At least he is self aware enough to reflect in it

These are meant to be private conversations, but we hear them. In any other sport, players, coaches, etc. can have heated conversations with nobody else knowing what is said, but in F1, these conversations are broadcast to the world. If we’re going to hear these radio calls, then we also need to respect that they’re not intended for us.

Tbf, when his engineer said he was faster than inter cars. Most of us thought the same.

Anyone who's watched his streams knows he's a sweaty gamer

When your engineer is telling you that youre faster than other cars, yet those cars are overtaking you. He has every right to question their intelligence.

Not sure anyone’s gotta worry about this whilst Yuki is still on the grid

I think put a microphone in front of anyone during a high pressure situation and you'll hear any number of shortsighted comments and swears.

Bro when your in a race car on the limit your emotions/adrenaline have to be going BANANAS 🍌! Their minds are racing as fast as the cars are what do u expect!!

its just a heat of the moment thing, I'm sure his engineer doesn't take it personally lol, when you're going that fast and trying to maximize all the pace you are going to be on edge

During the race, we tend to forget about how physically grueling it can be driving under those G forces. It's amazing to see that drivers are at times composed at all.

Lando's pretty tame in comparison to all the rest.

It just shows how much he wants to win. People who complain that f1 drivers ”cry” dont understand racing

Sounds like Young Fernando and Fernando when he was at Mclaren.

It doesnt really matter how it sounds to us. As long as the team understand how to interpret it constructively then all is fine.

Do Like Lando Norris and rate him, being a Mclaren fan of many years myself I'd say he's a driver that knows what he's doing so his outbursts are fair play.

Just imagine this comment section if this was Hamilton saying something like this to Bono.

In the heat of battle its so hard to keep your emotions in check. The difference is with Lando, is that he will apologise after the race whereas some others might not.

He’s just trying to get out in front of a Ferrari type situation. 😂

I'd say he knows his mind - and he knows how his race and car are going! He - _just like every other driver should_ - is telling them as simply as possible, and as quickly as possible, what is wrong and what, if he has an idea (i.e. it's not the car doing something weird and out of his experience), to do about it. He's driving at incredible speeds and can get around some of the shorter laps in not much over a minute. So even if the car starts doing something odd, or the nature of the race changes moments after he's passed pit entry, to be most efficient he has a matter of seconds to tell his engineer something is wrong, and the team has at most about a minute (at the short tracks) to decide on a solution. He hasn't got time for niceties and politeness, and neither does the team. They can apologize to each other after the race if necessary. They are in no way unusual in how they speak to each other. It's how they deal with each other at the times when the driver _isn't_ in the car that matters. Apparently Max brings GP an ice cream as a peace offering, according to Horner. It works for them. (I'm only mentioning Max & GP because it's what I heard most recently. I'm not being biased or anything dumb like that. Unfortunately, I need to say that because some people will take this the wrong way 🤦🏻‍♀️) The best engineer-driver relationships always seem to have a "moaning shorthand" if you pay attention to them. The engineer can have their own moans about the driver's actions too. We hear from Horner that with Max & GP, they're like an "old married couple"; bickering one moment and joking soon after, and 100% respectful and trusting of each other despite how it might sound to us in edited clips. It's probably much the same with Lewis & Bono, and any other successful "pairing". Rob Smedley & "Felipe Baby" being such an example that Rob left Ferrari to go to Williams with him! I dare say it's been like that between the best "couples" since two-way radio was introduced. We just didn't get it broadcast on TV. It's only pretty recently that we've got to hear anything other than congratulations or commiserations at the end of a race. We didn't even used to get the "are you okay? -- yes, I'm fine" messages, delayed or otherwise. The media and fans should let the team alone regarding what is said during a race, when adrenaline is surging on both sides of the radio. Would _you_ like your worst moments of your workday to be globally broadcast for non-experts to "analyse" (only having a tiny bit of data to work with)? I certainly wouldn't have liked it. And yes, it is a good analogue, particularly for those of us who are skilled at what we do (I include hard manual labour, because that often requires skill _and_ a lot of pressure!). This is one of the reasons why I would happily go back to the time when we only heard the congrats or commiserations at the end, maybe with a "yes, I'm fine" after a crash (although if that's _not_ broadcast on some occasions, even though everything is ok, it would make me worry!) Drivers should be able to do their jobs without worrying about what the media is going to say about them later.

There are so many emotions going through very race, blaming them for that is ruthless

I have never heard max or Lewis tell anyone to shut up. Rich kid that is how they talk to the help.

Let's go Lando, first win yesterday

I don't understand all the noise around these outburst... they're one of the 20 pilotes said to be the potential next world champion, they're driving on the edge, feeling pressure from the race, from the others, from the team, from politics and sometimes even from economics reasons. What did you expect?

Yuki meanwhile insulting the whole grid, himself and breaking the geneva convention multiple times before evening exiting the pits. True champ

I would also become crazy when I hear some of McLaren's radio messages

he is performing at the highest level with the skills to win, the dunning kruger effect hits these people the most. plus the fact that both sides know there is no harm meant by the outbursts, they can use those as learning oppritunities

Let’s wait and see how good Piastri is. No one seems more calm even when things are not going well. If Piastri ends up being a champion we can write off the whiners as people who want to succeed but expect success to be handed to them while a calm champion would be someone who wants success but understands that making it happen involves setbacks and working positively with their team to overcome them.

2021, Russian GP Flashback Intensifies

I can only imagine putting every bit of strength, determination, and skill you have into your career only for somebody to make a dumb strategy call or mess up something that may seem small but it messes everything up

Norris is a exceptional talent. Very real and hilarious personality.

he is just my fav

I feel like when racers sound like this they're under pressure to deliver wins and good races

tbf if my engineer said that when people on inters were absolutly flying i would ask that too

shows he cares bro just competitive asf

It’s a highly pressurised sport, they’re competing at the very highest level and are all amongst the best in the world. They have a drive to win, a need to prove themselves and an ego to feed (which we all do to some extent). In the heat of the moment it’s to be expected that tempers can flare from even the most laid back and nicest of folk.

It means he's focused and isn't messing about

but in that moment at the dutch gp I'd be frustrated too. I mean he was gunning for a potential podium and they didn't want him to pit while it's clearly inter tires conditions as everyone else did. it'd be better if he wasn't struggling in slicks but then we see him being overtaken by cars in inters and the team says he is somehow faster than said cars 🤔. if I was in that situation I would've stopped and retired the car right then, but that's me and I'll admit I don't have that winner mentality that f1 drivers possess. I'm just saying he handled it better than most people would.

Honestly, he can own up to it so imo it doesn’t really mean much in the end. The team takes the feedback and applies it to the car. It’s honestly probably some of the most useful and explicit feedback they can get if they can ask the right questions or catch the right words.

He knows exactly what he wants but he lacks experience to explain it still He will be a champion, frustration comes when we can't annunciate our thoughts.

Be like Yuki, swear so much it can't be censored in time for the broadcast

If you watch bloody onboards the cars on inters he was told he was faster than were getting past him going like 50kph faster. Lando's answer was perfectly normal.

It shows he wants to be better. I’ve always tanken burst of anger like this as someone who’s not performing how the want to

When you are racing to be the best in one of the most prestigious motorsports series of all time your going to have moments when it’s intense and you get heated. The drivers don’t mean harm, it’s normal to get angry and sound angry when you arw having a tough race and went from P2 to having to fight your way to P7

They destroyed his race at Zandvoort

He’s allowed to criticise his team when they aren’t helping him to reach his full potential. He deserves all the praise he can get for pushing his team to do better

When your sitting in a car in 40° heat and barely even a seat, knowing your slower than other cars I’d also be going off.

If this video would be about max or lewis fans would be so toxic 😂

Lando is going to be a 10 time world champion the radio is constructive

I think we should leave him tf alone

Why is everyone’s first thought whenever a driver and their engineer are having a private conversation is “the driver is moaning”, they’re not moaning they are talking to their engineers and having to focus on driving and getting a point across isn’t easy. Worst of all it’s only a select few drivers are “known” to moan because of the media are portraying them that way

Yuki’s radios are the best 😂

it’s just competitive spirit. every competitor does stuff like this, it’s just F1 broadcasts them for everyone to hear. it’s fine

Stella, Stella, Steeeeeella.😅

he's a f1 driver, streamer when off season (?) and human, we have out outburst. he is still young and has huge potential, if his team and McLaren take it as constructive rather then destructive and help him then that's all that can be said, he is growing and he is getting better along with his team

*laughs in Tsunoda*

Can you imagine the responsibility, they have the weight of 1500 employees and the success of a half a billion dollar company on their shoulders at the same time driving at 200mph pulling 5g in the bends. Something very few people could only dream of doing. Maybe his skills don't lay in forming proper sentences. Much like moi :-)

Now lets talk about Yuki.

It sounds to me like passion.

Adrenalin, pressure thats normal

Norris is still imature in his dealings with the team and that will translate into his driving when the pressure is really on.

Bro said that lando was moaning 💀

You gotta give it to him though, he has the world record for most points without a win so he just wants the win that bad which can obviously be very frustrating.

Kimi raikkonen be like :

That comment in zandvoort was fair

Just the heat of the race ig

I mean come on engineer said he’s faster literally as he was getting overtaken on inters, seems like a logical question

He's learning it from lewis

Lando’s radio conversations are something else I must say. I think F1 gains from drivers’ verbal frustration. Spectator POV. As long as he’s talented as he his, it’s more than ok with me. Do we now have « bwoaah » « steering wheel » « the drink » « I know what I’m doing » as memes for nothing ?

I me a they said he was faster on slicks than the cars with inters as he was getting passed by cars on inters. His message couldn’t be more valid

When you’re going 350 kph you’re going to be a little on edge

Let the guy have gamer rage

Imo it's never acceptable when drivers talk to their engineers like that. It don't care if it's in the heat of the moment, it's unprofessional and annoying. When drivers make mistakes no one screams at them on the radio.

I feel like people forget that with all the adrenaline when driving you will just say stuff like Lewis this weekend in Qatar blamed Russell but after cooling off and watching it back he work out it was on him

Personally I always view this as passion, sure there is toxicity at times but the drivers are competing at the peak of Motorsport and have all worked hard both to be here. Lando is a tremendous talent and the fact he still hasn’t won a GP is a shame to see.

He was correct too, they were not faster then the inters and he had to spend the rest of the race salvaging

I bet that Oscars win must have really made him frustrated. You start to think that Oscar may very well be the better driver, even though he's a rookie

It's just normal, many good F1-Drivers hat some outbursts and it's more important that the drivers and teams talk about it later and both know that in the heat of the moment something like that can happen

Just a bit of banter

It's passion that's all it is

Championship mentality honestly.

One of the reasons I’m not a fan of Norris. He comes across as a whiny teenager with his outbursts and the same can be said for Max. Not only that, but the things he’s said in interviews and on social media shows how truely immature he is. Lewis vary rarely has ever had outbursts like this, usually he just tells his engineer to leave him alone when he’s frustrated which is something Lando should take onboard

Yeah I noticed it too he's been very arrogant lately

He’s self aware he’s also just super competitive. Also might have a little adrenaline ya know cus he’s racing an f1 car

Sounds like some people need to go touch grass

yeah i think he loses his head in crucial moments

everyone gets mad, try racing in sim racing online and see how long you remain calm lol. But hes reflecting on it and is self aware and all drivers do it so I dont think it matters at all

Says he's human like the rest of us.

He needs to temper temper

It's hard to have a filter when racing.

I think he misses his engineer, ever since he swapped with this new one we've been hearing this messages, I miss the other guy's voice 😅 (I think it's Will Joseph or something like that)

100% true, and props to Lando for his honesty. He does sound like a Whiney Khant on the radio lately,.... or whenever he's just having a bad day or under real pressure from his teammate....

Leave the man alone 💀

If 2 world champions with experience are moaning on the radio, I think they have a right to do so. Lando hasn't even won a race yet. He's got no leg to stand on. Listen to your team, they know more than you do.

All the best drivers refuse to settle for bad calls. I think it's a good sign that he calls out wrong decisions when they happen. And he was right, staying out on slicks was a dumb call.

Surely Lewis is the king of moaning over the radio?!

I think Norris is awfully negative and critical which I think is poor form when there are tons of people working on righting the ship. Having admitted that he's a product of privilege, he just sounds like a whiny, spoiled kid. I like him as a talent but he's a brat.

It means absolutely nothing. People get emotional at eachother doing nothing at home sometimes, how is it a talking point that competitors at the top of thier sport sometimes get heated...

He's never truly raked the team over the coals in a radio message, I think some people forget how heightened and snappy one can get while under an intense situation of focus and the fact that the entire race is a situation like that. Brain doesn't have enough time to always turn a frantic thought or sudden response into a cordial one - Lando's engineer gets it, and when something particularly snappy or rude comes out I'm pretty positive Lando's more embarrassed than anyone in the team is upset with him over those moments.

It’s just british banter mate. Anyone from the UK would realise he’s not having a go at anyone. I’ve never heard a proper inflammatory comment from Lando.

I think teams know this is just heat of the moment stuff