Norris on competition: 'No one I would want to beat more'
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Lando Norris is one of the big surprises of this season. Where Red Bull Racing and Mercedes are much better than the other Formula 1 teams, the Englishman is in an excellent fourth place in the world championship. The driver seems hard to beat for the time being.
Norris still has a good relationship with Carlos Sainz, with whom he was in a team in the past. The two men have even become friends. "He knows how I drive and how we think as a team," Norris told Motorsport.com. "Of course we try to change some things a little bit, so he doesn't know everything. But that's just one of the advantages and disadvantages of someone changing teams."
The drivers still have a lot of contact with each other. "Of course we both have our own programme, but there is probably no one I would want to beat more than Carlos and probably the same applies the other way around. He wants to beat McLaren and we want to beat Ferrari just as much. That's part of the challenge, but maybe we'll go back to playing golf tomorrow."
Strong season from McLaren
Norris' performance contrasts with that of Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian has been driving for McLaren since this season and is having a significantly harder time during qualifying and races. Nevertheless, the former teammate of Max Verstappen remains confident in his qualities.