Formula -1 star Lando Norris is “confident”. He can win everything after a breakthrough year

The 25 -year -old Norris is known to fans all over the world for its more affordable and optimistic personality. He has an infectious laugh and behind the talented racing driver is someone who knows how to have fun. But Norris’ mood shifted last year. The sense of humor has not disappeared, but he joins his seventh season in Formula 1, with a seriousness of the purpose that was probably missing when McLaren had difficulties building a victorious car.

For the first time, Norris begins an F1 season that he has the machinery to fight for the championship.

Norris’ upward potential for the new season is tempting. Red Bull’s dominance ended last year after his car had reached a development cover, and McLaren improved dramatic improvements that led to the fame of the designers. The tests in the previous season in Bahrain last month confirmed the strengths of the papaya-colored team, especially the long-term pace that impressed the heads and competitors.

“We definitely had a positive long -term pace, and that was one of our greatest strengths in the past year and a half,” said Norris. “So we definitely hope to continue this season, because there are the points in the race. This is a good thing for us, but it makes no sense to guess too much after a test. “

In 2025 he expects a battle among four teams who are able to win races, including a Ferrari car, of which he said that he shows “high potential” when he insisted seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton to drive alongside Charles Leclerc.

“You could improve a lot. So I expect you to be a good competition, ”said Norris about Ferrari, the second -placed team in 2024.“ But I expect the same from Mercedes, and I expect Red Bull to be good too. But the form Ferrari had at the end of last year, they were probably our greatest competitors, more than Red Bull. ”

In the interview, Norris also performed in the United States, unveiled his favorite American lane and offered his thoughts about the funny drivers and trash can of the network. He gave his attitudes against Hamilton against Leclerc in red and in which sport he would compete next to Formula 1, and he dealt with how realistic the PlayStation game F1 2024 is compared to the real cockpit.

A 2024 season with ups and downs

For Norris, WHAT-IDS was a year in 2024. What if McLaren didn’t make any costly strategy errors? What if the team made its title offer in front of team -mate Oscar Piatri earlier in the season? What if Norris converted his own slips and more options?

The truth is neither Norris nor McLaren expects a championship fight against a generation talent like Verstappen last year. And it turns out that they were not ready. Norris left valuable points on the table. His team sometimes let him down. And it didn’t help that Verstappen built a 52 point lead in the first five races before McLaren brought his winning upgrade package to Miami.

They have no excuses this year.

“I made mistakes,” said Norris. “They try to learn from them and never let them pass again. But I did a couple last year, which I would probably look back afterwards and try to change and change, but I can’t. So it is more to understand why I made these decisions. How can I improve them for this season and how can I make sure that they don’t happen again? “