Lando Norris encountered a feathered friend during the Australian Grand Prix weekend in Melbourne.
Wildlife and Formula 1 cars don’t always mix well, but on this occasion it seems the local Albert Park resident just wanted to a chance to go up against a McLaren MCL38.
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Jungle
30th March 2024, 8:30
Seagull – “He just ran over the bloody chip I was going for”!
notagrumpyfan
30th March 2024, 8:50
Lap deleted for Bird due to track limits.
BMW P85 V10
30th March 2024, 9:02
Damn, that seagull was slow on the apex.
Jungle
30th March 2024, 9:12
Seagull – “Next year I’ll crap on him from a great height.”
Red Andy (@red-andy)
30th March 2024, 9:17
While the wings on his rival were impressive, Norris felt that it was running a bit high off the ground to make full use of ground effects.
Wheel Nut (@wheel-nut)
30th March 2024, 9:31
F1 spying hits new technological heights with robo-seagull – remember the birds aren’t real!
Cain Bentick
30th March 2024, 9:32
If it wasn’t for that seagull I would’ve been on Pole.
Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
30th March 2024, 9:36
Piastri: Go after the red cars Lando! I’ve got the bird covered.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
30th March 2024, 9:49
The latest overlap between F1 and America’s cup sees the seagull being trialed as a new speed unit
Sumedh
30th March 2024, 9:53
I think the trial for movable aerodynamics and smaller cars has gone too far.
sinewave (@sinewave)
30th March 2024, 10:01
The bird got penalized for disturbing the Lando’s air. Greenpeace won’t appeal.
earthling (@34rthl1ng)
30th March 2024, 17:53
Not just disturbing, it was a full-blown braketest
Derek Edwards
30th March 2024, 10:09
Fantastic lift and coast in turn four, Lando.
PlosslF1
30th March 2024, 10:11
The movie poster for Liberty Media’s remake of ‘ Jonathan Livingstone Seagull’ was the first warning sign that it might not be true to the original…
Todfod (@todfod)
30th March 2024, 10:12
Mclaren’s reply to Red bull gives you wings
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
30th March 2024, 10:24
Lando beaten to the FLAP!
Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
30th March 2024, 10:25
F1’s obsession with celebrity exposure is getting a bit silly now. Letting Steven on the track during a live session.
David (@nvherman)
30th March 2024, 10:41
@rdotquestionmark excellently niche comment there
K (@sugoi)
30th March 2024, 10:41
Flying lap.
FlyingLap (@flyinglapp)
1st April 2024, 4:48
Yes?
Cyberaxiom (@dave-m)
30th March 2024, 11:37
The panicked Melbourne resident was only looking for a safe place to lando
Mr Scallywag
30th March 2024, 11:51
Yet another Aussie ordered out of Norris” way.
j sc
30th March 2024, 12:19
Good one!
Dean Stewart
30th March 2024, 12:17
The seagull only noticed the papaya orange wasn’t Ferrari red at the last minute. They miss Seb….
j sc
30th March 2024, 12:27
Seagull flying low on a lazy Sunday afternoon: “I believe I can fly… I believe I can touch the….”
(Lando whizzes past)
Seagull: “What the $%*#&#!”
mr_score (@mr_score)
30th March 2024, 13:20
That behavior is totally uncalled for, you just don’t flick the bird during a race!
PlosslF1
30th March 2024, 13:47
” Thought I’d fly by the GP, got a selfie with Nando, thee chips, a donut, and scared the bejesus out of an small child, woot woot “
PlosslF1
30th March 2024, 17:00
In case your wondering if its a typo…. Everybody knows that Seagulls cant pronounce there L’s properly when pronounced first :)
RR
30th March 2024, 13:47
Gull: Watch me pass without DRS.
Apexor
30th March 2024, 14:20
Lando really flipped the bird this time around.
John Beak (@johnbeak)
30th March 2024, 14:44
In the latest speedrun of Bennet Foddy’s classic GIRP Lando narrowly beats seagull to the box. Inside the box: a pit crew waiting.
charliex (@photogcw)
30th March 2024, 14:48
After much deliberation, the race stewards have determined the seagull had superior inside position and sufficient lead into the turn ahead of the McLaren. Therefore, no penalty will be assessed to the seagull team for blocking and moving under braking.
Jacques Paquet
30th March 2024, 14:58
(Sam) Bird paying a visit to McLaren FE’s sister team.
bull mello (@bullmello)
30th March 2024, 15:23
Jonathon Livingston Seagull says go gull go!
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
30th March 2024, 15:33
Upon seeing this image, Liberty Media launched a massive internal assessment of how much money they could make from an F1/Wildlife Media Interaction Chanel … animal deaths were not a problem, obviously.
Philip (@philipgb)
30th March 2024, 15:52
Careful Lando, that’s a €50,000 fine if you touch it’s wing
Simon
30th March 2024, 16:28
Seagull – “My Canadian friends told me how to get a guaranteed view of this F1 thing. Wait, that’s not a Ferrari…”
PlosslF1
30th March 2024, 17:47
I wouldn’t say Seagulls are noisy but Lando was on the radio reporting the car was making a ‘weird Seagull noise’….
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
30th March 2024, 19:21
“Ha ha! Just like all those other cars which come into my territory! Flies in, pretends it wants the place, then flies away as fast as it can!”
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
30th March 2024, 19:26
“You humans are so rude! There’s people around, and some of them have children too! You’re going crazy fast! Can’t you go a bit slower? Actually, a lot slower would be even better.”
Gary Taylor
30th March 2024, 19:35
Lando – The gull was weaving under braking.
stjs16 (@stjs16)
30th March 2024, 20:46
Even the seagulls are faster in slow corners!
Craig
30th March 2024, 21:32
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Yes, it is actually a bird.
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
30th March 2024, 21:41
Bird: Hey Lando, Flip me if Oscar asks you to repay the swap favour at the next race.
Kurt Laguna
30th March 2024, 22:02
Wins by a beak!
Rich Hill
30th March 2024, 22:52
‘Despite passing Lando, the leading Gull was shown the black and orange flag with the wing dangerously close to the ground’
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
31st March 2024, 2:07
After the race Adrian Newey was found modifying the Seagull to make it faster and more efficient.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
31st March 2024, 4:39
Lando had wondered what the smell was, and now suspected Mclaren’s guest, Eric Cantona, may have had something to do with it.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
31st March 2024, 4:51
Piastri gives Lando the bird after “graciously” letting him by.
I have an opinion
31st March 2024, 10:48
Easier egress with the gull wings.
PlosslF1
31st March 2024, 13:19
After paying £300,000 for the bona fide secret McLaren/Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG hybrid development pictures, with horror George, from the ‘ Embiggen and Reach..stuff ‘ Department, reads the E-mail again….
“blah blah blah…. With 100% confidence, these are actual pictures of the New hybrid ingress/egress system blah blah crypto amount blah blah”
Bart
31st March 2024, 22:26
Argh… That ruffled my feathers!
“Have a nice vacation in Melbourne” they said. “It’ll be nice and quiet” they said. Did they believe I’m gullible?
Well, I’m off – I’ll go rampage the food bar in the paddock club.
Bruce Lix (@mblix)
1st April 2024, 18:18
Hey Seb, is that the same bird you saw.