Former IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe noticed a clear shift in mentality from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris during the 2024 F1 season.

2024 proved to be a breakthrough year for Norris as he took four wins ꦑfor McLaren, guiding them to their first constructors’ title in over 25 years.

But 🍸despite achieving those milestones, it was arguably a missed opportunity for Norris in terms of the drivers’ championship.

While 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen won seven of the opening 10 races, Norris and McLaren were left to rue a number 🎃of errors, particularly with strategy, which allowed the Dutchman to remain well clear in the points standings.

Norris slowly closed in on Verstappen up until the Red Bull driver’s historic win from⛎ 17th on the grid at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, effectively ending the title race.

Throughout the ups and downs of the 2024 seꦑason, Norris was vocally critical of himself, but Hinchcliffe recognised a change in approach from the British driver in the closing part of the campaign.

“If you look at how Lando would talk about ‘Lando’ in the first half of the ꦬyear, versus how Lando would talk about ‘ꦛLando’ in the back half of the year, there's a very noticeable difference,” Hinchcliffe said on .

“Every athlete is very harꦕd on himself. Lando was publicly s💛o hard on himself, and in the second half of the year, you didn't hear that.

“Even when it wasn't a great day, he wasn't just ꦡshitting on himself anymore. And when Oscar gets taken out in turn one, and Leclerc goes from 19th to 8th in the first lap, and all of a sudden the construc🉐tors’ battle is, the race is on, Lando cannot make a single mistake. If he loses one place to Carlos, they lose the championship.”

Can Norris win the F1 title in 2025?

Norris will likely start the year as the favourite for the championship,෴ giಌven McLaren’s end-of-season form in 2024.

McLaren had the most consis♛tent car acไross a range of circuits.

Conversely, Red Bull and Ferrari varied depending on the track ch𝓡aracteristics, or in Mercedes’ case, climatic conditions.

Norris tied up some of his errors from 𝐆earlier in the year following the summer break, aside from a scrappy race in Brazil.

Under immense🥂 pressure in Abu Dhabi, Norris won from pole position ahead of✃ the two Ferraris.

Had Norris not won the race, then Ferrari would have been handed the constructors’ championship due to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri’s lowly position after his꧒ Lap 1 tangle with Verstappen.