Lando Norris Quotes
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I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn't quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.
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Having the support from everyone, the bosses, whoever within the team, definitely makes it much easier for me as a driver.
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I've missed out on a lot of things, going out with friends.
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How you go about testing is just very different to just being in the situation of qualifying, having to go out, having to nail the lap.
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I had to drive with a roof in LMP2, and I managed to get used to that quite quickly - although it's still not a Halo, it's still different to what I'm used to.
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Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.
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I started off riding motorbikes and at that point my hero was Valentino Rossi.
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In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I'd be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race.
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There's so many bits on a car these days it's hard to know where everything is. You have a bit of an idea but if you are behind someone and you suddenly change direction it's hard to know exactly where the car is.
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I liked watching Rossi, his style, his colours and everything. He was someone I looked up to and until now he is still my only hero. He is the king of motorbikes and most people like Rossi mainly because he comes across as a pretty fun and good character. He is cool and has a good style and look.
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It's just trying to do the best job I can in these opportunities that I get to show what I can do, be consistent, have good feedback, be fast, at the same time not make mistakes.
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I don't know who I would have been if I never watched MotoGP.
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I need to do well and show I'm a worthy driver in F1.
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I turned away from bikes when I got a bambino kart for my seventh birthday and started doing some karting, just around some cones at home, but I didn't think at that point I knew I wanted to go into F1, it was more just for fun.
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I saw MotoGP on TV first, before I saw F1 and other types of car racing. It's what I got more into. It was cool, there was good, exciting racing.
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I guess for every driver the aim is to beat their teammate.
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I probably work harder, putting in a lot of time and effort, than a lot of drivers because all I think about, and all I do, is to do with racing, trying to make myself a better driver.
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It's not like I'm nervous of people seeing what I can or can't do on camera or on TV or anything, or what my engineers think.
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Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it's quite difficult to put the lap together.
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In testing, you make a mistake, you just say 'OK we'll have another go' instead of it being the only chance you get.
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I used to watch some F1 races but I was never straightaway thinking 'that is what I want to do.'
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It's what counts, isn't it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it's nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It's a much bigger problem.
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There's definitely going to be things that I'm not very good at, things I can improve.