Daniel Ricciardo Under ‘More Pressure’ To Deliver at McLaren as per Lando Norris

Daniel Ricciardo Under ‘More Pressure’ To Deliver at McLaren as per Lando Norris

Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo

Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo

In just over a month’s time Lando Norris would be facing one of his toughest teammates till date, Daniel Ricciardo. Given Norris’ short burst in F1 career, expectations are high form him. But Ricciardo has shown amazing growth in hi trajectory in the last couple of years, which will surely make him take away the spotlight from Norris initially. 

However, that is not to be the case with Norris. He revealed in a recent interview that the case is different. Norris feels it is Ricciardo who would be under more pressure to deliver at McLaren. Following the 2018 F1 season, Ricciardo left a championship-winning team and moved into a mid-field team that is Renault. The French outfit were lurking amongst the bottom of the mid-field pack. However, the entry of Ricciardo changed their future. After a massive drought for podiums, the Australian gifted Renault with 2 podium finishes in 2020. Hence, going into 2021, and possessing a much better car in hand, McLaren will be hoping the Australian lifts them to glory. 

Lando Norris on Daniel Ricciardo being under pressure to deliver at McLaren 

According to Yahoo Finance, Norris said, “I don’t think the arrival of Daniel will make it any harder for me. I worked with Carlos, who is an extremely good driver. And there are things Carlos is going to be better at than Daniel, and vice versa. 

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“I don’t believe Daniel is a big step above anything that Carlos has achieved. And there is more pressure on him because he has been in Formula One for longer and he has to come in and perform very well.” The McLaren driver felt that it is much harder for an experienced driver to race alongside a learning driver. 

This is because failing to beat a teammate despite possessing the massive experience will pull down the driver’s morale. Hence, Lando Norris reckoned that he is not willing to go down without a fight. 

“It is harder for someone to go up against a much younger driver than it is for a younger driver going up against someone with more experience,” he said. 

“I am in that earlier phase of my career. But I still need to perform very well, and there are no excuses for me anymore.” 

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