{"id":1967308,"date":"2023-07-08T07:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T11:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/motor-racing-sign-the-baby-norris-used-to-bizarre-requests-at-home-race\/"},"modified":"2023-07-08T07:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T11:07:07","slug":"motor-racing-sign-the-baby-norris-used-to-bizarre-requests-at-home-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/motor-racing-sign-the-baby-norris-used-to-bizarre-requests-at-home-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Norris accustomed to strange requests at home race: &#8220;Sign the baby&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmotor-racing-sign-the-baby-norris-used-to-bizarre-requests-at-home-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967308&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>Strange Requests and Fan Interactions at the British Grand Prix<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>By Alan Baldwin<\/p>\n<p>SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) \u2013     Lando Norris is used to strange requests from a legion of fans at his home British Grand Prix \u2013 but signing a baby\u2019s forehead was a step too far.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old McLaren driver is staying at the circuit hotel but prefers to go the long way around to meet the fans rather than take the direct route to the paddock over a connecting walkway.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it can be a step into the unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just get more and more people wanting me to decide their tattoos and stuff,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s a lot of pressure, deciding what someone is permanently going to have. I feel that\u2019s a bit weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norris wears several bracelets on his wrist, most provided by fans.<\/p>\n<p>One says \u201cmuppet\u201d, another spells out \u201cLet\u2019s go Lando\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to call (former team mate) Carlos (Sainz) a muppet,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe fans still say it now \u2026 I think I called him a muppet in a video and the fans loved it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get loads (of bracelets) from fans. During the weekend I\u2019ll get more and I\u2019ll swap them out eventually. It\u2019s just one thing I like to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One thing he did not like to do was to autograph a baby\u2019s forehead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t do it. Signing a baby. That\u2019s a bit of a weird one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers are expecting a record crowd of 160,000 fans on Sunday, and 450,000 over the entire event, with the sport\u2019s popularity soaring thanks to Netflix docu-series \u201cDrive to Survive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has also started filming his F1 movie at the circuit this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Norris could be the top British driver on Sunday, with Mercedes\u2019 seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and George Russell outside the top 10 in Friday practice.<\/p>\n<p>The McLaren driver was already top Brit in Austria last weekend when he finished fourth behind a podium of Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez (first and third) with Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc second.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Hugh Lawson)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/motor-racing-sign-the-baby\/attachment\/british-grand-prix-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg releases his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tusk-ceo-jeff-bermant-on-threads-launch\/\" title=\"Tusk CEO Jeff Bermant discusses Threads launch.\">latest social media app<\/a> to rival Twitter, In his feud with Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta\u2019s Threads may look a little too familiar, while Tucker Carlson teases a J6 bombshell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In her dissenting opinion for the Supreme Court\u2019s recent ruling striking down race-based college admissions Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson defended diversity and its benefits.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Georgia Congressman Rich McCormick tells One America News about a provision he added to the Defense Authorization Bill banning the Pentagon from using so-called media disinformation monitors like Newsguard and the Global Disinformation Index, which he calls \u201ca total bias scam.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Julie Zhu and Jane Xu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese authorities announced on Friday a 7.12 billion yuan ($984 million) fine for\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) \u2013 Researchers at India\u2019s AI4Bharat are raising $12 million from venture capital firms Peak XV and Lightspeed Venture\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla wants the Biden administration to finalize more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-ntsb-probes-boeing-737-max-engine-fire-at-newark-airport\/\" title=\"The US NTSB investigates engine fire on Boeing 737 MAX at Newark Airport.\">stringent vehicle emissions limits<\/a> than those proposed in April\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -Shares of Rivian Automotive surged more than 18% on Friday as it continued to rally after\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to avoid the enthusiastic crowd. However, when approached by a fan with a baby, Norris drew the line at signing the infant&#8217;s forehead. 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