Lando: "I hope it (winning the wdc) doesn’t change anything I do, the way I think, the way I do things. I believe I won the championship this year my way, by being a fair driver, by trying to be an honest driver. At times, could I have been more aggressive and got off the brakes and had a few people over? I certainly could have done, and maybe I would need to do more of that in the future. But did I need to do it this year? Is that the way I want to go racing? Is that me? It's not. And I'm sure if you compare me, if that’s what you wanna do, to all the champions: have I been as aggressive as them at times? No. Have I been as daring as them at times? No. But did I do just what I needed to do to win the world championship? Did I perform consistently? Did I perform when I needed to under the most pressure? Post Zandvoort, did I come back in the way I had to? Did I have three, four weekends of great results? I did. And I performed when I needed to perform to win the World Championship this season. And in the end, that’s what I needed to do. That’s all I needed to do."
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"How do you think you're going to grow as a driver as a result of this championship?"
Lando: "That I'll find out. You know, I feel proud but not because I'm gonna wake up tomorrow and go, "I beat everyone." I'm not proud because I get to just say I'm a world champion. I'm proud because I feel like I made a lot of other people happy. I made my engineer Will, Jarv as well, they don’t get to see their family much. They've seen me grow up more than they've seen their own kids grow up. I feel bad about that. But the fact that they put so much effort into making me perform and helping us- I'm shaking. Helping us all perform. The fact I get to make them feel like their time has been, hopefully, a little bit worth it, that's what makes me so happy."
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i love landoscar so much. they know they cannot win together; one must win one must lose, but they just have so much respect for each other. they want to celebrate together and credit each other for their achievements and fights and wins and everything!! i need a moment!!
"oscar's done an incredible job. i'm glad i've had oscar the last 3 years because even though he's a lot newer to it than me i've learnt a lot from him. i wouldn't be the driver i am today without that." ☹️🫶🏻