Every Year People Expect Landos Teammates To Outperform Him And Yet, Five Years On, We Have Yet To See

Every year people expect Lando’s teammates to outperform him and yet, five years on, we have yet to see him being annihilated like these people seem to crave. Instead he just improves and gets better.

Last year he had to buckle down and improve in Q3. He’s done that and more. Right now it’s his starts, and best believe he’s gonna take the winter break and dive deep down and, once again, improve.

Cause that’s what he does and that’s who he is. He doesn’t whine or make excuses. He studies and learns and improves. That’s what a champion does, and Lando Norris is a champion.

instead of a fancy special livery, Red Bull should go full carbon fiber with a single sticker that says “WE HEBBEN EEN SERIEUS PROBLEEM”

the sheer amount of cunt they would serve together. like, they just fit.

pov: you get daniel ricciardo to try a new red bull flavour | 📹

What the narrative they wanted him to follow if you don’t mind me asking?

Maybe it’s just me but the weirdly personal reaction from most of the journalists (including those who he used to be close to) seems to make me think they wanted him to sadly fade out, be like, a bit of a joke and a bit of a tragedy, that Daniel Ricciardo, one of the brightest stars, could not become anything more than a Netflix darling? Someone new would come along and they would pounce on him and that guy would get a new role in the narrative, they were done with Daniel not shining as bright and not being as fun.

I think Daniel digging his heels, healing himself, coming back still smiling still kind, and still loved, made them want him to become like, F1’s newest villain or something. And he’s still lovely despite how shitty Mclaren treated him, loved by the general ticket buying public despite Twitter fans being vicious to him, still friends with Max, Lando, Esteban, he’s sweet with Liam even though he’s been actively trying to stab him in the back, Oscar refuses to fill up his role as F1’s next funny Aussie and is actually friends with Daniel so there’s no bitterness there either, so…Daniel’s not giving them anything to pigeonhole him, so it’s easier for them to make him into this washed up old man intentionally keeping seats away from promising new Verstappens.

Daniel’s biggest weak point is that he only has a year long contract and that’s what they decided to attack him constantly on. There’s no drama otherwise. There’s no engagement farming otherwise. If one headline about him losing his seat fails another will pop up next week, because he’s not supposed to be in the narrative and yet he still dares to be the main character of it all.

mclaren introducing lando’s singapore special. aka fresh lid for the streets of singapore. 🔥