Even before the season, it was known that this year's McLaren would be very strong. So strong that this time they could not only win the constructors' title, but also the individual world title.
With this knowledge, most fans, and even most pundits, have named Lando Norris as the favorite. In contrast, the young Briton is struggling, while his younger teammate is delivering victories with such calm confidence that even Max Verstappen is surprised. Norris knows why...
“Maybe I put too much pressure on myself. It’s not because of the fight for the world title, I would be like that anyway. It’s because I want to be good, very, very good! I want to get pole position, I want to win races, I want to be perfect. And I’m wrong because I want to be perfect, but maybe I should come to terms with the fact that nobody can be perfect.
"I think I should calm down, have more confidence in myself, in my pace, because I know that mine is the best. I am completely confident that I can win all the races, if I do better in qualifying than I have done so far. It is easy to say, but difficult to do, but that is what I have to do: go out on the track and do a better job than I have done so far. That is what I will work on!" - promised Norris.
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