Nico Rosberg questions attitude of ‘glass half-empty’ Lando Norris
Nico Rosberg left impressed by Lando Norrisꦛ' driving in China - but not his attitude.
Nico Rosberg believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris needs to be more positive, having described the McLaren F1 driver as being a “glass half-empty guy”.
Norris turned in a brilliant drive - aided by two Safety Car periods - to rise from fourth and finish second at the Chinese Grand Prix as he split the Red Bull 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez to score his and McLaren’s second podium 𝓀of the season.
The Briton admitted he had bet McLaren colleagues that he would finish 35 seconds behind the Ferraris in Shanghai befo🌌re denying Red Bull a 1-2, which he said came as a “surprise”.
Analysing M♐cLaren’s performance in China during Sky Sports F1’s coverage, Rosberg urged Norrౠis to have more “positivity”.
“Lando is a glass half-empty 💙guy,” the 2016 world champion said.
“Pre-race betting that Ferrari are going to beat them? I dওon’t know. I don’t think that’s the ✃best approach, in general. Positivity would be helpful.
“Nevertheless, he had a phenomenal drive today. H🎃e drove so well. Together with Max, the driver of the day. Consistency, there was no degradation on his ওcar.
“The comparison to his teammate ღOscar Piastri who was really struggling with degradation. Big difference, there. So a phenomenal drive.”
Teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri managed to hold off168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton’sꩲ Mercedes ꦡto claim eighth despite picking up damage to his car.
T🌜he double points finish has strengthened McLaren’s grasp on third pla𒅌ce in the constructors’ championship.
McLaren are 44 points ahead of f⭕ourth-placed Mercedes and 55 behin💯d Ferrari.
Rosber🅷g is convinced McLaren can “definitely” challenge Ferrari for seco꧋nd, with upgrades planned for the upcoming Miami Grand Prix.
“It’s amazing progress,” he said. “Although it is up and down on performance from one track to another, so it’s not clear where we are 💃with the pecking order.
“Ferrari, for example, were disappointing today. But McLaren can definitely challenge for P2 in the constructors. They need Oscar🌜 to find more consistency in the racing.”
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