“The Fight with Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes Gives You Extra Pressure”: Lando Norris Gains Confidence After Challenging Experience

“The Fight with Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes Gives You Extra Pressure”: Lando Norris Gains Confidence After Challenging Experience

Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton

Safe to say that McLaren’s ace driver, Lando Norris is one of the drivers on the F1 grid who is open about the pressures and expectations that come with driving at the top of motorsport. The British driver usually doubts himself a lot, but explains in conversation that a recent race changed all that. 

For this we might have to turn the pages of Formula 1 2021 season, in Austria, the McLaren driver was ahead of the two Mercedes drivers for a long time and managed to keep Lewis Hamilton behind for a long time. He explains that this has given him more confidence in himself. 

What Was Revealed by Lando Norris on His Battle with Lewis Hamilton? 

Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris

“The fight with Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton does put some extra pressure on your shoulders,” he said in a conversation with Motorsports.com. “I have been racing against competitors for a very long time and always when you have someone behind you, no matter who and whether they are faster than you, you always feel pressure. You always feel you have to be flawless“. In Austria, there was even added pressure. “There I was fighting for third and second place, so that also adds more pressure“. 

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Lando Norris

At last, Norris had to let the Mercedes driver pass him, so as not to ruin his own race. Due to damage to Lewis Hamilton, he was eventually flagged off in third anyway. “It does give confirmation and confidence for the future that if I’m in that position again or fighting Lewis or Max Verstappen, that I’m confident I can do well,” Norris concluded.

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