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Let the rumours and sarcy comments about McLaren and having results changed begin!

#mclaren racing #pato o'ward #indycar #mclaren f1 #lando norris

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So this weekend we have learnt that

Nico Rosberg waited 112 races for his first win - World Champion

Jenson Button waited 114 races and 7 and a half season for his first win - World Champion

Mika Hakkinen took 15 podiums before his first win - double World Champion

Lando is in good company. Why are people shitting on him because he hasn’t taken his fluke first win yet.

I’d rather building up to a run of wins than one and done.

#lando norris

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This would be the same Nico who said you go into a corner differently with Max to any other driver. At the time Max turned into a corner regardless of where any other driver was on the track.

nico would be the hero we all need in the max domination era. “just close the door on him” bro nico would be taking max out at every opportunity

#nico rosberg

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If you don’t want an honest answer. Don’t ask a McLaren driver!

oscar please 😭😭😭

#oscar piastri #lando norris

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Huge respect to Lando for speaking out so emphatically in support of the pressure sprint weekends put on mechanics and engineers.

Want to hear this from all drivers so the FIA wake up

#lando norris #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #f1blr

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Will Buxton has brought up a good point about Checo and Max and the RB's. Will said, what if the normal level for RB is Checo, but Max is just on a whole nother level no one can beat. Which raises a great point. I mean look at all his teammates of the past. None of them have been able to do what he can, I think that creates such stress and expectations on the 2nd driver no matter who they are. Max really is on another level, he's got a car that's just matched perfectly for him and it's created this beast that I don't think another driver could do in a RB. I think Will was right, if another driver pairing was in the RBs right now, I don't think they'd be so damn dominate, they're dominate because Max and that car are just on another level when together, and it's crazy to watch.

I know people say it's boring to watch Max constantly win, and I know I say it too sometimes, but it's really insane the lengths Max is pulling out of that car, it's amazing and I truly think no one else could take that RB car to that level.

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Some poor stewards is going to end up analysing this conversation to see if Lando should get a fine or reprimand.

Love my sarcastic McLaren boys. Cant wait to hear how he was going backwards but not reversing 😳

"yes will, i should be on the grid"

"my bad"

#lando norris #chinese gp 2024

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Bouncing back in style

happy and smiley 🥰

#lando norris #chinese gp 2024

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Further to my comment yesterday that was some of the shadiest driving I’ve ever seen

That restart 😳😳😳😳

20 best drivers in the world everyone

#chinese gp 2024 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #f1blr

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This is the issue these days of expressing an opinion. I’m allowed to be disappointed in someone when they make a poor choice. Lord knows I’ve been having those days with Lewis Hamilton since 2007 (and holy hell did you need patience in 2007 and 2008). I’ve been periodically losing my patience with McLaren on and off since 2011. Now Mercedes are testing my patience.

However that is a normal part of being a fan of something. You are allowed to have a view and been disappointed in something.

However when you do that now you get sacked in with the morons who let’s be fair, yesterday was the Lewis “fans” (loose term) who believed a pole had been stolen no matter how many ways you explained the rules to them, to today the most nonsensical hate towards him regarding his quali.

Do I understand what Lewis did at the start of the sprint race? Yes. Do I think he had other options? Yes. Am I disappointed that his disillusion with this car means he has done something 10 years ago he wouldn’t? Yes.

Do I think he is always looking for an excuse? No. It’s pretty comprehensive to me, he’s been saying the car for the last 3 years. Do I think Lewis is a dirty driver? No.

Do I think McLaren need to give Lando the car that means he can pull off overtakes like he did in Japan everywhere? Yes. Do I think he was a fool to try that line out of turn 2? No. Because if he had backed off we all know Lewis would have gone more right.

There is a difference between an opinion and mindless hate.

#chinese gp 2024 #lewis hamilton #lando norris #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #f1blr

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Question seems as people don’t seem to get the point I’m trying to make to them. What is that on the corner of turn 2?

It looks too textured to be gravel looks like a removed kerb or rumble strip. It’s clearly not the track.

#f1 #formula one #formula 1 #f1blr #chinese gp 2024

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This is the life of a McLaren fan, they predict misery and failure and then actually exceed their own grin expectations

P4 and 5 for the papaya boys 🧡

really pleased with that quali result actually considering what they'd been saying before practice, our one lap pace is pretty good and the sprint showed that actually longer runs aren't too shoddy compared to the misery they'd implied we'd have so tomorrow should be good

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Ok I think China has had enough fun now. See you in another 5 years.

#f1 #formula one #formula 1 #f1blr #chinese gp 2024

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I slept for an hour and found the racing gods had wielded their sword of justice after the sprint race. 😳

Then they started putting the grid together

You there - let’s just not even pretend, no point handing out false hope

You there - you did well in the Sprint, that’s your reward

You - damn, ok maybe we were super harsh on you earlier, double blow, yeah you can go there

You - there. You are safe there. Try and get out of turn 2, third times the charm right

You there - you have been solid and inoffensive all weekend

Same with you - you’ve not annoyed us yet.

You two if you can’t play nice, sit there and shut up. Your little trips into the wall hasn’t knocked sense into the pair of you I see!!

You - yeah I like you, you’ve got spirit, you go there

You - hmmm you have used up all your luck in the last 24 hours, you go there

You 4 - literally you would be faster on a push bike, miracles are not my department

#chinese gp 2024 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #f1blr #iykyk

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Who at Sky Sports thought yeah, let Nico interview Lando.

That had chaos stamped all over it!

#lando norris #nico rosberg

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Whenever life gets you down you come across a post with the Welsh road sign SLOW ARAF with about 300 different explanations as to the meaning of ARAF.

Never fails to entertain me.

#welsh language

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The thing that has soured today for me is not that Lando didn’t win, I never expected him to.

It’s that Lewis did to Lando what he has so often berated Max for doing to other drivers. And he is better than that. When you look from Alonso’s onboard, there was enough to get a bus through on the other side of him, hell Fernando had it all to himself, but Lewis knew Lando would go off rather then hit him, so why bother leaving a car’s width.

I’m disappointed because I want to see Lewis back to his best and that was beneath him today. Which is so so sad. I want the British drivers to be the Stirling Moss and Damon Hill’s of their generation. And that means you drive with integrity, regardless of what everyone else is up to.

Yet the worst section of Lewis fans will see it as some kind of justice for yesterday, regardless how many time you explain the rules to them. It’s just soured the whole weekend for me.

#lando norris #lewis hamilton #max verstappen #chinese gp 2024