F1 Star Lando Norris’ “We’re Much Cooler Than NASCAR & IndyCar” Claim Met With a Rebuttal

NASCAR, IndyCar, F1, MotoGP, etc are some of the top-level motorsports around the globe. When it comes to the level of competition, celebration, and popularity, each of them has a different outlook and fraternity. However, Lando Norris, a renowned F1 driver, thinks otherwise.

Lando Norris is an F1 driver who drives for the British F1 team, McLaren. The British driver has recently opened up on the popularity quotient of F1 as compared to NASCAR and IndyCar. Norris stated, “We’re much cooler than NASCAR and IndyCar as well.”

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In an interview with Dan Le Batard Show, the F1 driver talked about the Austin race from 2021. The Circuit of the Americas race last year was the highest attended F1 race in the United States’s history. Around 400,000 fans attended the three-day event in Texas last year.

It’s important to mention that F1 has gained massive popularity in the United States following the massive hit Netflix’s Drive to Survive Docu-series. F1, being mostly a European sport, is the second most popular form of motorsport in the North American country after NASCAR.

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The fans mostly reacted against the statement made by Lando Norris. A few agree with Norris’s view that F1 is indeed “cooler” than NASCAR or IndyCar, while most of the fans are reluctant to accept it.

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As for Lando Norris, the McLaren driver perhaps put the global audience into perspective while making the comments. This is actually true, the global audience for F1 is much bigger than that of NASCAR or IndyCar. However, it’s quite not true in America and that is why fans have come to support their sport.

Given below are some of the fan reactions taken from the video:

What do you think about these opinions? Do you think F1 is cooler than NASCAR or IndyCar? Or do you think otherwise? Let us know in the comments below.