#f1 winner

[cutielando]

lucky number 100 ~ lando norris

Summary: Lando finally gets the win he deserves in his 100th race.

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100 races.

If someone had told you that you would be with Lando and see his 100th race with McLaren, you would've probably laughed in their face.

You and Lando have been together for years, you being by his side ever since he started his racing career. You had never missed a race, not a weekend went by when you weren't seen on the paddock proudly wearing your boyfriend's number on your back.

With the COTA Grand Prix coming up, it also being Lando's 100th race in Formula 1, it was safe to say he was more nervous than he usually was.

That is precisely the reason why it was 1 in the morning before race day and Lando couldn't get himself to go to sleep. Thoughts plaguing his mind, all sorts of scenarios regarding the race going through his head.

You had fallen asleep earlier that evening, having been exhausted by the qualifying and everything. However, you woke up a little past 1, stretching your arm over Lando's side of the bed in search for his warmth but you were met with the cold sheets, making you frown.

"Honey?" you called out, rubbing your eyes and waiting for a response.

When you couldn't hear anything, you pulled the covers off your body and took Lando's hoodie that had been discarded on the floor and pulled it over your head.

You opened the door to your bedroom and walked out, quietly searching for your boyfriend in the middle of the night.

You found him sitting on the couch in your living room, watching TV with the volume down with a lost look in his eye.

"Baby, what are you doing up? You need to get some sleep before tomorrow" you said, making your way over to him and sitting down next to him, snuggling up in his arms.

"Sorry, I couldn't sleep. Kept fidgeting so I decided to come out here so I wouldn't wake you up" he wrapped his arms around your shoulders and kissed your temple, savoring the feeling of your body snuggled up to his.

"What's got you worked up?" you whispered, trailing one of your hands up and down his chest, knowing it was one of the things that helped calm him down in any situation.

"The race, I guess" he shrugged, not being able to really pinpoint the trouble himself.

"What about the race?" you pushed, knowing he had to get whatever it was off his chest.

"I don't know, I just feel like everybody expects me to win because it's my 100th race and everyone will be disappointed if that doesn't happen and I'll let everyone down"

You nodded your head, understanding now where he was coming from.

A lot of his fans and people in the F1 business are constantly talking about him winning this race, how amazing it would be if he did it and how it has been long overdue, which obviously puts a tremendous amount of stress on him.

If he does deliver, he's going to be on top of the world. But if he doesn't, people are going to judge, they're going to talk shit and judge him.

"You don't have to listen to anyone. Screw what other people are saying, you don't need to put this pressure on yourself. Just drive how you know you can and let the result be whatever it may be. I'm still going to be proud of you, regardless if you end up being P1 or P20, baby" you raised your head and took his chin in your hands, making him look at you.

"You're not going to be disappointed if I don't win?" his voice was so soft and vulnerable, it made your heart break at the thought of possibly being anything but proud of him.

"Baby, no. I'll be proud of you if you finish first and I'll be proud of you if you finish last. That doesn't matter to me. All that I care about is that you are safe and come back to me in one piece. I love you, and I'm always going to support you in everything, but you need to stop letting these things get to you. You know what you're capable of, put that talent to use and have fun"

He sighed but a small smile made its way on his lips before he slowly nodded his head.

"You always know what to say, one of the many reasons why I love you" he leaned in and pecked your lips, bringing you into an even tighter hug afterwards.

"I should consider switching my job as a full-time wag to being a motivational speaker" you joked, enjoying the sound of his laugh filling the room.

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"10 minutes to go" Lando's engineer said as he poked his head in his driver's room where the two of you were hanging out.

Lando nodded and his engineer left, leaving the two of you alone again.

"This is it" he spoke up, looking at his hands which were fidgeting on his lap.

You took his hands in yours, intertwining your fingers with his in order to calm him down.

"Remember, don't push yourself too hard and risk crashing or getting hurt. It's not worth it. You'll get your win, baby, but don't push it today if it's not meant to be. Be safe, please"  

Lando nodded and gave you a reassuring smile, kissing you deeply after you stopped talking.

You squeezed his hand as you pulled away and stood up, motioning that you should get going.

You walked with him until you got to his car, giving him one final kiss before he got into the car and put his helmet on.

Lando's engineer motioned for you to join him, giving you a pair of headphones so you could be up to date with everything happening.

You all watched the formation lap before every driver got into their respective positions. You held your breath as you saw the lights before it was time to finally begin the race.

Lights out.

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He did it.

He had won first ever race in F1. 

You couldn't explain the pride and love that filled your heart when he was the first one to see the checkered flag.

He had absolutely dominated the whole race, managing to overtake every single car on the track and maintaining his position when it seemed that he might be under attack.

You don't think you had ever seen him drive better than he did today.

"Y/N! I did it!!!" he shouted as he ran to you, helmet and balaclava already off.

"I'm so proud of you, baby!!" you squealed and jumped into his arms, squeezing him like never before.

"Oh my God, I did it, my love. This is all for you" he exclaimed, holding you tightly and squeezing your waist.

"No, Lando. This is for you. You've been waiting your whole life for this, you've worked so hard all these years and today everything finally paid off. I'm proud of you to the moon and back, baby" you pulled away from the hug just enough so you could lean in and kiss him, pouring every single feeling of pride and adoration for him into the kiss.

"I love you so much" he muttered against your lips, refusing to let go of you when his PR manager called him for some interviews.

"I love you too, my winner"

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[lewdo]

“I hate these games so much”

#lando is such a stroppy loser #buddy don’t say winner takes all when you’re 2-0 up and then be annoyed that you lose #lando norris #ln #oscar piastri #op #f1 #formula 1 #my edits

[introspectivememories]

#AUUUGH WAILING SCREAMING CRYING SLIDING DOWN THE WALL SOBBING #BROCEDES PLEASE WHY COULDN'T YOU TWO HAVE BEEN NON-FAMOUS #WHY DID YOU DRAG ALL OF US INTO YOUR SITUATIONSHIP #my mom is sick of me wailing about them. nearly collapsed at work when i remembered 'yes... and team-mate' #sliver springs is going platinum in my house rn #how can you be childhood friends and just fall apart like that? i think about falling out with tas like that and i go nearly catatonic #yeah you're a 7x wdc winner and you got the one wdc that you wanted but was it worth it? was this loss worth it? would you do it again? #going by the interviews they probably would and that's why they fell out in the first place. i literally cannot imagine caring about some #trophy over my childhood best friend but like i guess that's why they're pro level athletes and i'm in my room posting about them #anyway what the fuck was up during f1 photographers during their fallout? why is every photo of them cinematic? did you know we'd be using #them? did you know we'd go crazy? or were you also like 'oh this is cinema in the making. i gotta capture this.'? #anyway for all of that want to know where the quote is from‚ it's jacob black from twilight when bella is getting turned into a vamp #stephanie meyer had one (1) banger line and it was this #brocedes #brocedes edit #f1 edit #f1 web weaving #nico rosberg #lewis hamilton #nr6 #lh44 #formula 1 #web weaving #please ignore my absolutely atrocious photo editing skills. thank you imgflip!!

[milflewis]

rip to sebastian vettel you would’ve slayed this grill the grid with unprecedented levels of cunt

#name race winners from a to z . r u kidding !!!!! easy for seb #sebastian vettel #f1 #grill the grid 2023

[f1extras]

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for Google Pixel (x)

#lando norris #oscar piastri #f1 #landoscar #plenty of heart eyes for those gif makers here #love to see them being stupidly competitive over everything #winner?

[livetogether--diealone]

SEB, Hungary 2015 | Clive Mason

#sees a post about ferrari seb: time to make myself real sad and think about everything that never happened #it's just doesn't compare IT DOESN'T COMPARE #four championships never stood a change against stepping into the red car and bringing that beast to the top #it's seb wanting to bring a fucking essereFerrari flag to his last podium as a Ferrari race winner #and it was all for nothing #i'm just gonna go #sebastian vettel #f1 #hungarian gp 2015 #jo.edit #this are also some of my fav photos something about beloging in between ferrari flags getting to feel that encopassing bond and passion of #the scuderia #you just don't get it somewhere else

[yrsonpurpose]

#life of an f1 race winner

#george russell #max verstappen #charles leclerc #daniel ricciardo #abu dhabi gp 2022 #f1 #formula 1 #f1edit #mine* #hes part of the winner club now :) #this press conference delivered <3 #such a good group #shame about mick being sad on the end :( #but these 4 taking the piss out of each other i live for it!

[vetteldixon]

daily seb 340/365

#sebastian vettel #f1 #dailyseb #australian gp 2017 #ferrari seb #winner seb glows! 🌟 #please i love him so so very much oh my god this tiny guy holds SO much serotonin in him

[wejustvibing]

🖤.

#sleep is for the weak anyway 🤡 #he's the real winner of the idgaf war fr #lewis hamilton #f1 #lewis runs #japanese gp 2023 #suzuka gp 2023

[herohimbowhore]

F1 Race Winners and Where Have They Won From

I have seen a lot of people talking about how 8 wins are not that much, but I have to disagree. And that is not just as a Daniel Ricciardo fan, but with data to back it up.

If the 2023 season should have taught us anything, then it is that it is hard to win a race.

So many drivers come and go without ever winning a race. As of now, there have been 775 drivers in Formula One, but only 113 race winners in Formula One. That is 14.58% which is less than even a quarter of drivers. From another perspective, that is 662 Formula One drivers that have never won a Grand Prix, or 85.42% of drivers.

If you look at all the drivers that have won in Formula One based on most wins to least wins, only 38 drivers rank higher than Daniel Ricciardo, so there are 74 drivers that rank lower than him.

But to take it a step further, I wanted to see where drivers qualified and won from. I didn't do all 113 race winners because that is so much work and I don't feel like doing that much. So I focused on all the race winners who drove in the 2023 season, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen, and Mark Webber. (This is mostly because I saw the pictures that Fernando Alonso posted on Instagram and I was missing the 2012 grid.)

As the data shows, Daniel is 11th out of this selection of 17 drivers. Notably, with the exceptions of Mark Webber and Valtteri Bottas, the drivers ahead of him in wins are world champions. Also, both Mark and Valtteri got their wins during the years that their teammates were championship winners. Not once has Daniel had a championship-winning car. Other drivers on this list who have not had a car that was a championship winner include Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, and George Russell.

Now where does Daniel stack up when it's just drivers on the 2024 grid? He's 5th out of 11. Again with world champions and Valtteri ahead of him. It should also be mentioned that most of his race wins are from outside of the top 3.

Eight wins in an era of Formula One where it is difficult to win races does mean a lot and it is a sign of a good driver. Most of them don't ever win and a lot of them never even step on a podium.

Here's a chart of the current race winners on the grid and when they one their first Grand Prix win.

#formula 1 #daniel ricciardo #f1 #race winners #f1 analysis #lewis hamilton #max verstappen #charles leclerc #fernando alonso

[lewdo]

Lando in the lead: “Next one wins.”

Also Lando, after losing the ‘next one’: “Should we call it a tie?”

#lando here’s a tip if you’re in the lead and they can’t catch up don’t say winner takes all #we all know you can’t hack losing #oscar piastri #op #lando norris #ln #f1 #formula 1 #my edits

[itzmaxiel]

Max with his biggest fan 🥹💙

P calling out Maxie while he is on the podium is the cutest thing ever🫶

#Max Verstappen #f1 #formula 1 #kelly piquet #japanese gp 2024 #redbull racing #redbull #winner

[feraltwinkseb]

November 1, 2009 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

#a true winner #sebastian vettel #red bull racing #red bull seb #2009 #f1

[justc2world]

Can you fucking imagine this amazing driver at his peak is being replaced in Scuderia Ferrari by a washed 40 yr old who is just complaining nowadays. Damn.. Redbull do your thing and fuck ferrari even more by signing Carlos.

#winner winner chicken dinner #carlos sainz jr #carlos sainz #scuderia ferrari #rbr #red bull racing #f1 #formula 1 #australia gp 2024

[livetogether--diealone]

- making history

#new found hope in ferrari (not f1 she's in jail) #it was so beautiful and special #FUCK ANTONIO IS A FERRARI WINNER!!!!! #499p you are such beauty #eat pasta drive pasta is true a novel by italians #antonio giovinazzi #pier guidi alessandro #james calado #wec #24h le mans #jo.digitals

[lewisbian]

"The love I have experienced, I think, is what got me through the year." - LEWIS HAMILTON reflects on the 2022 F1 season

#i said this in the tags of this clip before #but it's truly about being used to being loved as a winner and as a champion and as a record breaker #and then during the year where you're not winning people love you the same #like. you don't have to EARN this love you deserve it. people just love you #also look at those lashes. kiss emoji #lewis hamilton #f1 #x