Lando Norris was the only driver outside the top three F1 teams to finish on the rostrum this season. But the McLaren driver feels a solitary podium just wasn't enough.
Norris claimed third place for McLaren at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in April, benefitting from a late error by Charles Leclerc that dropped the Ferrari driver back to sixth place.given its early-season car struggles, the team having enduring a sluggish start in Bahrain.
Asked by Motorsport.com if it meant anything to be the only driver outside these teams to score a podium, Norris replied: “A little bit. “One is like, we got lucky, and all of this stuff. You want to feel like you deserve to be there every time and we deserved to be there for sure. We weren't quick enough to be there. We were kind of way ahead of where we deserve to be.Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36Despite Norris enjoying a successful season en route to seventh place in the standings, McLaren slipped to fifth in the constructors’ as it lost out to Alpine in the battle for P4.
Norris said McLaren’s car issues this year aren't a “new thing” and that the team knew it had endured a “very tough season.”
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