McLaren has been insisting for several years that his goal is to win again in Formula 1. His reality is quite different. Neither Lando Norris nor Daniel Ricciardo they have been close to the title fight in the last two years. The team has included Oscar Piastri in your new project.
A project in which Norris is the leader. That is why McLaren put a long-term contract on the table. he explains it Zak Brown: “I am convinced that we will give him a winning car. We have a long-term contract with him.”
“In addition to the pressure we put on ourselves, because we don’t want to just give him a winning car, we want to give us a winning car“He said in statements to ‘Autosport’.
“We’ve seen drivers who have been great on the road and then when they get to the top you don’t know if it was them or the situation. Jan Magnussen, TRUE? He was mega at everything and then it didn’t work out at all in F1. Jos Verstappen he was often mega at everything, it didn’t quite work in F1,” recalls Brown.
He assures that he has become a “tough” driver: “Looking at Lando the first year, he had the pace, but he probably didn’t have enough elbow space. And now he’s fair, but he’s tough.”
The arrival of Piastri
Brown’s wish is that Piastri can be close to Norris in his first season: “I think Lando is one of the fastest drivers on the grid and I hope Oscar is around. I hope you have some chances to beat him and vice versa. And that’s obviously what you want.”
“He knows the journey we are on. He has bought the journey we are on, and I think it would be too early to worry about that,” the McLaren boss completed.
