On A Better Note, Lando Is Now Lando Three-wins

on a better note, lando is now lando three-wins

first picture is actually me rn

NCT’s JAEHYUN will reportedly enlist in the military on November 4th.

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NCT's Jaehyun applied to the Army Military Band and received a notification of acceptance from the Military Manpower Administration today. as such, he is scheduled to enlist as an active-duty soldier on November 4 to fulfill his military duty.

on the day of his entry into the training camp, there will be no official event to prevent safety accidents due to the potential crowding of soldiers and families at the site.

we kindly ask for your continued support and love for Jaehyun until the day he completes his military service and returns in good health.

thank you.

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daniel deserved fireworks. he deserved donuts in abu dhabi. he deserved his friends and family by his side. he deserved to go out on his own terms with his head held high. and he got none of that.

but there's something so special about this send off. the way all of the people he's interacted with have taken it upon themselves to give him the fanfare he deserves. most of the grid. teams he used to race for. teams he didn't race for. reporters. photographers. retired drivers. drivers from other series. people not related to motorsport at all.

the netflix account. grand prix accounts. the nfl account.

thousands and thousands of fans.

red bull was never the home he was returning to. it was all of the people who loved him. all of the people whose lives were made better by knowing him. they didn't get to celebrate him like they should have, but they're not letting him go quietly.

wolfstar is the gateway drug in this fandom

ultimately what I want to remember is the impact Daniel had on F1. I don't want to count the wins (though 8 is already a lot), I want to count the fans. how many people got into the sport because of him? how many people were fans of Daniel first, fans of F1 second? how many people started with him as their favourite, how many people still have him as their favourite? how many people have his "enjoy the butterflies" quote as a lockscreen, as a tattoo? the impact he's had on the sport, in the last five years especially, cannot be brushed off or ignored. and no matter how much time passes, people who wish to get into F1 by binge-watching DTS will always start with his face. in that way, he has made a lasting mark onto the sport that will never be erased

the last of the late breakers🫶

nothing much just thinking of the poetry of Oscar's divebomb overtake in Baku and how they called it 'Ricciardo-esque'...

to commentators now saying how Oscar's the new 'late-breaker'...

the passing of the baton...