Lando Norris confirms his elevation into Formula 1's elite level with an exceptional drive to second place in the Chinese Grand Prix.
Lando Norris confirmed his elevation into Formula 1's elite level with an exceptional drive to second place in the Chinese Grand Prix.
He added: "Whenever I finish behind Max, I feel like it's a win. A great day, really a surprise, was not expecting a day like today. So very happy for myself and for the whole team, more importantly. Definitely exceeded our expectations but a lot of things went our way." But the timing of the caution periods forced Perez to make a second pit stop, and put Norris also on a one-stop. The Mexican dropped behind both Norris and Leclerc. What was impressive about Norris' race from then on was that, after passing Leclerc within seven laps, Perez could not catch the McLaren. In fact, Norris was faster.
This might be slower through the middle of the corner, but it saves a lot of tyre energy. Over 50-odd laps, this sort of clever driving pays dividends, as Norris' pace in the late part of the race demonstrated.McLaren team principal Andrea Stella identified this as one of the steps Norris has made towards completeness from last year to this.
"So he has done a really good job on working on the opportunities together with his engineers and the support of the factory to make some small adaptations to be able top exploit the potential of the car to a greater extent. This is credit to him."
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