“Had Enough of Them”: McLaren’s Frustrations Would Be Music to Lando Norris’ Ears as 2024 Season Approaches

“Had Enough of Them”: McLaren’s Frustrations Would Be Music to Lando Norris’ Ears as 2024 Season Approaches

The second half of 2023 saw an incredible resurgence by McLaren in F1. Their drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, quickly became the best pairing on the grid, owing to their results. The latter even won a Sprint session when F1 reached Qatar. However, a race win still eludes the team, but perhaps not for long. Reports suggest Zak Brown is tired of finishing in second place and is ready to lift the winner’s trophy.

“We’ve built a faster race car in the off season so we’ll have to wait and see, we don’t know what the other teams have done but winning is certainly our ambition. Second places were great last year but we’ve had enough of them to be ready for that top step.” As quoted by TalkSport.

Norris, in particular, would be the happier of both drivers to hear these words. Despite a poor start to 2023, he ended up with the most second-place finishes of any driver on the grid. For now, the 24-year-old remains without a race win in his F1 career, but it could all change soon.

 

Struggling at the bottom of the barrel in the first half of the 2023 season, McLaren showed great resilience to rise through the ranks. Well-timed and effective upgrade packages (especially the one in Austria) soon saw them become the second-fastest team on the grid.

The team now has a new wind tunnel in operation and continues to improve. Given the same, Brown hopes 2024 can be even better for his team but is also wary of what the other nine teams have done in the break.

2024- A year full of hope for Lando Norris

Starting the 2023 season off on the wrong foot, McLaren soon found their bearings and turned the season around. Citing the same, Norris talked about McLaren boosting their momentum for the 2024 season. The last 13 rounds saw McLaren secure 7 podiums, and Norris appreciated the team for turning things around drastically. A world-record pit stop only boosted the driver’s confidence in the team as he looks to secure his first-ever F1 race win.

 

The signings of Davide Sanchez (Ex-Ferrari) and Rob Marshall (Ex-Red Bull) only add to the excitement and hopes of the British driver. Both of them could well be invaluable assets to the team as they set their sights on improving further. Meanwhile, Norris hopes to start the 2024 season on a strong note, aiming for competitive performances from the very outset in Bahrain.

Post Edited By: Somin Bhattacharjee
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Naman Gopal Srivastava

Naman is an F1 writer at The SportsRush. Initially a football fanatic who worships Puyol and Leo Messi, Naman soon fell in love with the world of F1 upon reading about Jim Clarke. While the current era drivers do fascinate him, Naman still chooses to idolize Clarke and Ayrton Senna. When he is not busy watching the highlights of some of the greatest races of his idols, Naman can be found scribbling little snippets in his diary of poems or out in the town, exploring new places to eat.

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