call me cultlh lol but no wonder we're so protective of lewis. even in the dumbass fanfic ppl write on reddit they've reduced lewis to guy w tshirts as if he's not often the only voice on the grid that speaks on this stuff. and mv wont stand for shit unless it affects him directly. gross behavior.
!["Well, a lot of discussions, actually. But yeah, I nearly got sent back home. Everything is all good, so I'm here now."
Tsunoda stated that he was held for "two or three hours", saying it "felt a bit strange" given his frequent travel to the country and the fact he has a valid visa.
The 24-year-old re-entered the American nation early, taking part in promotional activities with Max Verstappen, where he had the opportunity to drive an IndyCar.
"I did the visas and everything. It's been the same the last three tracks, right? I was able to enter smoothly at the previous track [Circuit of the Americas]," he added.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ehs4dqtujvsev2v62ramqboq/bafkreigm72ysbsdylcvltidoct7wle6gkhwhowdhlp5oizyeg3dtu6mcvu)
![When asked if it was a case that border control did not believe he was an F1 driver, he replied: "Maybe. I was wearing pyjamas, so maybe I didn't look like an F1 driver.
"I'm sure he [the customs officer] knew it," he added. "Having the conversation, he even he asked me the salary and everything.
"[It's an] uncomfortable thing, just feels like the things that I got a lot of pressure from them for, I couldn't say anything.
"If I say something, I feel like I'm in more in trouble. Hopefully all things [are] solved. Luckily, I went through smoothly [in the end]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ehs4dqtujvsev2v62ramqboq/bafkreiajs5mch3azgqrtxd4s6u3qfa7voudypufbsevxecrdgh46vug2rm)
