they've created a boy that suffers so beautifully and in an austerely calm, philosophical way that shows fortitude, mastery of the emotions, and uncomplaining acceptance of destiny. at least we have that.

i love that thing he does whenever he realizes that he sounds too flat and it doesn't match what he's trying to convey so he tries to artificially inject some pep into his voice and his sentence just sounds like "let's. ᵏᵉᵉᵖ ᶦᵗ ᵍᵒᶦⁿᵍ"

oscar has shown who he is in australia when he spun out and got stuck in wet grass and tried to reverse and his wheels were spinning and spinning but he was still stuck and he was marked as DNF but he kept at it and kept at it for a minute and a half until he got himself out and back into the race

he sounds so excited and relieved i'm so proud (i know he doesn't sound that way to an untrained ear but as someone with a degree in oscology i can confirm that's one very very happy boy)

like when the drivers had the guess each other's heights, they put "little lando" near the bottom of the height chart, even though he's had a growth spurt since, bc this is how they perceive him. and so even at 21 for commentators lando was still "little lando norris".

hnngh lando feeling all insecure and threatened by bb oscar is everything to me (meanwhile bb oscar was on the phone with his mum telling her "if there's anyone i'd like to be teammates with it's lando bc he's so good no one will be disappointed if i don't measure up to him in my first year :)")

mark webber is so funny he loves his boy so much like why is there so much pride in his voice while he's talking about how oscar *checks notes* likes watching sports on tv? that thing literally every twenty-something guy does?

my driver just lost the championship i am allowed to be a little mega heterosexual. a little sick with want. what else do we have left in this unfair world.

messy organization giving us mclaren getting dragged with lando on the podium without oscar's knowledge and the visuals of him seeing it and trying to keep it together while his team is celebrating behind his back without him on top of an already bad day. in hindsight, a certified fucking banger.

two boys who just had their hearts broken by brazil - gabi who crashed right at the start of his first ever home race and oscar who just effectively lost the championship - commiserating together <3 oscar's resigned heavy sigh makes me so ;_;

oscar talking about his infamous alpine tweet like imagine being 21 and doing your best to do everything right while your boss does his best to paint you as some machiavellian backstabber and traitor to the media because he's trying to control the narrative

his voice when he talks about wanting to live back in australia breaks my heart so much ;_; the yearning for the home he left when he was 14 to chase his dreams that he knows he won't be able to return to until he retires ;_;

season appropriate oscar nails video