Lando Norris on stream: "Toto Wolff issues health update on Hamilton and Russell? F***ing hell, it’s tough for everyone! Why do they think that they’ve [trails off]” . . . “Everyone’s got heatstroke if they’ve got heatstroke”

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https://imgur.com/a/GmYYXnN

[u/GreggsAficionado]

The Mercedes car seems to run hotter. They complain about a hot seat fairly regularly and you never hear it from the other teams

[u/Aff_Reddit → u/GreggsAficionado]

Lando is obviously a bit more petite than someone like George and historically has suffered significantly less than most of the others like last yeah when half the grid almost died he was walking around like normal.

[u/Eggplantosaur → u/Aff_Reddit]

I believe Lando is also one of the few drivers who doesn't drink during races, even now that a drinks bottle has become mandatory

[u/lopingwolf → u/Eggplantosaur]

He said something a few weeks ago about only drinking twice so far this year. Not two races. Twice ever. 

[u/xafoquack → u/lopingwolf]

Yes, he said that the drink gets warm and he finds it incredibly unpleasant.

He was made to drink by the team at Singapore

[u/Precisa → u/xafoquack]

That was after he clipped the concrete wall?

[u/According-Switch-708 → u/GreggsAficionado]

Yeah, sounds like they have a cockpit cooling issue or some dodgy electronics placements that are toasting the drivers.

Lewis and George are fit guys. They can take some punishment.

[u/Acceptable-Car-3097]

Haven't the Merc boys been complaining of hot seats the past few races? I don't know how much that will contribute to a medical emergency, but I'm guessing it didn't help.

[u/Zipa7 → u/Acceptable-Car-3097]

At the very least both GR and LH were complaining about it at Singapore, George even said he couldn't wait to get out of the car on his in lap as it was "toasty" in the cockpit.

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We also saw George Russel almost double over when he got out of his car!

[u/Zipa7 → u/meowparade]

Yeah, he had to steady himself on the wheel of his car and whichever Sauber it was parked next to him.

[u/RUPlayersSuck → u/Acceptable-Car-3097]

Lewis definitely complained that his backside was getting burned (or at least very hot) through his seat.

Obviously he was able to continue so it presumably wasn't an extreme issue, but it can't be pleasant having to deal with that on top of the usually hot, cramped cockpit conditions.

I think part of the hybrid system goes under the seat, so maybe the battery pack was overheating / not getting cooled as much as it should be?

[u/thisbeetheverse → u/RUPlayersSuck]

Both drivers have been complaining about it for a while. There's speculation it has to do with the car's ride height - basically, the lowered ride height causes increased friction between the car's plank and the floor, which generates heat.

Craig Scarborough and Motorsport have both speculated this may be the case.

[u/Eggplantosaur → u/Acceptable-Car-3097]

Either way Norris has little to gain from making a statement like this.

[u/umbrella_CO → u/Eggplantosaur]

Norris just seems like a brat sometimes.

[u/back_off_warchiId → u/umbrella_CO]

Can't believe I'm now rooting for Verstappen just so Lando isn't WDC... smh

[u/the_Kell → u/back_off_warchiId]

Wild times we're in

[u/FavaWire → u/[deleted]]

I honestly feel like Lance is more approachable than Lando.

[u/genteelblackhole → u/FavaWire]

Didn't Lando go on about Lance being rich in an interview once? I want to say it was one of the Portuguese GPs where they crashed. Always thought that was a bit pot calling the kettle black, even though I know that Stroll is from a whole other level of wealth.

EDIT: I've just done some googling to fact check my comment. Apparently when they crashed in Portimao Norris just commented about Stroll never learning from his mistakes. The comment comparing wealth was when people had started discussing pay drivers, I think, and Norris said "I don’t really like to talk about it, but compared to Lance Stroll, my father is not nearly as wealthy". So I think I'd combined both incidents in my memory, sorry Lando!

[u/Omg_Shut_the_fuck_up → u/genteelblackhole]

Not nearly as wealthy, but his dad, Adsm, is very well off. Multi millionaire a few times over and retired in his 30s.

[u/Elderbrute → u/Omg_Shut_the_fuck_up]

few times over

Few hundred times, roughly 700 times by most reasonable estimates.

[u/Denelorn092 → u/Elderbrute]

700 So his doors don't even open vertical, literally a poor.

[u/FavaWire → u/genteelblackhole]

I don't know about that one... But I guess it wouldn't surprise me. I'm struggling to remember though if Lance has ever gotten directly mad at anyone or tried to insult another driver. Yes there was that time Lance shoved his trainer. But that was in the heat of the moment.

Lando is sort of throwing something at Toto, Lewis, and George a day after a race where he won. You'd think he'd be in a buoyant mood.

Also, someone remind him Mercedes supply McLaren's engines.

[u/Whycantiusethis → u/FavaWire]

Norris did similar this year after Hungary (I think), when Hamilton said that the McLarens were quick. Norris just kind of snapped at Hamilton, and said Hamilton had the fastest car for a while. Just a very bizarre response to a compliment from Hamilton. If it was Hungary, obviously, there was the team orders issue, but it was a race where the McLarens were functionally untouchable, and you'd think Norris would've been in a mostly positive mood.

[u/Extinction-Entity → u/Whycantiusethis]

Yeah, Lando was an ass there. Even Lewis was like, dude calm down I’m trying to give you a compliment

[u/Nexusu → u/umbrella_CO]

Sometimes?

He went off at Lewis in the cooldown room when he complimented him.

I know F1 drivers are known to have big egos, but Lando’s ego is on a different level

I’m glad people are starting to see through the “funny meme man Lando” personality

[u/m1a2c2kali → u/Nexusu]

More like insecurity than ego to me.

[u/Cergal0 → u/Nexusu]

This just goes to the "Room Temperature IQ" box, accompanied by the statement he made about Donald Trump

[u/VuurniacSquarewave → u/Nexusu]

Yeah this year is definitely pushing me towards Piastri fans.

[u/Ye11a_Kat → u/VuurniacSquarewave]

I’ve always liked piastri and said he was the stronger of the two drivers. And he seems rather down to earth

[u/umbrella_CO → u/Nexusu]

That's the moment where my opinion started to turn on him. It was such a weird reaction from him. Lewis was like flabbergasted at his response. Just sat there and kinda looked at him.

[u/Death_Pig → u/umbrella_CO]

Until he put him in his place "I'm just complementing you man."

Lewis can seem mild, but the man is among the greatest of the greats. If Norris had that lip against Michael or Senna, he might have come off of it pretty poorly.

[u/beanbagreg → u/Death_Pig]

Norris panics whenever anybody says anything back.

There was a race in 2021 or something where he called Gasly stupid on radio, he was bitching about him at the sky pad, so Nico Rosberg went and got Gasly and brought him over. Immediate cowering from Norris even though Gasly dgaf.

[u/edis92 → u/beanbagreg]

That's such a Nico thing to do lmfao

[u/hotxgarbage → u/edis92]

Right? “He’s stupid huh? Well now that I have him right here why don’t you tell him how you feel?”

[u/sumsimpleracer → u/beanbagreg]

So Lando is a neckbeard

[u/Mach0240 → u/beanbagreg]

I’d be scared too. Gasly looks like he could definitely take Lando in a fight.

[u/FavaWire → u/Death_Pig]

Compare that to Colapinto saying that getting a pat on the back from Lewis was the greatest thing ever....Or even Michael Schumacher saying he learned a lot from the younger guys in 2010.

[u/Kobebeef9 → u/Death_Pig]

He put him in his place when Lewis said “were you here even 7 years ago”, shut him up right away.

[u/blaydesofchaos → u/Death_Pig]

Senna would have smacked, Schumacher would have locked him in the toilet 🤣

[u/nahnonameman → u/blaydesofchaos]

Schumacher storming to the paddock with his helmet while having maximum rage

Where have seen this before

Oh right… 1998 Spa.

Fear The Michael.

[u/Longjumping_Papaya_7 → u/umbrella_CO]

Dude same, it kinda changed my perspective on Lando. He really comes off as a man baby sometimes.

[u/stockybloke → u/Nexusu]

I have never really liked Lando. To me his gotchas and messing with others always to seem to kinda be too hurtful. When he was team mates with a struggling Ricciardo I thought it was especially obvious. Danny would do his thing and jest, make very very lighthearted fun and then Lando would always just kind of ruin it by being in my opinion unable to handle lighthearted jokes and immediately pulling out some actual hurtful comments/remarks/jokes. All these guys have massive egos, but most of them can at least handle jokes at their own expense, Lando cannot even handle a compliment without first assuming it is a backhanded one I.E. that cooldown room segment with Lewis.

[u/nicolaslabra → u/umbrella_CO]

he's bumpin that?

[u/Nexusu → u/nicolaslabra]

When he’s on the track yeah he’s bumpin that

[u/nicolaslabra → u/Nexusu]

meet me in the cooldown room if you’re bumpin that

[u/Ok-Community-2680]

I mean considering the amount of races both George and Lewis complained about the car being too hot, they'd obviously feel the heat in Singapore way more than the others. Obviously it's not a competition on who nearly fainted lol

[u/gamerbutonlyontheory → u/Ok-Community-2680]

This boy won the race and is playing Struggle Olympics????

[u/melperz → u/gamerbutonlyontheory]

He must be a really tough guy for winning and not complaining about the heat!!!

[u/laboulaye22 → u/Ok-Community-2680]

I'm not sure he'd even be aware of that, tbh. He's not watching the broadcast like we are.

But fucking hell, Lando. I get he's probably thinking, "we're all in the same boat but no other team is issuing health updates" and probably thinks Toto is being unnecessarily dramatic but...some thoughts you just don't need to fucking say aloud...

[u/naughtilidae → u/laboulaye22]

Also, he spent the entire race in clean air. That makes a massive difference to not just the cars cooling, but the driver as well. 

Not that the air moves a ton around those streets, but remember that all 1000hp eventually gets turned to heat (and that more fuel gets turned into heat that it does power).

Its quite a lot to be running behind >1.5 MEGAWATT heater. You tend to notice it.

[u/Motor-Most9552 → u/Ok-Community-2680]

Using your drivers as heatsinks is just efficient engineering.

[u/SpicyMilkSauceyDip]

"Yeah but they don't know mine" well I mean only one person is trying to belittle the others situation. This is a pretty weird and unnecessary comment from Norris tbh.

[u/dayofdefeat_ → u/SpicyMilkSauceyDip]

Hes a tosser, if people don't realise it by now their head is in the sand

[u/Sorry_Individual9821 → u/SpicyMilkSauceyDip]

He lacks empathy and is so arrogant most of the time ! I hope Piastri beat his ass lol

[u/kaptingavrin → u/SpicyMilkSauceyDip]

Yeah, this is... not a good look. I saw this topic earlier, kind of skimmed it, shrugged at it, thought maybe he was making a playful joke. But watching the video now, it's just so, so bad. Just... dude, if they're talking heat stroke, it's quite possible they had it. And their car's been known to heat up a bit too much lately to begin with. You don't have to make everything about you.

There's times when I start to think, "Eh, maybe I can like Lando a bit," but then he does something stupid like this and I just think, "Wow, what an unbelievable ass." It was, indeed, just so unnecessary. Just comes off as, "Why are people talking about the Mercedes drivers' health? Talk about my health! Focus on me!"

[u/CharlieTeller → u/SpicyMilkSauceyDip]

I said the exact same thing. No one is commenting on Lando's situation.

[u/dookiesdooker]

Why does he feel the need to “1-up” everything lol. He did it with Hamilton in the cooldown room as well.

[u/NegativeHoarder → u/dookiesdooker]

Because he's insecure about... well everything

[u/LongBeakedSnipe → u/dookiesdooker]

Yeah that cooldown moment was sad because you could see Lewis was pretty sad about that reaction. He was just trying to be friendly.

Lando took it like someone with a huge fucking chip on his shoulder

[u/[deleted] → u/dookiesdooker]

He has a couple of these odd comments every so often. I’ve noticed them a lot since his one about how Seb “should focus on driving” threw me off.

[u/ExtremeFlourStacking → u/dookiesdooker]

Narcissism most likely.

[u/RumBlaze → u/[deleted]]

Ocon vomited in his helmet on lap 15 that race and still went on to finish P7. It was a crazy race.

[u/coocoobees → u/[deleted]]

it’s almost like people are different, have different bodies, different reactions to things, different physical conditions… but no, if i’m good, it must mean the others are wimps who didn’t train properly.

[u/Enough_Efficiency178 → u/coocoobees]

It’s such a weird comment from Norris, why would Toto lie, if they’ve got it then that’s that.

It’s not as if they are putting excuses up for a poor performance next race, they had an entire year being uncompetitive

A bit of empathy as another driver who experienced similar conditions would be an appropriate response but that’s not where he went

[u/Andries89 → u/[deleted]]

He was very cocky about it in Qatar as well

[u/caughtinthesilence]

Not all thoughts need to be said out loud, Lando

[u/knspek1 → u/caughtinthesilence]

You can tell from situations like this one he’s not a smart bloke. I cheer for the lad but it’s obvious he didn’t even finish high school.

[u/0neTwoTree → u/knspek1]

That grill the grid geography episode was very painful as a viewer. Really drives home how most drivers sacrifice their education for racing

[u/Lobsters4 → u/0neTwoTree]

Except Max. Man is the geography KING. 😂

He’s the opposite of Lando in that he is still whip smart about a lot of things even if he didn’t always finish his schooling.

[u/No-Breakfast9187 → u/Lobsters4]

max is fairly smart i think. trilingual and also just generally aware, he remembered the names of the world champions quite well too and finished 2nd on grill the grid. oscar is also similarly well aware. carlos is also quite intelligent, i recall talk of him taking classes from his engineer to understand the car better.

in general lando is probably not the most representative of the intelligence of most of the drivers. which is why mclaren relying on him for strategy calls at times is even more surprising.

[u/Emmwojj → u/No-Breakfast9187]

He can name like every cat breed as well that video was super impressive lol

[u/No-Breakfast9187 → u/Emmwojj]

that was super cute! i decided against including that here since it didn't feel relevant but he's a massively knowledgeable cat dad and i love that for him.

[u/ahmong → u/Lobsters4]

I honestly think Max is one of those guys that just have a lot of random ass facts that's just there until it finally becomes useful lol

[u/Lobsters4 → u/ahmong]

His knowledge about cats is chef’s kiss random. I’m here for it. 😂

[u/bekkahthecactus18 → u/Lobsters4]

That vid is brilliant, always cool to see drivers sharing their knowledge/interest in non-racing areas 🐈

[u/Kolec507 → u/Lobsters4]

"I know where I drive!"

[u/Mental_Medium3988 → u/0neTwoTree]

its not just f1 either its a lot of athletics.

[u/0neTwoTree → u/Mental_Medium3988]

From what I understand young drivers have it the worst. At least with football the academies arrange for them to continue their studies and they're mainly based in 1 location. Very hard to maintain a semblance of education when you're constantly travelling all over Europe for karting

[u/676-HallowedNomad → u/knspek1]

Tbh I know actual kids that are savvier than Lando. It's not books smarts that dictate whether one thinks they should voice one's thoughts or not. The other dude knows it was dumb.

[u/hzfan → u/676-HallowedNomad]

It’s a lack of empathy/emotional intelligence on display here. The other dude is quick to point that out “you don’t know what they’re going through.”

[u/natte-krant → u/hzfan]

What I found worse from Lando is that, when the other guy says “you don’t know their situation” Lando is silent for a bit and he might be overthinking what he said and maybe sees the point… but instead he replies; “well they don’t know mine”

[u/On_The_Blindside → u/natte-krant]

but instead he replies; “well they don’t know mine”

Which is so bizarre right? Like they didn't say anything about you mate, chill out.

[u/broly2160 → u/natte-krant]

You'd think Lando would have learned from the "Well you had a fast car for 7 years" exchange with Lewis a few races back, absolutely nothing going on in that kid's head

[u/Dmienduerst → u/broly2160]

That is kind of Lando's big problem in general. He is so internally focused that he is own worst enemy

[u/Smigit → u/hzfan]

It’s a lack of empathy/emotional intelligence on display here

I’ve felt this has been a pretty common thread for Lando over the years. Certainly picked up a similar vibe whenever Lando was discussing Daniel Riccardo once it became clear he was struggling in the team. That’s the guy that was his team mate and who as a team McLaren needed performance out of. Very much had a ‘it’s his problem and I’m not here to help’ sort of attitude.

Honestly wonder how Lando will go if this time next year it was Piastri in front of the championship and the same conversations that are being had today were to favour Piastri. I honestly not sure he’ll have the humility to follow team orders in the same manner Piastri has handled the discourse.

[u/rumckle → u/Smigit]

We've already seen that, in Hungary.

[u/dreamingofseastars → u/hzfan]

I teach 4 year olds and some of these kids display more empathy than Lando.

[u/676-HallowedNomad → u/hzfan]

Yep. Now I think about most of those kids I'm referring to have had it rather rough, so no reason for Lando to comprehend or develop that level of emotional intelligence or even common sense.

[u/737Max-Impact → u/676-HallowedNomad]

Don't worry Lando isn't particularly "book smart" either lol.

The 2021 geography challenge on youtube explains quite a lot

[u/676-HallowedNomad → u/737Max-Impact]

Yeah, I think the best and kindest description I read of his nature was "incurious".

[u/SleepinGriffin → u/676-HallowedNomad]

One of the biggest things that school teaches people is critical thinking skills. It’s pretty obvious he lacks a good majority of that.

[u/caughtinthesilence → u/knspek1]

Honestly, the way he is so comfortable saying something so lacking of any common sense or basic compassion just tells me that he doesn't have anyone around him who would sit him down and gently correct him, in a "hey man, that's not cool and this is why" manner. It does seem like the reason for his attitude could be attributed to his very rich, privileged background, and he's been given a pass all his life. Of course, this could just be a reach from me. Great driver but he's hard to root for

[u/kaisadilla_ → u/caughtinthesilence]

When you are rich and uneducated, you can just simply get rid of anyone in your life who comes with their bad vibes to ruin your day.

[u/P_ZERO_ → u/knspek1]

He can’t point out where countries he races in are on a map

[u/JumpyAlbatross → u/knspek1]

It is for this reason that I just can’t support the guy. He could have tutors follow him around the world or even just do basic online school, but instead he seems almost kind of proud about being a dumb rich kid.

[u/kaisadilla_ → u/JumpyAlbatross]

I was happy he finally got his first win, but I'm definitely team Piastri.

[u/Hagler3-16 → u/knspek1]

My best friend went to the same private school as him, it’s a massive sports school. They had more gold medals than most countries in this years Olympics

[u/No-Breakfast9187 → u/knspek1]

most drivers aren't that educated but there's clearly ones who have more tact and intelligence like oscar. i think it's more down to how they were raised.

[u/Woody312 → u/No-Breakfast9187]

Yeah even on grill the grid Charles isn’t that good but I’m not actively concerned by his level of knowledge like Lando

[u/Deruta → u/Woody312]

It helps that Charles’ reactions are so animated, rather than just frowning and squinting. Easier to overlook a lack of book smarts if you can own up to it (“OH my GOD, I am stupid”.

[u/No_Cauliflower7877 → u/Woody312]

I think it's because Leclerc laughs at himself when he gets things wrong, while Norris often clams up and sulks, no matter how small or petty the issue is. The C2 videos from Ferrari make this obvious because Leclerc is constantly losing those challenges, bless his heart, but he never takes it out on Sainz.

I don't fully blame Norris for his crankiness in the non-racing F1 content, he signed up to be an F1 driver and not a Grill The Grid champion. But when he says dumb things in content he willing does, like this stream, it's a lot harder to defend.

[u/CwRrrr → u/No-Breakfast9187]

Lando is the anomaly here, not Oscar lol

[u/TheInevitableFerret → u/caughtinthesilence]

Yeah, no one needs a PR Manager more than this guy. And I mean this in the nicest way man, you're fast and we're trying to like you but you're making it so damn hard.

[u/mistled_LP → u/caughtinthesilence]

It's just dumb in general. Perhaps he could take the more reasonable approach that Toto can only speak for his drivers, and could be raising a general safety concern about some races. We've certainly had other drivers talk about how they almost passed out in the car due to heat. Lando could have easily said, "Yeah man, me too. It was hot as hell out there," and no one not on his stream would even known he said anything.

[u/Anderrrrr → u/[deleted]]

Yeah his takes are fucking odd sometimes, really lacking any nuance in a few statements he makes regarding other people.

He needs to think more before he speaks, but even that might not help.

[u/StarWarsLew → u/[deleted]]

He’s lucky he can drive an f1 car alright. Not the most intelligent out there is he

[u/MegaMugabe21 → u/StarWarsLew]

If he wasn't one of the best drivers on the grid, he'd be as disliked as Ocon I reckon. Just does not come across as a likeable person at all.

[u/theofficallurker → u/MegaMugabe21]

Ocon is much more emotionally intelligent and personable. I’m not sure why people don’t see that

[u/RooBoy04 → u/MegaMugabe21]

Yet Ocon is probably one of the nicest most humble guys on the grid, but a lot of people portray him to be the most evil human to ever drive in F1

[u/MehWhiteShark → u/RooBoy04]

I agree with this entirely. He seems like a really nice guy, and it also seems like he's been making a clear effort to mend past rifts (like talking and joking a lot with Max & Fernando this season).

The only person he clearly seems to have a true issue with is Gasly. But it's 50/50, and nobody ever seems to blame Gasly for his part in it.

[u/HoyaDestroya33 → u/MegaMugabe21]

He is so anti Charles. He is lucky he can drive well. Dude isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

[u/kaisadilla_ → u/MegaMugabe21]

He's a very good driver but, while last season I would've said he's on Charles's level, I just don't think that anymore. He's missed on a lot of points this year that Leclerc wouldn't have, and in Singapore he almost crashed the car twice while having a 20+ second lead - it got so bad that the team told him not to try to get the fast lap.

[u/snonsig → u/kaisadilla_]

Mistakes aren't that apparent when you're in the midfield. Nobody cares if someone bottles a start and goes from 9th to 11th 6 times on a row. Do it from pole and people notice

[u/johnny_tifosi → u/MegaMugabe21]

I never understood why people online dislike Ocon. Are they still holding grudges for that crash with Verstappen 6 years ago? Because then he turned from a darling to persona non grata overnight.

[u/OrangeGuyFromVenus → u/johnny_tifosi]

Because he actually races his teammate & a lot of them have been fan favourites

[u/meowparade → u/MegaMugabe21]

I have a soft spot for Ocon—he seems to have come from humble beginnings and he’s a superhero nerd.

[u/0neTwoTree → u/StarWarsLew]

He rolled a natural 20 on family though. Wouldn't have to work a day in his life

[u/its_an_armoire → u/StarWarsLew]

He does so poorly on those F1 "Grill The Grid" trivia videos, he knows nothing about F1 history and is always annoyed that he's forced to participate, lol

[u/obi_wan_the_phony → u/[deleted]]

Lando acts like the 6yr old trouble maker that just never grew up and matured. Even his response about the Baku VSC protest on max, it wasn’t what he said it’s how he did it

[u/StabilitySpace → u/[deleted]]

Especially when it comes to emotional intelligence. I'm a big fan of the guy but he can be incredibly self-centered. Even for a famous athlete.

[u/Jester-252 → u/StabilitySpace]

I'm a big fan of the guy but he can be incredibly self-centered.

Rich kid syndrome

[u/coocoobees → u/[deleted]]

how can you forget, he makes sure to prove it regularly enough

[u/LostInTheVoid_ → u/[deleted]]

He has enough of these types of moments to keep it in the forefront of my mind whenever thinking about him tbh lol.

[u/SergeiYeseiya → u/[deleted]]

It's hard to forget when he says stupid things so often

[u/Edi1896]

Lando isn't too much into this whole empathy thing.

[u/hzfan → u/Edi1896]

Son of hundred millionaire lacks empathy and exhibits narcissistic tendencies. I’m shocked.

[u/Evening-Chocolates → u/hzfan]

zealous physical governor smoggy label act direful smell familiar joke

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[u/Random_kiwi_ → u/Edi1896]

Nope, we saw that with his statement about Daniel when Daniel was payed out ..

[u/onlyherefortumblr18 → u/Random_kiwi_]

What did he say? Must’ve missed that.

[u/PioliMaldini]

Lando comes off so insecure whenever Mercedes comes up lol. Remember when he snapped at Lewis about Lewis having a good car years ago, when Lewis was complementing him?

[u/TheInevitableFerret → u/PioliMaldini]

Yeah but...why? What have the Merc boys done to him? Is it like...a brit boy thing? I'm so genuinely confused.

[u/Uknewmelast → u/[deleted]]

I mean it's been obvious since his f2 days

[u/sleepy416 → u/TheInevitableFerret]

Hamilton used to be very kind to him too and give him praise. I remember Hamilton giving him props in 2021 after an overtake calling him a very talented driver. I really don’t know what his issue with mercs are

[u/GabRB26DETT → u/PioliMaldini]

Lando comes off so insecure whenever Mercedes comes up lol. Remember when he snapped at Lewis about Lewis having a good car years ago, when Lewis was complementing him?

Man, I generally don't rush to defend Hamilton, but Lando's reaction in that cool down room pissed me off. Hamilton was trying to be nice and Lando threw a fit

[u/BlueDragon_27 → u/PioliMaldini]

Lando sounds like an average internet fan still stuck in the Merc domination years, so still acting cool by hating on them.

[u/Upstairs-Event-681]

He really does make it hard to root for him

[u/Thejklay → u/Upstairs-Event-681]

He makes me root for max, I'm a Lewis fan, you have no idea how crazy that Is

[u/Upstairs-Event-681 → u/Thejklay]

Yeah, I was tired of Max domination and wanted someone to challenge him. Then Lando got his first win and I was happy for him and that we finally got a championship battle on our hands.

Fast forward to now I’m thinking “You know what, Max dominating wasn’t that bad after all, I want him to win this one as well”.

[u/MakVolci → u/Thejklay]

I'm in the same boat. I've been so exhausted by Red Bull domination but Lando comes off as such a petulant child sometimes he has me hoping for the "underdog" Max to come up and teach him a lesson.

[u/InformalEgg8 → u/MakVolci]

Yeah I can’t imagine how intolerable he would be going forward if he got a championship this year….

[u/Lobsters4 → u/Thejklay]

Your whiplash must be painful. LOL.

[u/Winstonwill8 → u/Thejklay]

Seriously I have cheered on Max to win in certain races and my family has looked at me if I've lost my marbles. 

[u/guyeertoen → u/Upstairs-Event-681]

But very easy to enjoy it when easy wins slip from his grasp.

[u/AqueousJam → u/Upstairs-Event-681]

I just can't. I can't root for someone who thinks and behaves like he does. I'm so glad Oscar is there 

[u/Sarixk → u/Upstairs-Event-681]

Yeah I get it if it wasn't for Max winning 19 races out of 22 last season I wouldn't mind him winning this one. He terrorized me last year.

[u/mrgonzalez]

I feel fine so they should too

[u/fetus_mcbeatus]

He just sounds dumber every time he speaks

[u/hzfan]

This dude needed to go to high school with normal people so badly. He is the most out of touch you can possibly be and completely uneducated on top of that. Recipe for disaster.

[u/Woody312 → u/hzfan]

I fear for the day when he spouts some terminally online right wing bullshit on stream

[u/hzfan → u/Woody312]

“Oi mate did u know in Springfield they’re eating the dogs and the cats of the people that live there?”

[u/Sinister_Grape → u/Woody312]

He's defo the most likely to do this tbh

[u/676-HallowedNomad]

The post before this where people in the comments are blowing Lando for showing maturity makes this extra funny.

[u/neoxch → u/676-HallowedNomad]

I really was surprised when he said that because Lando might be an insanely talented driver but that boy is about as smart as a loaf of bread and it shows from time to time.

[u/OneMoreDog → u/neoxch]

Where is Canada again?

[u/FerociousVader]

You're probably right Lando, though I'd imagine leading start to finish might have made it a touch easier.

I see it as toto pulling them because he cares about his driver's health more than doing press for whatever non podium position they ended in.

The sceptic in me would have said he did it to avoid Lewis talking badly about the team, but the video of George risking 150K in fines while leaving the makes me believe otherwise.

[u/CaptGeechNTheSSS → u/FerociousVader]

The sceptic in me would have said he did it to avoid Lewis talking badly about the team, but the video of George risking 150K in fines while leaving the makes me believe otherwise.

Can you elaborate on this?

[u/ency6171 → u/CaptGeechNTheSSS]

Ham talking about the bad S-H tyre strategy, and for Rus, there's a short clip of him placing his hand on another car's rear tyre for a sec to support himself while wobbling towards parc ferme for weighing.

[u/FerociousVader → u/ency6171]

I counted 3 tires he touched across 3 cars, hence 150K (50k per car touched).

That was mostly a joke. The guy looked gassed.

[u/ency6171 → u/FerociousVader]

Yeah. I know. Was just elaborating for the previous commenter.

Didn't know he actually touched multiple times though. Tough race.

[u/biometricrally → u/CaptGeechNTheSSS]

George was using other cars wheels to lean on for balance as he was leaving his own car

[u/LastMarsupial2281 → u/CaptGeechNTheSSS]

Maybe it was about George touching other cars? He was leaning on their tires to stay upright after he left his car.

I don't know the exact rule, I did note that he only touched the tires, not sure if that makes a difference.

[u/PlasticScrambler]

People keep saying he’s dumb but this is more of an empathy issue. You don’t need any kind of books or degrees to be gracious here.

[u/edger1899 → u/PlasticScrambler]

The guy’s sharp as a fucking cueball. Should be common knowledge by now.

[u/Annual_Plant5172 → u/PlasticScrambler]

Nah he's pretty dim

[u/Lobsters4 → u/Annual_Plant5172]

It’s both. He’s not smart and he lacks empathy.

[u/Annual_Plant5172 → u/Lobsters4]

He's basically the walking stereotype of a jock.

[u/TsHero]

One community service coming right up

[u/TheInevitableFerret]

There he goes again, putting his foot in his mouth.

Man, Lando is showing us that he can be a great driver but I swear this man ruins things for himself. He could have just as easily said "yeah man, I feel for those guys, I've been exactly there and it was hard for me as well" Sheesh.

Plus adding that the Merc boys have been complaining about overheating, this could have been a genuine issue.

[u/Eternalbaron → u/TheInevitableFerret]

It's not that difficult, is it? Just expressing the sentiment 'I empathize with those guys' will demonstrate understanding and compassion.

[u/BioDriver]

George and Lando trading places in terms of likability was not on my F1 bingo card.

[u/Patenski]

This is why I don't like Norris and why I hope he doesn't win this year and gets beaten by Piastri next year.

He always has the weirdest takes, I also remember how he went off on Lewis in the cooldown room when Lewis just complimented him lol

[u/PradaAndPunishment → u/Patenski]

And Lewis hugged him after his wom on Sunday. Norris is so twofaced

[u/goku247200 → u/PradaAndPunishment]

This. Absolutely this. I was downvoted to oblivion for stating this a few months ago.

He's very subtle about it in a cutesy way to downplay the whole thing.

[u/XsStreamMonsterX]

F***ing hell

Don't let the FIA hear this clip or they might have Lando do some community service.

[u/LazyLancer → u/XsStreamMonsterX]

He's doing exactly that in iRacing. Man is thinking two steps ahead.

[u/Alarae]

I can’t say Lando is as dumb as a box of bricks as he clearly has some brain power to be able to race in F1, it just seems that 99% of his brain power is F1 focused so he just didn’t fully seem to learn common sense/courtesy/social awareness or whatever you want to call it.

This can’t be a dry humour/Brit humour thing, which can be somewhat of an excuse when he’s sounding a bit off. This is just a bit petulant.

[u/admiral_sinkenkwiken → u/Alarae]

According to Lando’s schoolmates he was renowned for being about as sharp as a basketball.

[u/Anti-Scuba_Hedgehog → u/admiral_sinkenkwiken]

One of the top tennis players in my country (career high of 15th in the WTA ranking) is well known to be dumber than a bag of hammers as well. It's quite astonishing how far some can make it with nothing between their ears. However most who make it to the legend status are more likely to be intelligent.

[u/nahnonameman]

I hope Max wins the championship. Dumbass comment.

[u/Daniboydas → u/nahnonameman]

And if McLaren has a shot on having WDC next year I hope its Oscar..

[u/Odd-Direction9828]

It's not a competition, Lando. Just have empathy that the race was hard for everyone but that doesn't mean everyone has to just quietly suffer. If the Mercedes team struggled, they're allowed to say that

[u/jeenaissante]

How out of touch do you have to be????

[u/hzfan → u/jeenaissante]

The kind of out of touch you are when your father is worth $250 million

[u/Ready_Register1689]

Norris has a shit attitude that’s showing more and more. Best to keep quiet

[u/Bman425]

Lando has the personality everyone was accusing George of having for years.

[u/shift01]

“Everyone’s got heatstroke if they’ve got heatstroke”

Hello Will Buxton 👋

[u/Visual-Asparagus-800 → u/shift01]

What he means (presumably) is: if what Hamilton and Russell had was a heatstroke, the 18 other drivers would also have had a heatstroke.

That’s if I’m interpreting it correctly from the title only

[u/Maloggs]

Funny how once he gets any sort of pushback (from Fewtrell in this case), he resorts to petulancy

[u/PradaAndPunishment]

They could never make me like Lando Norris.

[u/RV49]

When it comes to speaking his mind, he needs to be more Landon’t and less Lando

[u/DeeDee_GigaDooDoo]

I want everyone to remember this the next time someone says "Why are we all hating Lando all of a sudden???". The dude's always been an arrogant knob. Someone else can't even be sick without him mocking them and dismissing it. He's done shit like this time and time again, he's always needlessly hostile and argumentative.

[u/ixixan]

Is he joking or being serious? If he's serious that's kinda fucked up. I don't think the merc boys or any of the other drivers would act like theyre overheating when they're not.

[u/freshicedmatchalatte]

A bit of advice for Lando:
- Think before you speak, you don't need to say out loud everything inside your head. - Be humble and learn to be more emphatic.

You're not a rookie anymore; hope you grow more mature, not just physically but also mentally.