I started off riding motorbikes and at that point my hero was Valentino Rossi. Lando Norris More Quotes by Lando Norris More Quotes From Lando Norris I guess you see a lot of stuff on TV where team mates are laughing with each other and everything, but as soon as they go behind closed doors they, like, hate each other, that's all fake, but I think we're just good friends. We get along, we have fun. Lando Norris sports I've been away since I was pretty much eight, traveling to the car tracks, and then going to Europe and traveling more, then having to do more things ; more meetings, more media days, and eventually move out to my own place. I've been away from my mum a lot, but she's always been there to support me. Lando Norris world 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. Lando Norris good cool car racing 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. Lando Norris good cool hero character I had a much better view with the halo than I expected. Lando Norris halo than view better I don't like going to the gym. My biggest focus is the neck and endurance. I wear this 'Fifty Shades of Grey' harness, with a resistance trainer pulling against it. Lando Norris wear grey gym focus I tend not to really think about what other people say. I'd rather just try and focus on what I'm doing, try and win basically. Lando Norris win think focus people 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. Lando Norris know far-away believe people I've missed out on a lot of things, going out with friends. Lando Norris going missed things friends I don't know who I would have been if I never watched MotoGP. Lando Norris been never who know In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I'd be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race. Lando Norris beat race perfect world I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job. Lando Norris good myself me work 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. Lando Norris myself effort work time 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. Lando Norris best job good time 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. Lando Norris someone you car change Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it's quite difficult to put the lap together. Lando Norris good confidence weekend together 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. Lando Norris win myself team nice 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. Lando Norris place you problem mistake 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. Lando Norris being go you situation In testing, you make a mistake, you just say 'OK we'll have another go' instead of it being the only chance you get. Lando Norris go you chance mistake
