“I think Norris can compete with big names like Alonso or Schumacher”

Landau Norris is the leader of McLaren at only 23 years old, even with one child Oscar Piastri who came to F1 this year wanting to show his quality, something he already did in Qatar by achieving victory in the sprint race. On the other side of this, Landau He should be the pilot guiding, at the moment, the English team after taking over from the former captain, Carlos Sainzwhen the Spanish went to Ferrari.

Lando Norris is a young driver, very talented, with a very good press, who everyone sees as champion fodder for what he has done in the categories before F1 and for his development in the ‘Great Circus’. In addition, teams such as Red Bull have already publicly shown their interest in the Briton. “If I don’t have a contract…” Helmut Marko said recently, in a clear nod to the future towards Lando. It is understood, therefore, that in this context, McLaren must continue to take care of its driver, not only in his treatment, but also in his statements to the press.. That’s what team principal Andrea Stella did in his words on F1’s official podcast, ‘Beyond the Grid’where he compared Lando Norris to the pure speed of legends of this sport such as Fernando Alonso or Michael Schumacher.

“He has a very wonderful quality. His sense of time is very broad, like other important pilots with whom I have been fortunate to work. He talks about what will happen in half a second as if it happened within an hour. His ability to feel things out, to separate the little things that are happening from the driver’s point of view, to what’s happening in the car, is something very impressive,” he says.

“I think the ingredients for Lando to be successful are coming together, as other drivers have,” he added, before unleashing a phrase that caught the attention of many: “When it comes to natural speed, I think Lando (Norris) can compete with some of the big names like Schumacher or Alonso”.