Lando Norris received congratulations from many drivers after winning the Miami F1 GP. It was as if everyone was waiting for it to finally happen after so many failed attempts. His teacher when Lando was McLaren’s reserve driver, Fernando Alonso, his great friend Carlos Sainz, or others like Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo, Charles Leclerc and even Fred Vasseur sneaked into the McLaren party that shake a bottle of champagne! And he did the hardest thing: Verstappen smiled despite the loss. “On a bad day, second place is not bad. And I’m very happy for Lando. He’s been there for a long time and it won’t be the last. He deserved it.”Max declared.
Lando Norris woke up differently. Although a child’s face, McLaren’s constant protégé is growing up in F1 and his popularity is increasing worldwide despite the fact that his number of wins remained zero until last Sunday, so that in a few years he became he is one of the favorite drivers of fans in many different corners of the planet despite not winning. Not surprisingly, many in the stands also celebrated Lando’s win.
But for Norris, if anything was different, it was the fact of the warmth received by his colleagues, the love of the drivers on the grid, recognizing how well he deserved that victory. So, in the press room, when asked about the hugs and greetings from Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclercthe young Englishman wanted to respond with an important reflection.
Lando Norris’ reflections, in full:
“I think there’s always one thing that I try to maintain. And as much as I sometimes believe that the world maybe don’t speak the best of other people because of certain situations… You’re under pressure. You’re running to people. People bump into you. And of course, you’re going to say things that people don’t like, the one thing that I always have and always have respect for is the people that I fight with, right now, sometimes there are things you don’t want to have it.”
“I’ve always had respect for everyone I’ve competed against, from the highest to the lowest in all the categories I’ve been through since karting. I’ve always had respect for my rivals and the people I’ve competed against. “And I “Even when wearing you hate them and you want to beat them, and you don’t care who it is, I always respect the people I’ve fought against.”
“So when someone approaches me, especially people who have achieved a lot, because it always means a little more… so when Lewis (Hamilton), Fernando (Alonso), Max (Verstappen), Charles (Leclerc), Carlos (Sainz) ), whenever they approach me or have nice words for me, I really appreciate those things because if to these people, it means something, to others, it doesn’t if what does it cost to achieve this kind of thing because of the work, the time, the effort to do something like this, yes, thank you to them and thank you to everyone who supports me and the respect similar to what I have for them.
Source: La Verdad
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