Williams Racing has replaced Logan Sargeant with Franco Colapinto for the remainder of the 2024 season.
There’s so much I want to say but I truly don’t know how to gather my thoughts into words.
Williams rushed Logan out of F2 and into F1 prematurely. They gave him a seat, yes, but not the opportunity to succeed in it.
Logan waited weekends for upgrades his teammate had long since received. Logan had to drive in 2024 with parts from 2023 because of how unprepared the team was. Logan sat and watched from the sidelines as his car was given to his teammate. Logan returned the following race and drove the very same chassis his teammate crashed.
Logan did all of this with a smile.
Logan deserved so much better.
James Vowles has graced us with the following statement:
I do find it quite ironic that they “need to maximise every points-scoring opportunity in a remarkably tight midfield battle” after completely glossing over the fact that the driver who did in fact originally bring home points this past weekend was disqualified due to an illegal floor caused by team error.
And “investing in our young drivers in the Williams Racing Driver Academy” will only do so much if you shove those same drivers into a seat and leave them to fend for themselves when it matters.
I hope Logan knows how many of us love and support him. I hope Logan knows that I watched him drive in the junior series and there’s no doubt in my mind that he has the skills to succeed if given the opportunity. I hope Logan knows that I will keep cheering him on no matter where he decides to go next.
And as for Williams … I will keep supporting their drivers but I certainly will not be supporting a team who has tried to paint themselves as lovable underdogs but repeatedly shown their true colors throughout this past season.
I’m sure there’s something I forgot to add, but my heart hurts and my thoughts are a veritable mess.
But, no matter where Logan ends up landing, be that IndyCar or another series, I can’t wait for him to kick ass.
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Gemini: flighty, but will always be there for people
Cancer: self-absorbed, but cares for other people more than themselves
Leo: confident, but has self esteem issues
Virgo: strict with themselves, but will try anything at least once
Libra: “fake”, but will be the best friend you’ve ever had
Scorpio: tough, but really needs people in their life
Sagittarius: carefree, but is extremely insecure
Capricorn: cold, but actually cares deeply about people
Aquarius: stoic, but feels things very deeply
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Virgo: The friend that would come over at 2 in the morning if you needed them to. they’ll probably sit in silence and not know exactly what to say, but they will always be there for you.
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@lou-bean28 request - Would you be able to do Lando x sir jackie stewart granddaughter!reader ??!! I need it so badlyyyy
Summary: Lando never would've imagined an 85 year old F1 champion would help him find his person. But he was wrong.
Themes/warnings: Suggestions of smut but no smut
Word count: 1.4k
Sir Jackie Stewart is without a doubt a big name in F1 and he makes himself as present in as many ways as possible. And he is very much a friend of the drivers, to none one more than Lando Norris.
And with his granddaughter newly single after yet another man disappointed her, trying to use her for her name and grandfather's status rather than for her. Which Jackie thinks is a crime because y/n is the sweetest person alive and of his family, he feels that she is most deserving of the best love that she can get.
Recently after a meal in Bahrain, he concluded Lando is the man she deserves and he quite likes the idea of him officially being part of the family.
Sadly for both Lando and y/n, subtly has never and will never be Jackie's strongest trait.
"I going to go out on a whim here and say that he's late because he's not intending to show up." Y/n sighs softly while sitting across from Lando as they wait for her grandfather to show up to the meal he arranged with the two. Not that they had any clue that the other would be there when they agreed to the meal with the older man. "The man thinks he's a matchmaker."
"So I'm not the first man he's set you up with?"
"Oh you are the first, only because he's lost faith in my ability to choose a man on my own." Y/n laughs shaking her head at him while Lando winces a little at the dig at herself. "Sorry, if you knew my dating history you'd be laughing too, I promise."
"So Sir Jackie Stewart thinks I'm the man to change your bad luck?" Lando smirks a little leaning back in his chair as y/n counters him leaning closer on the table and resting her head in her hands. "We can count this as a date, but I will have to take you out another time that isn't set up."
"I guess I have no say in this but I wasn't about to decline a date with thee Lando Norris." Y/n shrugs with a small smile before they are greeted by the waitress to get their order.
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Y/n sighs arriving at breakfast the next morning with Jackie awaiting her and she sighs shaking her head as he smiles brightly at her with his telltale expression letting her know he is aware that the dinner with Lando went well.
He probably planted spies there to report back to him.
"Were you not feeling well last night? We missed you." Y/n comments making Jackie shrug.
"Getting old, y/n. I needed an earlier night and I just completely forgot." Jackie states simple then smiling. "Did you have a good time? Lando is a very nice young man. I thought the two of you would get along quite well."
"We did get along well. Might've been nice to mention ahead of time that he'd be there."
"Ah, that doesn't matter." Jackie dismisses shaking his head while y/n smiles at the older man with a sigh. "Lando and you are a good pair. I know these sorts of things. It comes with age."
"Oh right, of course." Y/n laughs then smiling at the waitress appears to take her order for breakfast.
After breakfast with her grandfather, they leave to get to the track where y/n sticks with the older man but he decides to get on a mission to find Lando since it's Thursday and Jackie really gets to do whatever the hell he pleases which includes dragging his granddaughter to the McLaren unit to find Lando.
"Hey, Jackie." Lando greets spotting him then leaning to look around him with a small smirk. "Hi, y/n."
"Y/n is bored and I have a few people to see so would you mind if I leave her here. I trust you."
"I'm sure you do." Y/n whispers to herself but both men hear her, not that Jackie acknowledges her at all since he feels his plan is just going along perfectly.
"I'll take care of her." Lando agrees while y/n feels like she's being treated as if she's not even in the room by this point.
"Great. I'll see you later, love. You two have fun." Jackie smiles before taking off with an impressive amount of speed for a man of his speed as the two watch him disappear and y/n sighs turning back to Lando who continues to smirk other.
"I don't actually need babysat by the way."
"Maybe I paid him off to bring you here." Lando shrugs making her roll her eyes at him.
Y/n has already fallen for Lando after their meal together. They hit it off exactly as Jackie wanted and y/n is wondering if maybe she should've just let him arrange a relationship for her years ago. After all Lando is hardly the first man that he's befriended that he could've set her up with.
But maybe this is the best timed so she can be with Lando and he makes sure that for the majority of the day unless he absolutely can't bring her around, he keeps her either by his side or within sight of him.
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"I don't know if I'm his favourite or you are." Y/n comments as she lies in bed next to Lando who just got a text from Jackie tell him to attend the next family gathering. "Also, we just had sex and you're prioritising texting my granda back."
"I would apologise but he's Sir Jackie Stewart and I want to make sure I stay on his good side." Lando shrugs then tossing his phone away. "Anyway, what do you mean we just had sex? This was an intermission, I'm not done."
"Feel like it's worse that you text him back during a pause." Y/n laughs while Lando shrugs unapologetically. "What is the family event then since I haven't even been informed of what's going on?"
"A cousin's birthday I think."
"Oh, news to me." Y/n laughs before climbs onto him to straddle him which makes Lando grunt a little from her weight pressing down on his crotch while her hands trail down his upper body. "Not that I hate my family, but talking about them while I'm naked with a man is a bit of a mood killer."
"Understood." Lando nods hoping that he's about to get the round 2 he was aiming for.
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The next race sees y/n attending with Lando and attention definitely snaps to them since whispers had been drifting around the F1 media sphere after the last race but then the rumours of Lando attending a Stewart family event also leaked.
Neither figured hiding it was going to be worth it or that it would last long.
"Apparently you're having a positive effect on my public image. The PR team love you for dating me." Lando comments as he walks into his drivers room from a team meeting.
"No surprise there. Have you seen my granda? He's a beloved man within F1 and by association, I am liked. Just wait till everyone finds out why we're dating." Y/n laughs while Lando hums. "He is here somewhere, probably taking all the credit he deserves for setting us up."
"If I get asked, I'll be giving him all the credit. Publicly thanking him." Lando hums leaning over and kissing her since she's lying on his physio bed. "You look comfortable there by the way. Having fun."
"Yeah, I didn't realise WAGs had such a cushty set up. This is nice." Y/n grins while Lando laughs and begins to change. "And I get a strip tease. You're really pulling out all the stops. You know you already got set up with me successfully. You don't have to slut yourself out-but equally now I've cleared my moral conscience. Please continue."
"Oh for fuck sake." Lando laughs while y/n smiles gesturing for him to get on with it. "What would your granda say?"
"Probably that he's happy to see we're getting on so well and he knew we would." Y/n comments in earnest and Lando actually feels like she hit the nail on the head with that comment.