22-year-old Lando Norris says he ‘loves Daniel Ricciardo’ while talking about a potential replacement in 2023

Janmeyjay Shukla | 27/07/2022
22-year-old Lando Norris says he 'loves Daniel Ricciardo' while talking about a potential replacement in 2023

Lando Norris on a very comfortable teammate relationship with Daniel Ricciardo and his experience with Colton ‘Hooligan’ Herta in 2015.

McLaren’s Lando Norris states that he is in love with Daniel Ricciardo as a teammate. However, he does not deny Colton Herta’s Mclaren partnership.

Both the McLaren drivers enjoyed comfortable points finish at the French Grand Prix last weekend. Norris finished seventh while Ricciardo ended in ninth place.

There have been rumours of McLaren already looking for replacements for the honey badger. However, Ricciardo himself has addressed this on his social media.

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Lando Norris shares his experience with ‘Hooligan Herta’

Norris was actually Colton Herta’s teammate during the 2014-15 season. The Briton shared his experience with the media about his time with ‘Hooligan Herta’.

He stated: “I grew up with Colton, end of 2014-15, in British F1. And I mean, his nickname is ‘Hooligan Herta’. Because there’s one place he was extremely strong and that’s high-speed corners.”

The McLaren driver appreciated Herta as a driver and as a person with whom he spent lots of time growing up. However, currently, he is having a great partnership with Daniel Ricciardo.

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Talking about his experience with Herta, Norris stated: “I grew up with him when I was younger for a good year and a half, two years. And just a bit crazy. A bit of a hooligan. It’s just nice to see him again.”

Colton Herta chose a different part as he became one of the top talents in the IndyCar scene. Moreover, Lando Norris is currently a top talent in Formula One.

The American driver came close to joining Formula One when Michael Andretti failed to purchase the Alfa Romeo team. However, he is a McLaren test driver and is surely Formula One bound in the future.

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Janmeyjay Shukla

Janmeyjay Shukla is an artist who contributes his expressions through words as an F1 writer and editor at The SportsRush. He is an F1 historian who has been watching the sport since he was a baby. Passed on from generation to generation, he has seen the prime of Michael Schumacher to the rise of Max Verstappen. A Mercedes fan from the days of the Brawn GP era, the sport runs in his blood. Besides Formula One, Janmeyjay is a Marketing Head and a musician who loves to sing and play Rock & Pop songs on guitar. His love for sports will never die as he is a loyal Liverpool Football Club fan as well!

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