Nico Rosberg questions attitude of ‘glass half-empty’ Lando Norris
Nico Rosberg l📖eft impressed by Lando Norris'𓄧 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 second𝓀 podium of🅘 the season.
The Briton admitted he had bet McLaren colleagues that he would finish 35 seconds behind the Ferraris in Shanghai before denyi🍌ng Red Bull a 1-2, which he said came as a “surprise”.
Analysing McLaren’s performance in China during Sky Sports F1’s coverage, Rosberg urged Norris to have mo𝓀re “positivity”.
“Lando is a glass half-empty guy,” the 2016 worl🌠d champion said.
“Pre-race betting that Ferrari are going to beat them? I don’t know. I don’t think that’s the best approach, in general. Positivity woul🌸d be helpful.
“Nevertheless, he had a phenomenal drive today. He dro💖ve so well. T💮ogether with Max, the driver of the day. Consistency, there was no degradation on his car.
“The comparison to his teammate Oscar Piastri who 💜was really struggling with degradation. Big differe💦nce, 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’s Me𓆏rcedes to claim eighth despite picking up damage to his car.
The🐎 double points finish has strengthened McLaren’s grasp on thi🔯rd place in the constructors’ championship.
McLaren are 44 poin🍌ts ahead of fourth-placed Mercedes and 55 behind Ferrari.
Rosberᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚg is convin🗹ced McLaren can “definitely” challenge Ferrari for second, with upgrades planned for the upcoming Miami Grand Prix.
“It’s amazing progress,” he said. “Although it i🍨s up൲ and down on performance from one track to another, so it’s not clear where we are with the pecking order.
“Ferrari, fo🔯r 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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