. And it is McLaren's job to recognise this if the driver doesn't recognise it in themselves, and tell them what they need to go work on. This should have been something that was flagged as a development area for Lando way before this season, even as far back as 2021 it was apparent and yet McLaren have done nothing to help him and seem happier to just, leave him out to dry.

McLaren is the true evil here and for all their attempts to appeal to a younger demographic and impassioned defences of their morality and mental health being important–I think they've proven that they would rather take the easy road than the right one, even if the right one could yield more results. Oscar struggles with other things that Lando doesn't struggle with ie. tyre management, quali but I think they will repeat their pattern of rather than developing a driver they want to discard an extremely good one in the fruitless search of a generational talent. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think its impossible that instead of taking responsibility for losing the WDC this year (because make no mistake, this is mostly their fault–from a strategy point of view to how they've managed their drivers to refusing to give Lando the support he needs until its too late) they will just try and shift the blame and indirectly pin the failure of this year on Lando in order to try and match public sentiment. Ultimately, Lando has been failed by his team and his environment more than anything and even though I'm happy this championship has (deservedly) gone to Max, I can't help but feel that Lando was not given a fighting chance by his team.

[nyoomfruits]

osctober day fifteen

prompt: impasse pairing: lando/oscar word count: 400w

“Alright,” Horner says, sliding the contract across the table at Oscar. “That’s the deal. Agreed to by both parties. All you need to do is sign.”

Oscar takes the contract, and the pen – Red Bull branded – and stares down at the piece of paper that could change his future, his pen hovering about the ‘sign here’ part.

There’s two paths from here. He either signs the contract and becomes Red Bull new golden boy, becomes their sole focus the way Max was for years, becomes the star. No more ‘we have no first driver’ bullshit where everyone secretly knew that there is and that it is Lando. No more Hungary’s, no more Papaya rules.

Or, he doesn’t sign. He doesn’t sign, and then other vultures will start circling. He will say loyal to McLaren, to Lando, but will they stay loyal to him? He saw Lando the other day, when exiting the Red Bull Factory. He’s talking too. They all are. Who doesn’t want the chance to win all those WDC’s?

But they chose him. They chose him first. It curls in his gut, this knowledge, an ugly kind of satisfaction he hates himself for feeling. They want him.

Red Bull is not McLaren. They’re cutthroat. If he doesn’t deliver, he’s out. But if he does.

And Lando. Lando will. Lando will live. He’s. Oscar has always known they would move on from each other eventually. They were never going to be more than stolen kisses in abandoned hallways and rushed hand jobs in unfamiliar hotel rooms. They were never meant to last.

Right?

For a moment Oscar lets himself dream. Dream of a future where it’s him and Lando, on top of the world, together, in all the ways they could be. Where he takes Lando out on dates, where they kiss in public, where they race together in stupidly fast cars.

If he signs this, he doesn’t know if Lando will ever forgive him. If he signs this, all of that will be over.

But. But if he signs this, he will have a chance at glory, at greatness. A chance McLaren never gave him.

Oscar’s pen keeps hovering. From the corner of the room, Mark watches on with a blank expression on his face.

[shrimptiger]

Congrats to Max on his 4th title, but at the end of the day, I am a Lando, Oscar and Carlos fan, not a Max fan, so I obviously wanted one of my drivers to win. Oscar and Carlos had been out of this for a while, and it's sad seeing Lando lose his chance today, but no one can deny he's had a phenomenal season.

Look at how he started: 0 wins, one pole position, and 13 podiums; and look at him now: 3 wins, 8 poles and 25 podiums. That is 3 wins, 7 poles, and 12 podiums in 22 races this season, not counting sprints and we don't know what the last 2 races have to offer.

And let's look at the standings when Max won his other titles as of now, with 2 races and one sprint left in the 2024 season:

2021: Max won with 395.5 points and second place was Lewis, 387.5, 8 point gap, but I think we all know that in 2021, it was Max challenging Lewis on the title fight, not vice versa.

2022: Max won with 454 points and Charles was second with 308, that is a 146 point gap from Max to second place in the wdc.

2023: Max won with 575 points, p2 was Checo with 285 points, fucking 290 points separating them.

2024(with 2 races and a sprint left): there is mathematically no way for anyone other than Max to win the wdc unless he gets disqualified, which I don't see happening, so we have Max wdc with 403 points and Lando in p2 with 340, only 63 points between them.

What I mean is, Max never had a challange like this year. I'm not saying that Lando is some big unstoppable machine, and I think Max did good and kept him at distance, but if you would have looked at the standings a month ago, and even before today, you would say that Lando still had a slim chance, weather you belived in him or not, and even if that chance was small.

Maybe this is my first season, and maybe I wasn't here to see Lando before his first win, but he's not the egoistic piece of shit people say he is, and maybe he's not the best talent formula 1 has ever seen, and I don't think he will ever be, but no one can deny that he's good, and you probably couldn't do his job better than him. Statistically, he is the biggest challange to Max' wdc he's ever had(once again, 2021 was Max challanging Lewis, the championship was only his to win, because he couldn't lose it if he was never top of the standings to begin with), all in the season he's got his first "gifted" win and 2 phenomenal ones to follow with 20+ second gaps to p2, which coincidentally was Max, and Lando stood on the podium for 12 of the 22 races we've had so far this season(once again, not counting sprints), that is iver half of the races this season, and he made the 1 pole position he had at the start of the season into an 8, 7 this year.

You're blind to say he didn't have a downright amazing season, atleast compared to previous years, or that he's a bad driver, and I bet you that, had you been in his car, you would not even be close to being as good as him, let alone better. Frankly, I think the hate is just mindless, if you don't have anything better to do with your life than to hate on someone for doing their job(and it doesn't go to say that he is innocent or perfect and he's done no wrong, because I agree that he made mistakes and said and done bad things, but who here hasn't?), I recommend seeing a therapist or picking up a hobby to fill your time in a somewhat productive way.

I've said what I had to say, peace out, better luck next year and congrats to Max again, a deserved champion. Feel free to say anything you think I missed.

[aoimeru14]

My take on a certain part of the McLaren fandom:

Every tag I open I see parasocial behavior.

Let's just touch grass and stop it. It prevents people from enjoying the sport without cringing (and, moreover, be happy for a team's success).

Why do I have to mute stupid tags (anti...) and block people in order to appreciate F1 in peace? Why do people do not understand that this is an highly mechanical/engineering sport and not only a driving sport? Why do you not understand that drivers are humans too?

But mostly, why does it seem so difficult to root for an entire TEAM?

Like, can't we JUST collectively appreciate everything that happened today? Just for once.

Like:

1. Oscar's sprint pole was a significant milestone for him and his career. (And i would love to see him win the sprint). Although he's still a rookie, he's developing into a really good driver (just needs one or two more years to settle down). Also, he has been maturing a lot since the start of the season and you can see that in the way he speaks about the whole "papaya rules" situation (still hate it, no team orders please... Just tell him to not crash both cars.) now compared to before the summer break. (please Oscar, do not let Mark Webber's delusions get into your brain. Thanks.) Also, nice helmet. Love it.

2. Lando finally looks serene and at ease without succumbing to anxiety for other's expectations. (He also seems to not be willing to give a f*ck about WDC, good for him). I'm also really happy that he's back to eating/drinking before races and can finally enjoy driving again. (Noticed him eating an energy bar before the race in Mexico)

I also noticed that he, just like Oscar, matured A LOT this year, especially after the summer break. (Speaking of the elephant in the room: Despite the team's apparent indifference, I still think that WDC can be achieved if he chooses to. Even if they're not interested in helping him due to different priorities or contract clauses)

And no, he is definitely a First Driver. If you think otherwise you are just living in a delusion, sorry. Telemetry, just like Math, is not an opinion.

Like, look at the last qualy time he did (and aborted) before pitting.

(the green lap records are the last sectors performances set by the driver. Look at them. Just look.)

And yes, if he gets the points he deserves a WDC, if he wants to. He IS a really good driver.

Mentality is a concept as old (and toxic) as Helmut Marko. Please, don't be like him.

3. We are finally seeing what the upgrades were for... Especially after whatever Austin was. (And yes guys, BOTH of the drivers have had the upgrades since Austin. Oscar just got 6 upgrades out of 7 at that time... Not none. Sorry to burst your bubble.)

And no, the upgrades DIDN'T actually upgraded the car's overall performances in Austin, you can clearly see that from the data. They purposely sacrificed it for the next races. See this:

https://f1i.com/news/521800-mclaren-explains-decision-to-delay-updated-floor-in-austin.html

Also they took risks with the floor too in Mexico. And no, they didn't give it to Norris because they hate Piastri. They give it to him mainly because he is more experienced and can provide useful data during practice while Oscar still needs to improve this skill.

4. Also, the team has done a great job in finding a way to change the banned rear wing without compromising performance and exceeding the spending cap. Love it. (also they made a new beam wing configuration specifically for Interlagos and it, apparently, works really well!)

I'm still not convinced that we currently have the best car on the grid (Ferrari looks really solid anywhere) but it's already better than the rocky start we got in US.

Not gonna lie, the moment they sprayed the WHOLE side of the car with the flow-vis in Austin i was like "goddammit, no improvements"... So I'm relieved that it wasn't the case (better sacrifice a race than discard the upgrades package entirely like Ferrari did in Silverstone).

WCC wise, I just hope that today they don't do something silly risking two MCL38 in a multi21. (And that we get some good strategies... Hopefully... Ok, I think I need to start pray some ancient god for that.)

And what If they multi21? Well, it would be really entertaining, but I don't think Lando wants to risk points/DNF for that. It's just not his style. (Mentality again? Go to bed grandpa... And take your medicines)

Let's be healthy fans, guys. Not parasocial delulus. We can rant about McLaren shenanigans TOGETHER.

Like, YES, i'm still convinced that the strategy team/management team is doing a real poor job this year. Both in managing the races and managing the drivers. (Including Bortoleto's contract clauses...)

And last (and least?), I loved the Google chromed livery aesthetically... HATED it aerodynamically. You won't be missed. Sorry Google, I had to say it.

Thank you for reading my rant. Love y'all (even if you don't agree with me)!

[revolutionsingingintherainnn]

sigh

i’m not going to lie, my heart is feeling a lot of different things right now.

P1 — George ‼️‼️‼️‼️ fuck yeahhhhh he deserves it for sureeeee!! i loved it, i am sooooo happy for him, especially when he did the pose. it was an absolutely amazing race for him, and im so proud of him

P2 — Lewis ‼️ BRUH. dude went from p10 to p2 and reminded toto about his shelf life, didn’t he? fuck yeah, man. lewis is such a phenomenal driver and i loved him his race for him.

P3 — Carlos ‼️‼️ dude’s fighting with his own team, as he should. i was so mad at the swap positions, but he really said, “fuck your team” and performed beautifully.

charles, the radio message was just plain fucking rude. i love him as a driver, but i have been liking him less as a person, because that radio message was just not acceptable. otherwise tho, he performed well, he defended well, and im gonna give him a thumbs up of good job, but nothing more.

max is the world champion once again ‼️‼️‼️ while the championship “fight” was fun, let’s be honest, that the gap was too big and mclaren kept fucking up with strategies throughout the year. i’m really proud of him, i love him. i just don’t like his fans.

lando, my sweet baby. the car clearly did not have the pace today. i mean, we saw that. i know the antis are going to blame lando, but i really think it’s the car. neither oscar, nor lando had the pace today and it was honestly sad. he finished his race, he did good. i hope he doesn’t beat himself too much about this. he can and is contributing for the wcc.

oscar, again, the pace was terrible. i mean, the gaps just kept on increasing. i did love the few overtakes he did. wcc has always been mclaren’s main goal, so i guess, all they have to do is out score ferrari now for the last two races.

i’m super happy for the top three and max, and i’m really sad for lando, not because he didn’t win, but because we know he’s going to beat himself up for it.

i suppose it’s time to stay off socials again, because obviously, the fans are going to throw the wdc in our faces, and i’ve got exams, i don’t have time for that shit.

[f1mariee]

Just saw a comment that if Lando wins WDC it will be undeserved and not earned… that’s one of the most stupid things I have ever read.

If Lando wins the WDC of course it’s earned. No one ever before could catch up such a big gap. The chances are also not that high for Lando, but they are there. And if he really does that it’s fully deserved. No championship was won without mistakes (we don’t talk about max his dominance). He knows very very well that he made mistakes which cost him points BUT as well as McLaren cost him points AND the first 5 races where the car wasn’t really on top. No one, literally no one, expects Oscar so move to the side for Lando. That’s not what Lando wants. It’s more about that the team will work together better and don’t battle each other on track. Simple as that. Oscar will get his podiums and if he is fast enough wins this season.

Lando completely earned all his points this season… why talking it down just because he is doing a good job ?

The driver with the most points wins and therefore is completely earned and deserved. No matter if it is Max, Lando or Charles…

People tend to forget that F1 is still a team sport. The team comes first.

[amityandeir]

So Las Vegas GP

Winner is, very much deserved, GEORGE RUSSEL! great, great job from him the entire weekend

P2 Lewis Hamilton, who has had a mega race today

P3 Carlos Sainz

P4 Charles Leclerc

P5 Max Verstappen, ahead of Norris that's all we asked for really (even if I would've wanted s win/podium of course...) He is now a 4 time wdc!!!

P6 Lando Norris, pitted in the last lap for fastest lap

P7 Oscar Piastri

P8 Nico Hulkenberg!

P9 Yuki Tsunoda!

P10 Checo Pérez

Franco only in P13, a bit sad :(

Liam P16

[cara-mel5]

(this is kinda late but i lost my phone so bear with me)

there is no way people are hating on oscar for overtaking lando. there is no way.

they're racing. it's a race. mclaren have said that 481 are free to do whatever they want as long as they don't crash. lando got a good start and didn't lose the lead into turn 1. oscar pulled a move where lando would have no choice but to give the place, and they finished 2-3. no crash. WHERE IS THE PROBLEM??

"oh lando should take higher priority bc he has a chance at winning the wdc" ok 1) he got 8 points over max which is all he needs every single race to beat him and 2) do you seriously want this championship to be handed to lando?? it's a championship fight. emphasis on fight. if osc has the opportunity to get more points and get p3/p2 in the drivers standings why wouldn't he? he's a racer too, or is he supposed to sacrifice his best season yet bc maybe lando will win? lando doesn't seem to think that either. a championship takes effort, and his teammate owes him nothing, especially at the cost of his own performance.

honestly the way ppl are talking you'd think that oscar is disobeying team orders left and right and crashing into lando on the regular but he's not!! he's civilised when it comes to battles. mclaren are okay with it. lando is "okay with it", but if he's not he's just gonna have to deal bc oscar's his teammate not his servant.

whether papaya rules are a good idea in this semi-title fight is a whole other discussion (we'll see at the end of the season), but that's got nothing to do with oscar. mclaren haven't told him no yet, so he's free to do whatever he wants. because, as i've said, it's a race. that happens sometimes. why are you watching formula 1 if you just want engineered results 😭😭

anyways great job to oscar for that overtake. great job to lando for keeping it civil. AMAZING JOB TO CHARLES, LITERALLY WON THE TWO RACES HE WANTED TO WIN MOST WHAT A KING.

[xmoonknightlyx]

It seems like most people lack a nuanced perspective on yesterday's situation and are only viewing it in black and white terms. So here's my perspective on what happened :

Oscar's Overtake: It was a completely fair but quite risky move. Could he have timed it better to reduce the danger and possibly prevent Charles from advancing to P2 and eventually taking the lead? Probably. But that doesn't make him wrong. He's a driver, and his job is to race—even against his own teammate. Without any team orders, you can't expect him to hold back when he sees a chance to take P1. If you can't accept that, you've picked the wrong sport.

McLaren's Strategic Oversight: McLaren failed to consider the bigger picture and make decisions accordingly. When it became evident that neither Oscar nor Lando could overtake Charles, the team should have focused on what's at stake: the WDC. With Lando only 70 points behind Max, they should have switched him with Oscar to maximize his points haul. Since neither of them would have won the race, it wouldn’t have been about gifting a win to another driver and it wouldn't have affected their standing in the Constructors' Championship—they still would have been P2 and P3. But it would have made a difference in the WDC. Instead, they let Lando lose crucial points and allowed Ferrari to narrow the gap between him and Charles.

[neptunescore]

Re: the Monza mclaren situation.

Oscar had every right to race. That's their job. I think Lando got a bit taken by surprise by it and that led to more mistakes on track. Oscar also did some mistakes. It happens.

What's slightly interesting is that Lando, during his interviews, still seems to be more about "the team" (at least before the race) and I think he should realize it's time to race like he's fighting for his life for the title (although I don't think mentality wise and experience wise this year is his year, more like next year).

I am slightly biased (favorably) towards Lando more ONLY because I've been following him for more and I'm more familiar with his driving style. It would be nice to see him reach his full potential. That being said, Oscar's improvement through his rookie years is AMAZING.

Lando "fans" should also remember that Lando himself said that he doesn't want anything handed to him. If anything, instead of hating on Oscar for racing, they should hope for Lando's improvement in being a bit more "aggressive" (cleanly, excuse my lack of better wording) on the track.

Exactly exactly exactly. I think what's getting to Lando right now is the fact that hes acc in the championship fight yet his team isn't really prioritising him (I'd also be annoyed if I were him tbh), and instead they're going on abt how they want to give both their drivers the same opportunities and let them fight on track (happy abt that since I'm a tifosi and if ferrari can't win the wdc I NEED max to win) (and i just like oscar more😭).

I think what lando needs to do is just take the team's decision and get on with it instead of sulking (? Not the word I wanna use, but I also have issues with wording😭). Basically, what I'm saying is he needs to realise that if the team isn't prioritising him, then he needs to prioritise himself. If the team's telling the drivers they're allowed to race against each other, then he should be prepared and ready to attack any time oscar is in front of/ behind him.

But yeah as someone who despises the mclarens on-track, this is just really good for me tbh💀.

[toasttt11]

ice princess; lando norris

summary: the basics of kaarina raikkonen

lando norris x kaarina raikkonen

tag list: @faithm120601 @chelawrites

kaarina emilia raikkonen the daughter of kimi räikkönen formula one world champion and marie de vos number one model worldwide, owner of starlight empire and ambassador for dior.

kaarina raikkonen

age: 23

birthday: december 13, 1999

job: formula one driver for mercedes AMG petronas, ceo and owner of starlight empire, admassador for and heir for christian dior

started karting when she was three for fun and have been modeling for her mother’s company and for dior since she was young. she began really karting when she was five proving to be the best of the track she made few friends during her years but did keep a few close by. she met lando when she was around seven and while she’s always been close off and quiet around anyone besides family she seemed to have a few more words for lando than anyone else. oscar she met when she went to watch a karting race and he won, they quickly became good friends as their vibes just clicked while they didn’t race against each other until formula one they still saw each other lots and considers each other their best friends. joining formula four at fourteen leading the championship with ease, untill the a few days before the last race she had to win to become the champion she lost her mother marie in a bad car accident she was killed by a drunk driver, kaarina went to the funeral and the same day went to the race, later in the day and won the race and the championship, deciding to take a year off to learn everything about gaining the company from her mother, when she joined formula three at the age sixteen she decided to drive under the belgium flag as her home country to honor her mother and the part of her she still has of her, kaarina won the championship in her rookie year with prema and heading straight into formula two winning the championship her rookie year again in 2018, and then joining formula one in 2019 at 18 and signing straight with Mercedes formula one team coming from their junior team and coming second in the championship her rookie year, winning the WDC in 2020 only in her second year of formula one, she continued to come second in 2021, lewis retired after 2021 and decided he wanted to become her engineer wanting to be apart of formula one but not wanting to drive anymore, george joined in 2022 becoming her new teamate even tho they karted together they didn’t hang out just the two of them and maybe it was his calmer nature or his presence was soothing but george became quite protective of her and began seeing her as a little sister, in 2022 kaarina secured her spot in second in the championship and so far in 2023 she is breaking records and leading the championship miles head of any competition.

kimi raikkonen

age: 43

birthday: october 17, 1979

relation: father

kimi raikkonen a formula one world champion, the last driver to win a world champion for ferrari. kimi a ice cold finish man a great driver and a excellent father, he was best friends with mother of his daughter, he is now married and has three more children a boy and two girls and the older two are know following in the footsteps of their father and older sister.

marie de vos

age: 48 (died 38)

birthday: march 13, 1979

death: october 28, 2013

relation: mother

marie de vos number one model worldwide, owner of starlight empire and ambassador for dior, and was set to be the next owner of Christian dior before her death, she grew up with the schumacher’s and always saw them as family, when michael took sebastian under his wing they became quick friends with each other and even more so when sebastian become best friends with her best friend kimi. kimi and marie were best friends since childhood, platonic soulmates you could say, the two were completely different kimi cold as ice and marie warm as the sun but they balanced each other and one night had a one night stand with each other leading to their precious daughter kaarina to be born, they raised her together with ease untill the death of marie.

carter de vos

age:69

birthday april 13, 1958

relation: grandmother

carter de vos the co owner of Christian Dior came from a wealthy belgium family and went to big school with her now husband louis, she started doing modeling and fashion design passing down her skills and creativity to her daughter and granddaughter.

louis de vos

age: 72

birthday: may 17, 1955

relation: grandfather

Louis family is the original owners of christian dior, he learned from a young age how to take care of business and continue to stay on the top of the market, he married his wife who had a passion that fit well with his job the two began growing their business more and more everyday.

michael schumacher

age: 54

birthday: january 3, 1969

relation: godfather

michael schumacher a eight time world champion. his family grew up with de vos’s making them all very close he was ten years older than marie but still saw her as his little sister and he became her only child’s godfather and she became both of his children god mother. michael is the reason kaarina wanted to driver with mercedes she never knew why but she always loved watching him race with mercedes than ferrari, she just began to want to drive with them one day and her and mick still hope they can drive together in mercades together they almsot do now as mick is now a reserve.

mick schumacher

age: 24

birthday: march 22, 1999

relation: godbrother

mick schumacher is a F1 reserve driver for mercedes, he grew up with Kaarina and her family, kaarina and him treating each other like siblings, the two dream is to be each others teammate again, they were once in F3 but they wish to be together on a team in f1. mick and kaarina have very opposite personalities and mick is like sunshine so kaarina definitely has a softer spot for her godbrother even tho he is older than her but she is protective of him.

gina schumacher

age: 26

birthday: february 20, 1997

relation: godsister

gina schumacher a competition horse rider and a sometimes a model, gina schumacher chose a diffent path than her family choosing to become greta with horses and continued to love riding them, she’s best friends with her godsister kaarina so she will model things for her here and there.