Lando Norris Agrees to Dye His Hair After Reaching Milestone of $10,000 in Donations

F1 fans came ever so close to witnessing Lando Norris go bald during the Briton’s official Twitch stream. Norris was raising money for Twitch’s ‘Stream Aid 2020’an initiative aimed at getting funds to help fight COVID-19. The Briton’s goal was to reach $10,000 in donations for Stream Aid and shave his head if successful. Norris did reach the amount but shifted goal posts at the last minute.

Lando Norris raises money for charity

Carlos Sainz almost predicted the future with his ‘Baldo Norris’ post a while back. Sadly, the Spaniard’s prediction never came to pass. For context, Norris had agreed to shave his head should he reach $10k donations on twitch. Given Norris’ popularity and the good initiative, the Briton reached his goal in no time.

However, when the donation counter hit the magic number, Norris realized he may have just played himself. The fear and anxiety of transforming into ‘Baldo Norris’ was apparent on the Brit’s face. To prevent a possible humiliation, Norris quickly changed his goal from going bald to dying his hair.

Norris also changed his donation target from $10k to 15k. Should he reach the amount, Norris will dye his hair with random colours or a single colour. With no racing for another 2 months, F1 fans can finally look forward to something that’s entertaining.

F1’s Project Pitlane

UK based F1 teams are also pitching in for the fight against COVID-19. Recently F1 announced ‘Project Pitlane’, a collective effort which aims to manufacture respiratory and medical devices. The teams which are a part of Project Pitlane are McLaren, Racing Point, Renault, Mercedes, Red Bull, Williams and Haas.

“Project Pitlane will pool the resources and capabilities of its member teams to greatest effect, focusing on the core skills of the F1 industry: rapid design, prototype manufacture, test and skilled assembly.” read F1’s official statement.

The initiative aims to aid the UK government in its ongoing battle against Coronavirus.

With races being cancelled and host countries reluctant to go ahead with Grands Prix, F1 has a mighty task on its hands in figuring out how to salvage the 2020 season.  The sport has a number of options which include shortened race weekends or even extending the season to 2021. As fans, we can only hope for racing to return as soon as time permits