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▲ 191 r/formula1

[LN4] Lando Norris with Brett Turcotte ,the 2026 X Games Freestyle Snowmobile Gold Medalist , standing over a blobbified Polaris Snowmobile.

u/Mindless-Advice6204 — 1 day ago
▲ 46 r/askSouthAfrica

Is it me or does food taste different?

I've been ignoring the way certain food products taste but today was my breaking point😭I bought Weetbix and Pronutro the other day because I wanted to start eating something more nutritious for breakfast before I head to campus(I usually just eat some toast and eggs and call it a day). I started with the Pronutro and I stopped eating it half way because it tasted awful relative to the old taste. Today I thought I'd try my luck with the Weetbix and yeses Bokomo you guys are such disappointments😑it tastes like I'm eating old cardboard and with hints of some old shoes...I stopped buying Cornflakes for the same reasons months ago. What is happening in SA? The Coca-a-colas , Sprites , Cereals and other food products don't taste the same and it's actually pissing me off so much that I'm starting to hate food😭😭or it it my local food stores that are the problem?

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u/Mindless-Advice6204 — 2 days ago
▲ 8 r/F1Discussions

how do driver grandstands actually work? (Norris grandstand discussions have me confused😭)

This is the first time I’ve been seeing debates about a grandstand (granted I pay little to no attention to those since I'm broke student if I'm being fr) . But as of late I've been seeing conflicts on various soc med platforms surrounding “Landostand” for the 2026 British GP and honestly I am intrigued because I realized I don’t really understand how driver grandstands work in F1.

In a nutshell the arguments range from how it is unfair how big the Landostand is compared to others morespecially to that of Oscars Piastristand this year and it should be similar since they’re teammates(eg Norris stand this year has in seat wifi and is very big whereas Oscar's didn't have it and it was small compared to Norris's) thus it shows McLaren favouritism. Some argue of which drivers are more deserving and how biased Silverstone is (eg, Lewis doesn’t have something on that scale there even though he's more popular to Norris and has more WDCs)

I've tried to search some answers but I can't get very solid ones so if someone knows something , here are my questions: So how do driver grandstands actually work? Are they organized by the teams, the circuit promoters or F1 itself for drivers home races? Do drivers personally request or influence having a stand (location, size, branding, etc.)? Is it like based on popularity/demand (like ticket sales), sponsorship deals or nationality? And do teams like McLaren fund these or is it all handled by the race organizers?

I just want to understand the logistics behind it, because the discussions are very confusing(and I'm now interested to know the ins and outs )😭

u/Mindless-Advice6204 — 10 days ago
▲ 57 r/F1Discussions

Is it me ,or does it look like after the Miami GP it seems that Norris's treatment by F1 fans and professionals during 2024 and 2025 is starting to shape current F1 discourse and opinions. During 2024 (post Brazil GP) and the whole of 2025 , I think that fans have held Norris to a very high standard , not because they believe him to be a great driver , but because if he fails to meet the standards it gives fans something to weaponize to bring about hate ,harsh criticisms and insane overreactions .

After Norris's Miami drive ,I've seen alot of people use alot of Norris's past performances , treatment and how fans reacted as a frame of reference to current F1 discourse , from race starts , to losing positions or gaining positions(relative to cars capabilities) , performances in general and against teammates, and even the use of Race engineers, etc...from Kimi's starts ,Leclercs current performances, George's fight vs Kimi and communication with his RE , Oscar's performances relative to Norris's (Gaps ,gains, losses) , and whatever Max was doing...Ranging from "when Norris did that-" to " if Norris did that-"

I think this might be the reason we are starting to see so many people starting to now highly rate him and acknowledge his achievements and performances and decrease their hate(might be temporary me thinks) because other drivers are now visibly starting to perform way below the standards they publicly set for Norris , and now with some drivers having more or less equal or more capable cars than him ( whereas it was easier to last year to chalk up it just being the car(mcl39))...and what that implicates about other drivers if they are failing to meet what they've created hate trains for Norris for...

What do yall think?

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u/Mindless-Advice6204 — 15 days ago