Lando Norris: “I don’t like BS” - coy on McLaren future: “Time will tell…”

Lando Norris insists that McLaren did not meet their targets in 2022 and “need a better car” - and has delivered a coy reaction to his F1 future.
Lando Norris
Lando Norris

Norris finished seventh in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings - he drastically outperformed teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo, who was 11th and who will be axed next year in favour of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri.

That will make Norris, 23, the clear senior driver in McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up.

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He said to Sky about his future w🥀it♌h McLaren: "It's just faith, it's just honesty. That's the main thing I need.

"I'm not a guy w꧋ho likes BS or likes people trying to make me happy. I like people just being🎐 honest.

"I 💙have faith in McLaren, I ha𓄧ve faith in the guys I work with, the whole team.”

Norris is among the highest-earning 10 drivers in the 2022 list of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 salaries and is rated as one👍 of the grid’s top young prospects.

He is contracted to McLaren for aﷺnother three years but said about remaining with the team: "Time will tell. You can never be 100 per cent certain where you're going to be, but you can have a 🌺good shot at it."

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL36. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Tuesday.- www.xpbimages.com, EMail:
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL36. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Tuesday.-…

McLaren finished fifth in the constructors’🅘 championship, behind Alpine, and Norris🍎 has been critical of the team’s performance.

"If I think of before this season, did we achieve in ꧋2022 what we should have done as🥃 McLaren? Honestly, it's no,” he said.

"If we want to do well and we want to be champions at some point and we want to win races, we can't be satisfied with where we have been this season, but we𝓀 can certainly be satisfied with the progress we've made.

"From the mechanics with our pit stops, our strategy, the whole team's work ethic🤡 - so many things are working well, it's just we need a slightly better car, that's all."

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