The lives of Formula 1 drivers are always in the public eye. Naturally, every move they make or any word they say is liable to be scrutinized. It can’t be an easy game to play for anyone. For a young driver such as Lando Norris, this could be potentially disastrous. In the past, the podium sitter with McLaren has often opened up about the pressures he’s faced as an F1 driver. One such instance was a recent GQ feature done on the British racing star.

The feature was an exhaustive interview where Norris opened up about a lot of things. One such avenue he discussed was his own battle with mental health issues and the ways in which he has combated it. However, it would appear that a group of fans have now targeted Norris for this interview with GQ.

A TikTok video has recently surfaced where a fan can be seen dismantling Norris’ feature with the magazine. She called it “damage control” for the team and the driver ahead of the Drive to Survive season 5 release. She goes onto attack the portrayal of the 23-year-old racing driver and makes a few bold claims as to the underlying theme of the whole piece. As soon as the video went viral, the F1 community on Twitter got engaged in a war of words over Norris.

Fans react as Lando Norris’ GQ interview-bashing TikTok goes viral

Formula 1 fans can be quite a passion bunch. So, as soon as the viral TikTok video caught the attention of F1 fans, they stormed to the social networking platform to share their views and thoughts about it all.

One fan even commented, ““Damage Control” for what. And why is everyone deeping it so much, if you don’t like it move on/”

Let’s take a look at a few of the fan reactions from this public criticism of Lando Norris’ GQ interview.

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GQ and Norris both were catching a lot of flak for this feature on Twitter. That being said, a few fans were also siding with Norris and the magazine. In their opinion, this whole affair was being blown out of proportion.

The general consensus of the fans on Twitter was that a few fans were trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. And so, they swarmed to the social media platform to defend the McLaren driver publicly.

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Even though Norris was absolved of any malice by the fans. A few fans still took a swipe at the whole interview.

What did you make of this? IS Lando Norris-GQ collaboration controversial?