lando's signature & little smiley faces on the card he gave away during his stream ◡̈

"we had a very fast pitstop, probably the fastest of the race, yet to be confirmed. but also a problematic pitstop, which in this case was due to a hardware problem" first of all, credit to the pit crew for pulling off the fastest pitstop and for all their hard work 👏 but the hardware issues have been an ongoing problem since last year, and stella had assured that they would be fixed this season. yet here we are, with both drivers losing valuable time to slow pitstops across the last two seasons. the crew are clearly capable of delivering fast stops which makes it all the more frustrating that these hardware issues are still getting in the way. i really hope it's fully fixed come next season.

"P5 was the best we could achieve today, so i'm happy. i feel like i drove a very strong race and managed to give myself the best of every opportunity we had" 👏

martin: "frustration was coming out [after singapore], you were really feisty after that incident" lando: "yeah, yeah, i know. i'm not the best in front of the media sometimes. i hate the fact when i say the wrong things or i might disrespect someone when i say something. i hate that. like, i go home and i just... i question it for hours, why i said what i said, why i did what i did" martin: "people love the fact that you're so open and honest and wear your heart on your sleeve" lando: "yeah, but there's a line. i completely understand that bit, but there's nothing more that i love than respect. and receiving respect, and i also know that it has to go the other way." ❤️‍🩹

"are you happy?" lando: "oh, you don't want to go there. it's just a very hard one to answer. i should just answer it yes, but it's never that simple for me. so i am happy. i'm still reigning world champion for now. i'm going to make the most of it. it could only last this weekend, you know! i'm happy. i'm enjoying it. yes, i'm not fighting for a world championship this year but i'm still living the dream of so many and i work with such amazing people. i get to take my friends around the world with me. i get to do so many things i love. easy answer. i'm happy" ❤️❤️

i know it's frustrating to see how lando's title defence has unfolded, and it's hard to even call this a proper title defence when the car and the circumstances haven't given him the chance to consistently fight at the front. but i hope we don't let this season overshadow what he's achieved. he's a world champion, and he'll always be one. kimi will eventually take over as reigning champion, but LN1 is still with us until december and the 35th world champion in f1 history forever. i have faith that mclaren won't be in this position forever and that lando will have more opportunities to fight for another title. i truly believe we'll see him up there again 🤍