78 points behind Max
McLaren boss: Norris has “world champion potential”
McLaren believes its star driver Lando Norris has the potential to win the Formula 1 World Championship this year. On the sidelines of the first Grand Prix after the summer break in the Netherlands, the 24-year-old Englishman admitted that he had made too many mistakes in the first 14 races of the season and had therefore not driven at world championship level.
Norris is still 78 points behind world champion Max Verstappen in the drivers' standings.
"That's a statement in capital letters"
"He's quite self-critical. He tends to look at the half-empty part of the glass occasionally," replied McLaren team boss Andrea Stella.
Norris "definitely has the potential to be a world champion" and he delivers "performances at world champion level". "He can win world championships. That is a statement in capital letters," emphasized Stella.
The McLaren team boss assured that they will not give up in the hunt for Verstappen this season. "We are after Max Verstappen. We are delighted to be in this position," Stella continued. Red Bull driver Verstappen has won at his home race in Zandvoort for the past three years.
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