Norris’s irony, behind the wheel of the best F1 car: It announced some weak McLaren points and does not fit its style

Yes Verstappen, Alonso, Hamilton either Leclerc They listened to Lando Norris at the press conference before the F1 CHINA GPThey need to stretch from the hair. They all wanted to have a dominant championship car to go for the title, but that car was McLaren, with a clear initial efficiency with respect to their opponents, at least before their rivals took evolution on the track. Thus, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri left with the best car to try to move themselves away from their starting rival and fight the crown. However, he was surprised that the British, with the car that everyone wanted, made sure that the career didn’t allow him to be comfortable, or attacking braking and curve output, nor did he adapt to his pilot style.

According to Lando, need to change chip in the last courses in McLarenfrom making their letter to Magi In how I wanted their cars, to just receive a quick car to suit.

“As a pilot you always want to look for the car limit and there are always places where it can improve. My style is fine in Australia. But is it perfect? ​​I say no. I can improve the performance at the exit and the car yields well, but it is still very difficult Dry maybe not much. I wanted to be more predictable to the car, something more comfortable, even if it was in a good place, so I couldn’t complain. But between the Oscar (Piastri) and I and we commented on some things that the McLaren factory boys and girls give them things to work. The car is good, yes, but we always prefer ”Norris commented at the beginning of his explanation.

He was then asked to be more concrete, as he was surprised that he was not fully satisfied with managing what is now the best championship car. And Norris expanded his answer.

“In general, some of the characteristics were the same last year. It still doesn’t fully adapt to my pilot style. I think there’s a point where I just accept it. You can’t have a car that fits perfectly with your driving style ”He continued.

“There came a point where I stopped asking myself what I wanted and I started to do what I had to do with the car quickly. It was a complex driver’s car, but it was clearly taking a step with respect to 2024. My job was to squeeze a car to give.

“I have to adapt the style of my pilot every year because the car is different now from a few years agoObviously! But some things are maintained, “he added.

“Ito ay pa rin isang McLaren. Naka -piloto lang ako para kay McLaren at ito lamang ang alam ko. Sa palagay ko ay natatangi ito sa ilang mga aspeto. Mayroon siyang lakas at kahinaan. Kapag ang isang tao ay nasa McLaren at napunta sa ibang koponan ay lagi niyang sinabi kung gaano kakaiba o mahirap na mag -pilot ng isang McLaren, tulad ng Carlos Sainz o Daniel Ricciard pakikipaglaban para sa mga tagumpay at na ito ay mabilis na gawin This.

“Aerodynamics people try to find time to go back and you have to look for the balance in how you work in the car. Sometimes you find a car with more peaks, which works at that climax, but which is harder to drive air or mix -mixed conditions, or sometimes you delete some of that climax and make a more balanced car. It is very difficult to drive, “said English.

“For me to have a great facade in the curve vertex is something very complicated. But nevertheless, the car can win a career. Where, If I didn’t have what I needed, it wouldn’t have been bad, because I could continue the winning races. Sometimes you have to make and it’s very complicated when aerodynamic people tell you things. If I want a more dynamic facade, we can do it, but we do performance at high or low speeds or in air conditions … There are many promises to stick and at the end of the day what I want is a complete and balanced car. But I think I have a better understanding of how I should pilot the car now. I’m not comfortable but I can take the maximum and I learn to do it. This is what I’ve learned the most from the last 5 years on how the car changed. Now my philosophy is to give me the fastest car you have instead of a car that suits me.

Strong about changing customs in China

FIA has decided to change the ailer’s rear regulations and limit it to prevent some teams from playing with the so-called ‘Mini-Drs’ (a small opening between the spoiler’s rear surfaces that allow air to reduce air resistance). McLaren looked one of the guilty sets, but Lando Norris said.

“No, we don’t have to change anything. In fact, maybe our wing is very good. We don’t force the limits. If this directive was applied last week we would get the best results. I think it focused on other teams and I think we need to push more”he said.

Don’t feel pressure to rule out the F1 World Cup

Pressure? “No. It’s not something I think, or something that matters to me. We shouldn’t change what we do, what the team is doing or what I’m doing. I had a good weekend. People had to calm down a little bit. I was centered, I would try to do it over the weekend but I wouldn’t think the championship until mid -time.”

Ferrari was surprised

“In the classification the difference is surprising. We look forward to being up and maybe in front, but we hope Ferrari is surprised at them too far.- And I don’t know why they are. Half of career. There’s a good part that doesn’t depend solely on the car, but in two pilots working properly rather than just one.