After having spent two seasons alongside Carlos Sainz and as many in the garage with Daniel Ricciardo, Lando Norris in 2023 he will ‘experience’ his third different teammate in five Formula 1 seasons. Oscar Piastri, a young talent – also from Down Under – strongly desired by the Woking team in the last transfer session. Piastri’s future became a genuine court case in August, when the conqueror of the F3 titles in 2020 and F2 in 2021 found himself contested by McLaren and Alpine. In the end, to the delight of the Australian himself, it was the British team that will therefore be able to count on a very young and extremely talented line-up next year.
Norris for the first time in his career will find himself being the veteran of the couple as well as, from the height of his 22 years against Piastri’s 21, the more ‘elderly’ of the two. Clearly in this situation, compared to what happened at the beginning of the cohabitation with Daniel Ricciardo, the Englishman from Bristol risks having all to lose. During a long interview with the site RacingNews365 the # 4 of McLaren admitted that being beaten on the first shot by the newcomer Piastri would annoy him a lot, thus igniting a first distance duel with the future teammate.
“It would hurt me a lot – Norris admitted honestly – Why i want to believe i am the best or, if they are not, one of the best. You work for so many years trying to be in that position and you want to beat everyone, especially your teammates. So if there comes a time when you start getting beaten, it hurts inside you, because that’s the last thing you want to happen when you compete.“. Norris is seventh in the driver standings this year – the best of those who don’t drive for Red Bull, Ferrari or Mercedes – and he is the only ‘of the others’ to be on the podiumcoming third in Imola.
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