Jenson Button on Lando Norris: “I was surprised he signed McLaren deal - he needs a winning car”
A year ago Norris signed a four-year deal which run🐠s until the start of 2026.
But McLaren’s ability to equip their talented young driver with the machinery required to win races and eventually champion🧜ships has been called into question by an ex-F1 champion.
“I was surprised when he signed a long-term deal,” Button told Sky. “Iཧn this spꦓort you don’t know who’s at the front.
“You need to be in a winning car. Your talent is not enough to bring aꦗ car to the front.
“You can help them develop. Buꦦt you need to be in a competitive car that can win races. McLaren haven’t given him that.
“They are doing well, b🍒ut a🐷t this point in his career he needs to be in a winning car.
We’ll see what happens 🔥over the next couple of years.
“I really hope teams like McLaren, Alpine and Aston Martin are closer to the top three, and even cha🍎llenging.
“That was the𒊎 whole idea with the budget ca♕p and the wind tunnel time.
“Hopefully we start seeing benefits from that i🌸n 2023, and in 2024 I think we’ll see it even more so.
“He’s got time on his side, Lando. Very quick. New teammate in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri who again is very talented.
“It puts a lot of pressure on both of them, wi🎐th Piastri coming straight int𒈔o F1 and jumping straight into a relatively competitive car.”
Norris dramatically outperformed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo last season, and the veteran Austr🌊alian lost his seat ๊to rookie Piastri for 2023.
Norris has six podium-finishes in his four-year F1 career a🦂nd, at 23 now, is regularly mentioned as a future option to be recruited by one of the sport’s major teams. But he is committed to McLaren for a further three years.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Spor♔ts for a decade cover𓂃ing everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
