Lando Norris isn’t involved he could have missed a possibility to affix Mercedes by extending his contract to drive for McLaren earlier this 12 months.
McLaren introduced in January that Norris had signed a brand new contract retaining him on the staff past 2025. Six days later Mercedes made the shock announcement Lewis Hamilton will go away them on the finish of this 12 months, opening up a coveted seat on the staff.
Nevertheless Norris insisted he’s completely happy to stay at McLaren, the place he made his F1 debut in 2019.
“I’m very completely happy,” he mentioned. “I might have waited, I had the selection. I knew alternatives had been doubtlessly coming my means.
“I knew what alternatives I had on the time final 12 months and coming into this 12 months and what might have occurred or what is occurring over the following couple of years anyway. So no regrets from any facet.
“I’m assured in my staff, I’m assured in what we’ve been in a position to obtain and what we are able to obtain going into the long run and I’m very pleased with the place I’m.”
He goes into his sixth season of F1 this 12 months nonetheless in search of his first grand prix victory, having reached the rostrum 13 occasions.
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“After all, I might be happier if we’re reaching extra of the targets that I believe all of us need to obtain,” he continued. “However the principle level is I’m having fun with my time with the blokes that I’m with and for me that’s all the time an enormous a part of my life. I need to take pleasure in the place I’m, and I’m.
“I believe that’s an necessary a part of attempting to enhance as a staff on the similar time, figuring out everybody and pushing everybody, and I believe everybody’s able to attending to the aim of being the highest staff in Formulation 1. So I’m very completely happy.”
Nevertheless Norris doesn’t imagine McLaren have caught as much as the 2 groups that had been quickest on the finish of final 12 months.
“We had a good automobile on the finish of final season and I believe we’ve positively taken some steps in the precise route,” he mentioned. “However I believe nonetheless a really good distance behind Pink Bull and a good distance behind Ferrari.
“So there’s loads of work for us to nonetheless try to obtain. But additionally loads of issues that we’ve realized over the previous few days for us to implement earlier than subsequent week.”
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