Norris likes Riccardo’s ability to take a punch

Lando Norris this year, answering press questions about his new partner, talked about how Oscar Piastri differs from Daniel Riccardo, who failed to settle down in McLaren and had to part with this team.

However, Lando is still ready to admit that he tried to adopt some of the qualities of Daniel, because they help to cope with the difficulties that Formula 1 drivers have enough. It’s about psychological resilience, the ability to cope with all sorts of troubles and a positive attitude to work, and to life in general.

“Daniel has always been very good at either hiding his emotions or just dealing with difficulties,” Norris was quoted as saying by RacingNews365. “I really appreciated this quality of his. If I had been in the situation he was in in the past, I would not have been able to come across as a happy person. I like this ability of his, and now I try to act in a similar way when I encounter difficulties.

In Miami, Daniel and I talked, because we see each other in the paddock from time to time. I think it’s not easy for him now, because he still wants to race. I do not think that his desire to race has become less. I don’t think he has anything else to complain about. After all, this is what we have been doing since the age of seven or eight, and we don’t need anything else … “