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The Austrian Grand Prix according to social media

Aerodynamically efficient zoomies, fluorescent hairstyles and weekends on the road: Austria’s best tweets

Sourcing the tweets for this weekend’s social media review was somewhat more challenging than usual… But as the old adage goes, many hands make light work, and with the assistance of several accounts, a pinch of patience and a bucketload of willpower, we managed to *almost* compile our usual lot of puns, memes and messages of support from the almighty Papaya Army. 

Given that many of you may have already surpassed your limit of daily tweets, this week’s feature could be worth its weight in gold, unlocking a whole host of posts you’d otherwise have never been allowed to see.

 

There was plenty to shout about this weekend as well, with Lando’s upgraded MCL60 proving pacey around the Red Bull Ring, enjoying two prolific qualifying sessions and a top four finish in the grand prix to boot. So without further ado, here’s what you made of it all...

There were some bold hair style choices being sported for Spielberg. Did you two co-ordinate? And if you didn't, we think you should... 

And ahead of Austria of all places!  Shame on you, @Aimee_J_. We hope the punishment fitted the crime. 

@andersonlaura12 just gets it.

If only, @RealZerusOne, if only. 

Important to get the aerodynamics spot on to achieve strong zoomies. McLarenDoggo will be flying once DRS is enabled.

Hmmm, we reckon it could do with a little less work.

We love your work, Lando.

A pleasure as always to see your beautiful faces in Austria's papaya-heavy fanzone. 

We don’t see any issues. If anything, we think you could do with adding to that collection. 

What a wonderful idea. Get sharing Papaya Army!

We can see why it’s award-winning, @Joost_Landzaat. This is the content we’re after.

We got that ‘quali on a Friday’ feeling.

That’s some effort, @NikkiTJones. Although we are slightly concerned... 

We were feeling the love at the end of Friday after fans watched Lando’s upgraded MCL60 qualify in P4.

One team, one dream.

Us too, @OneEyesOfRacing. Mika was the king of the Austrian hills back in the day.

Gotta catch ‘em all.

We’d expect nothing less.

Vibe check, complete.

We think it might be raining. Good job @McLarenDoggo got some wet practice in earlier.

Despite the very obvious downpour, Oscar turned up umbrella-less in a polo shirt. Thankfully, our team at track were there to save the day. 

 

Happy birthday, @CaitAFulton. We hope you had an amazing day! Was there a McLaren-themed cake to match?

If there’s one thing we love more than qualifying on a Friday, it’s Sprint race Saturdays. And Lando continued his strong showing in Austria with P3 in the Sprint Shootout.

Making dreams come true for @LN4.

We love him too! Up the Andrea.

After a successful Sprint Shootout, the Sprint was tougher for Lando, who suffered from an issue at the start of the race and finished ninth, one place shy of the points. Oscar, meanwhile, charged from 17th to 11th.

You get an overtake, you get an overtake, everybody gets an overtake!

We certainly think so…

We're here to educate and entertain.

Time flies when you’re having fun. Before we knew it, race day was upon us in Austria, and we were primed for a Spielberg style blockbuster.

Why are you watching from Greece? Kos you can.

How ready are you, @heeyashley?

We’ll never get tired of seeing papaya dominate the stands in Spielberg.

We were wondering where that went…

Weekends on the road done right.

We call this look the “Jim Halpert”.

After initially losing a couple of spots at the start, Lando found form in the Austrian Grand Prix and was flying. There were several eye-catching overtakes from the British star, the pick of which saw him squeeze past Hamilton for fourth.

A stellar performance was capped off with fifth at the flag for Lando, before he was promoted to fourth due to a bunch of post-race penalties. His performance clearly caught the eye of the fans as he earned himself F1’s “Salesforce Driver of the Day” award.

We’re glad it was worth it in the end… Now get yourself some rest!

It was a tougher day for Oscar, who suffered front-wing damage that left him needing repairs. After the subsequent pit-stop dropped him down the order, he finished 17th at the flag before being promoted to 16th after the race. 

We’re nothing without our fans. 

Andrea and the team were getting all of the love in Austria. And too right, they worked tirelessly at the McLaren Technology Centre to get Lando's upgrade package delivered ahead of time, with Oscar's set to follow at the British Grand Prix. 

Oscar is all about the vibes.

Painting Austria papaya.

It's our home race up next and we can’t wait to see you all at Silverstone! Deck yourself out in your finest papaya and we'll see you in Northamptonshire.

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