Lando Norris Slams “Shocking” F2, F3 Structure, Says “It’s Really Stupid”

Sabyasachi Biswas | 15/04/2023
Lando Norris Slams “Shocking” F2, F3 Structure, Says “It’s Really Stupid”

Lando Norris has recently called out the structure present in Formula 2 and Formula 3. Being the feeder series of Formula 1, the two categories should have had more seriousness, to begin with, believes the McLaren driver.

When the FIA with F1 authority are trying to bring in more changes to the F1, Norris believes they should also shed some light on F2 and F3. The British driver thinks the junior drivers deserve to have more track time to gather race experience.

Admittedly, both F2 and F3 have just one practice session before the qualifications begin. Followed by the qualifying session, there are sprint races and then the feature race. The 23-year-old driver believes the driver should get more time before the qualifications begin otherwise.

F2 and F3 are pretty expensive for the drivers going to compete. However, the experience gathered is negligible and “shocking” regarding the return on investment, and “it’s really stupid,” Norris feels.

Tire availability is a big factor in junior categories

The McLaren driver also emphasized how the junior category drivers do not get enough to play with tires. Getting to know the track and the tire is a big deal before the drivers take the track for the feature race.

Norris said, “To give them more track time, more sets of tires in practice, they have one set of tires for FP1, which is nothing. For F2 and F3, one is that they have terrible tires which last about a lap.”

Norris’s fellow compatriot George Russell also shared the same view. Russell feels the feeder series deserves more track time for more practice to get more comfortable with the car.

Norris supports Sprint’s proposals

The young British driver offered a positive reaction to the newly proposed sprint qualification, unlike Max Verstappen. As per the new rules, the sprint result will not be the grid setter for Sunday’s final race.

F1 plans to shift the qualifying session for the main race to Friday, with the Sprint race having its own qualification and race. Norris, supporting this, said, “I think that’s what all the drivers have always said, to be honest – it shouldn’t be connected to the main race.”

However, the authorities are yet to finalize the format and give a green signal ahead of the upcoming Azerbaijan Grand Prix at Baku. It’ll be interesting to see how a different sprint weekend turns out to be.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Sabyasachi Biswas

Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 journalist at The SportsRush. With over one and a half decades of love for the sport and five years of experience in the field, he dreams to be a regular at the paddock when the lights go out. A Red Bull fan and F1 fan in general over the years, he enjoyed watching Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen dominate the track. Apart from F1, he's also a big-time Madridista and Federer fanatic. He was a sub-junior level footballer, won inter-district quizzes and debate competitions back in school. A travel freak throughout, he tries different cuisines and learns new cultures whenever he's away from the keyboard.

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