Zak Brown claims Lando Norris is a match for Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso: "As good as anyone on the F1 grid"
Norris is considered one of the hottest prospects in F1 and finished an impressive seventh in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2022 championship standings, ✨behind only the Red Bull, Ferrar𝓡i and Mercedes drivers.
The 23-year-old has claimed six podiums and a pol🅰e position and although he is yet to win his first grand prixཧ, Brown is adamant Norris has already proved he is one of the best drivers on the grid.
Asked if he considers Norris to be among the top F1 dﷺrivers, Brown told : “Definitely.
“[He’s unbelievably fast. He pulls it out in qual෴ifyin𒐪g all the time. He can put a lap together. He rarely makes mistakes - when he does they're very small. It’s he missed the apex, he locked a brake, but you don't see him sticking it in the fence.
"His race craft is really strong now. If I look at year one, he was ꦰa little too polite on track at times. Now he's someone you can race hard with and he'll race you hard, he's clean but he's hard, he gets his elbows out. He can manage tyres very well.”
Brown added: “I think he is as good as any♛one on the grid and I've felt that from day one when I put him against Fernando in the 24 Hours of Daytona, foreign car, foreign track.
"I think Fernan൲do is as good as any F1 driver there's every been... and Lando matches him, and depending on what time of day it was, maybe he even got him a little bit, and vice versa.
"You see that natural talent. You do get some 💎drಞivers who are a one-make discipline and you throw them in a unique situation and they don't get up to speed as quickly.”
Norris is in his fifth F1 season and is tied down to McLaren until the end of 2025, but that hasn’t stopped rival teams from168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: showing an interest.
But Brown is dete💙rmined to keep hold of the Briton and build McLaren around him, describing him as a “fra꧂nchise driver”.
“Lando's one of those guys if we put everyone in a dirt buggy and we put all the F1 drivers in a race, hꦿe'd be at the front beca🍃use he's got that kind of natural talent,” Brown said.
"He's a total star. And he's pushing us."
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