Lando Norris in the 2025 Formula 1 season. [Credits: Formula 1]

Lando Norris is “Hard on Himself” During the 2025 Formula 1 Season!

Lando Norris talks about his attitude in an exclusive interview with Formula 1.

Lando Norris in the 2025 Formula 1 season. [Credits: Formula 1]

Lando Norris is the winner of the very first race of the 2025 F1 season. Since then, the Briton has been driving his McLaren to multiple podium finishes. However, things weren’t as smooth for the no.4 driver in the first five races of the season. Norris was leading the championship for the first four races of the season. However, it was a shaky start to his campaign.

Norris was regularly beaten by Oscar Piastri at McLaren during the first races of the season. Moreover, Lando Norris had to face a lot of criticism for his performance. He was brutally trolled for his lack of pace compared to Oscar Piastri and his comments about his car and other competitors.

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Lando Norris’s behaviour in the previous seasons did not do any good to him either. Norris has been opening up regarding his struggles in the recent races. He talked about his mental health and how he has been facing a lot of troubles in performing well. There were many questions against his mental health yet again. This time, Sebastian Vettel was the person who came to his rescue.

Vettel mentioned the importance of self-criticism. He was full of praise for the driver, calling him a role model in Formula 1.

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Lando Norris Talks About His Battle to Deliver on Track

In an exclusive interview with Formula 1, Lando Norris talks about his upbringing, his ideals and the thought process he follows while racing in F1. Norris has mentioned that he was reserved and introverted from the start of his career as a karting driver. Lando Norris talks about how he has a habit of self-blame and talking to himself, in his interview with Formula 1.

It was only last year when Lando Norris won his first race at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. He had multiple chances to win a race in F1 in the earlier years, but a slight mistake cost him terribly and he could never make the cut. Lando Norris would berate himself terribly after his mistakes. He would often call his actions “stupid” and “embarrassing”.

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Here’s what Norris had to say about his F1 career and mental health struggles-

“Sometimes I have excuses for things, I’m never proud of using any of them, and 95% of the time I think that I can do a better job, no matter what it was. Maybe the car wasn’t quick enough, but I thought- ‘I still could have done this better, I could have done that better’. I’ve always been very hard on myself, because I’ve never been hard on anyone else… never been hard on my team, my mechanics, the car, the set-up. I’ve always worked on myself more than I’ve ever blamed anyone, let’s say, and that’s just made me into the person that I am.“

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