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McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris is undoubtedly a breath of fresh air in the Formula One grid. The young British driver is well-known, not just for his impressive driving, but off-track antics as well.

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In an era where social media rules the roost, Lando Norris is steadily bringing that culture into Formula One. His main arsenal are a bunch of memes posted on Twitter and Instagram, and many love him for it.

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However, where there is love pouring out for him, there are also a few haters as well. Fans and haters comes with the territory of being a famous face and the only thing is to deal with it.

Norris is also an avid gamer, and like most gamers, he streams on the live-streaming video platform called Twitch. He isn’t the only one though, as Red Bull star, Max Verstappen and Norris‘ teammate Carlos Sainz, also stream occasionally.

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Needless to say, Lando Norris has done exactly that and admitted that he doesn’t care if they hate it.

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Speaking to RaceFans in an interview, he spoke about his online persona and said, “You plan some things, but a lot of it is just what you just feel like saying at a time. All the captions are just things I think of in a time of wanting to do it.”

“Certain posts I obviously have an idea about maybe months ago or something, but I can’t do it until a perfect time to then put it out. So it’s still me, it’s just who I just choose to be at the time. It’s not a fake thing, trying to just be funny.”

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