Lando Norris he had a great baptismal season Formulas 1 V Abu Dhabi is a racer McLaren won eleven points in this year’s championship, meaning he finished more than half of the races among the point winners. But the 20-year-old hasn’t just convinced in racing, he has also shone in qualifying, where he defeated his teammate Carlos Sainz (11:10). The young Briton is in Formula 1 entered as runner-up Formula 2 and champion Formula 3 of 2017. These successes should give him enough supportto be able to stay in the royal class of motorsport as well. Still, they gave it self-doubt. "I didn’t know if I could be good enough against a racer with four years of experience,”Is after the race in Abu Dhabi said Norris.
But already at his debut in Australia he was able to prove the opposite. In the qualifiers, he ranked in Q3 and beat a colleague Sainz. In the next race v Bahrain je Norris won first points, which had a positive effect on his self-confidence. “After the first races in Australia, Bahrain and so on, I gained confidence,”Describes the young Briton. “I wasn’t that confident at first. I am glad that the opposite has been proven. I did a good job, improved as a racer and won good results. I am understandably happy with that.“He is also pleased with the development McLaren. "The results speak for themselves, especially if we look at where we finished in the constructors ’championship last year."
Nevertheless, with the traditional team from Woking there are still many things that need to be improved. They flew stops in the pits they cost them a lot of time this year and thus points. These things were for Norris very frustrating. “At one point, I thought I had to keep going because I couldn’t change anything.”Meanwhile, she did Norris shook off self-doubt. “I believe I would not admit this now if I were still suffering under the same things. In time, I gained confidence and confidence. The team trusts me and I trust the team too. I'm happy about that."
In doing so, the work environment at McLarn za Norris it was not new. Already last year he was a member of them namely test racer, who was given the opportunity to perform at Friday’s practice. But it is not in sufficient prepared for his debut in the royal class of motorsport? Sam says, “I think it would be the same if I played the role of a test racer for another year. There is a lot to learn and practice. But you can’t prepare for the pressure in qualifying and in the race. The pressure in training is completely different. I used to be as fast in training as Fernando and Stoffel, which gave me a bit of confidence. But for Australia, it didn't mean much to me,He added Norris.
