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Formula One F1 – Russian Grand Prix – Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia – September 26, 2021 McLaren’s Lando Norris is seen before the race REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Formula One F1 – Russian Grand Prix – Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia – September 26, 2021 McLaren’s Lando Norris is seen before the race REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
The lives of Formula 1 drivers are always in the public eye. Naturally, every move they make or any word they say is liable to be scrutinized. It can’t be an easy game to play for anyone. For a young driver such as Lando Norris, this could be potentially disastrous. In the past, the podium sitter with McLaren has often opened up about the pressures he’s faced as an F1 driver. One such instance was a recent GQ feature done on the British racing star.
The feature was an exhaustive interview where Norris opened up about a lot of things. One such avenue he discussed was his own battle with mental health issues and the ways in which he has combated it. However, it would appear that a group of fans have now targeted Norris for this interview with GQ.

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Formula One F1 – Belgian Grand Prix – Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium – August 26, 2022 McLaren’s Lando Norris after practice REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
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A TikTok video has recently surfaced where a fan can be seen dismantling Norris’ feature with the magazine. She called it “damage control” for the team and the driver ahead of the Drive to Survive season 5 release. She goes onto attack the portrayal of the 23-year-old racing driver and makes a few bold claims as to the underlying theme of the whole piece. As soon as the video went viral, the F1 community on Twitter got engaged in a war of words over Norris.
Fans react as Lando Norris’ GQ interview-bashing TikTok goes viral
Formula 1 fans can be quite a passion bunch. So, as soon as the viral TikTok video caught the attention of F1 fans, they stormed to the social networking platform to share their views and thoughts about it all.
One fan even commented, ““Damage Control” for what. And why is everyone deeping it so much, if you don’t like it move on/”
Let’s take a look at a few of the fan reactions from this public criticism of Lando Norris’ GQ interview.
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“Damage Control” for what 😒
And why is everyone deeping it so much, if you don’t like it move on pic.twitter.com/hRs5qpgF5t— Laiba ( stressed era ) (@LM26_f1) January 19, 2023
saw a tiktok that said that the lando gq article was probably trying to get him good publicity ahead of something he might say in this season of dts and now I’m excited because I love bratty lando
— bella (@rossitocarlito) January 19, 2023
Feel like the GQ Lando article could have been cut in half tbh.
— Jamna (@JamnaJW) January 18, 2023
GQ and Norris both were catching a lot of flak for this feature on Twitter. That being said, a few fans were also siding with Norris and the magazine. In their opinion, this whole affair was being blown out of proportion.
“You’re never going to please everyone. There are people that support you and people that don’t… I know I’m doing the best I can.” – @LandoNorris. https://t.co/47G1nsP2bE
— British GQ (@BritishGQ) January 19, 2023
And GQ and lando say fuck all the haters. https://t.co/ySAVmQC32R
— Bee 🏳️🌈 (@beeisnottoobusy) January 19, 2023
ppl are so pressed 🥱🥱
— liv! (@thecarsarehot) January 19, 2023
he’s so non threatening it’s so funny, lando is just sarcastic and honest and dts play on that
— bella (@rossitocarlito) January 19, 2023
The general consensus of the fans on Twitter was that a few fans were trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. And so, they swarmed to the social media platform to defend the McLaren driver publicly.
I saw this and got so angry like damage control for what babe? Beating his team mate by a long mile?
My blood boiled but couldn’t be arse to comment because they sound so dullusional
— Bee 🏳️🌈 (@beeisnottoobusy) January 19, 2023
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I also saw this TikTok, and I'm still baffled by it. It isn't that deep. It is just an article. People are just grabbing "theories" out of thin air.
— F1_KaylaG🇿🇦| (@GouwsK1) January 19, 2023
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Even though Norris was absolved of any malice by the fans. A few fans still took a swipe at the whole interview.
It’s giving, when you add extra words in an assignment to try and hit the word count
— Ashley Eleanor (@ashleyeeleanor) January 18, 2023
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