McLaren praises Lando Norris’ “great ethos” for setting an example for the team

McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella appreciated Lando Norris' concentration and focus in order to make improvements this season.

McLaren praises Lando Norris’ “great ethos” for setting an example for the team

Lando Norris (via IMAGO)

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella praised Lando Norris for his performance up until now, noting that Norris has scored 131 points in nine races. Norris performed exceptionally well in the recent Miami GP and secured his first-ever win in Formula 1.

Andrea Stella applauded Lando Norris for being concentrated and focused on his mission. The McLaren Team Principal noticed Lando considers every past mistakes and try to improve them in every race, which is a great attitude of the 24-year-old.

I do see Lando being very concentrated, very focused, somehow recalling what I said before about reviewing every event, taking all the opportunities to keep developing.
Andrea Stella, as said by reported by RacingNews365
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Norris’ dedication to constantly reviewing his progress and learning from the experiences shows how committed he is for his missions. The way 24-year-old works hard and always tries to improve is a great attitude that everyone in the team should follow. Lando Norris’ victory in Miami was a major boost in McLaren’s efforts.

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That's a great ethos that Lando shows, which is an example for all the team.
Andrea Stella added

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Andrea Stella claims Norris is committed to fight for every ‘last millisecond’

The 53-year-old team principal didn’t noticed any changes in Norris’s dedication for pushing towards the best possible time. However, Stella thinks Norris approach has improved more than that was in last year, when they were pushing too hard where it wasn’t necessary.

No, I would say I don't notice that his commitment to going for the last millisecond has changed at all. If anything, actually, I would observe this has changed in the opposite direction.
Andrea Stella explained
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Lando Norris (via IMAGO)

Further, The 53-year-old gave an example from the 2023 race in Mexico to elaborate his point. He explained that during the first qualifying sessions, they lost a lap because they were pushing too hard. Stella reckoned, if they would’ve driven more carefully on new set of soft tires, they could have easily made it through Q1.

I'm thinking of Mexico, for instance, in Q1, where we lost the lap when we could have gone through Q1 with just driving around on a new set of softs. So I do not necessarily see this kind of difference.
Andrea Stella added

Overall, Andrea Stella claimed, Lando Norris’s dedication hasn’t changed but they have become smarter on when to push hard and when to not, to ensure best possible performance from him and the team. As far nine races, team papaya is sitting at the third place with 212 points, fans would love to see the gap reduce between second position.

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