[morini]

Agree Morini, top boy Lando, actions like this not only show the sort of young man he is but obviously also built comradery & loyalty, impressed with him.

There's a piece on skysports F1 website about it this morning - I won't link to it, but you won't have trouble finding it.

Quote from the article:

"It's something I've done a few times before," he said. "I guess I started doing it in 2018 when I first was with McLaren. When I was at some of the race tracks where I wasn't driving [in F2], I'd do FP1 in Japan or America, and I would be flying around with the mechanics and engineers.

"Then on Sunday night, normally when I was racing, I would be flying home. But last weekend and on other weekends the flight has always been the next day or on Tuesday, so there's no reason why I would go to hotel and watch Netflix when I could take an F1 car apart!

"It's something I guess I've always loved doing, a bit hands on, since I was very young. But the bonus is I can spend time with the mechanics, have laughs and we all get along so and it's just good fun.

"Especially this time. It was three very long weeks for them and it was just a better opportunity to go and help them."

Thing is, all those mechanics are now his mates and they will go the extra mile to make sure he is happy in the car. Worth having that sort of dynamic in your garage, I bet McLaren management are stoked with a young driver showing this sort of team spirit. Also very impressed he enjoys the technical / hands on side of things. We grew up in a generation where it was normal for young lads to be interested in tinkering with cars (partly borne out of necessity running £50 old sh*tters with no cash!), but a lot of that has gone now that cars have become more sophisticated and difficult to maintain at home. None of the lads I've met of my daughters generation even know what a spanner is, it is an interest which has been lost through the generations.

Lando is fast becoming my driver to watch.

[PapaofGags]

Agree Morini, top boy Lando, actions like this not only show the sort of young man he is but obviously also built comradery & loyalty, impressed with him.

Lando is fast becoming my driver to watch.

Yeah the lads very impressive in & out of the car, apart from his obvious talent he's impossible not to like, when Lewis retires we are very lucky to have Lando & George on the way up.

Looking forward to these two racing at home over the next two races, I've read the top 3 teams are having a look at both of them, though I'd rather McLaren & Williams pulled their socks up, starting to look like they are both improving.

Silverstone, bring it on.  

[PaddyB]

We grew up in a generation where it was normal for young lads to be interested in tinkering with cars (partly borne out of necessity running £50 old sh*tters with no cash!), but a lot of that has gone now that cars have become more sophisticated and difficult to maintain at home. None of the lads I've met of my daughters generation even know what a spanner is, it is an interest which has been lost through the generations.

Steady, you will be getting all nostalgic about swapping 1600 Cortina engines into Escorts next as a right of passage.

Agreed, McClaren have landed on their feet with Lando.

[morini]

Steady, you will be getting all nostalgic about swapping 1600 Cortina engines into Escorts next as a right of passage.

Ah, but I was never really a Ford guy. In fact, in 38 years of driving I haven't ever owned one (yet), though I have driven heaps of 'em. My first car was actually Italian (97% rust, but still Italian)

[PaddyB]

Steady, you will be getting all nostalgic about swapping 1600 Cortina engines into Escorts next as a right of passage.

Ah, but I was never really a Ford guy. In fact, in 38 years of driving I haven't ever owned one (yet), though I have driven heaps of 'em. My first car was actually Italian (97% rust, but still Italian)

You know the Morris Ital wasn't actually Italian? It was 97% rust though......

Sadly my first car was a (thankfully) very rare beast - a 2 door 1300 Ford Cortina (sh*t car but i had to learn quickly how to fix it).

[morini]

You know the Morris Ital wasn't actually Italian? It was 97% rust though......

Sadly my first car was a (thankfully) very rare beast - a 2 door 1300 Ford Cortina (sh*t car but i had to learn quickly how to fix it).

Nothing as reliable as easy, sensible and reliable as an Ital (marina?) I'm afraid. No, my first car of my own was a snot green Alfasud. It was a complete and utter shed, but I loved it anyway. It had a great boxer engine (though it spent more time on the drive than in the car). Towards the end you could almost see it dissolving before your eyes

I was always keen on tinkering with mechanical things, before I was old enough to drive I helped my uncle rebuild a fantastic little mini 850. He kept that car for a very long time and I borrowed it many times in my teens and early twenties. Amongst my fondest driving memories, it was like a go cart and incredible fun. I went on to buy a couple of mini's of my own a bit later, but they weren't anywhere near as sharp as that little thing.

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Sorry for polluting the Lando thread. I'll shut up now <nostalgic old fart>

[PapaofGags]

Amongst my fondest driving memories, it was like a go cart and incredible fun. I went on to buy a couple of mini's of my own a bit later, but they weren't anywhere near as sharp as that little thing.

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Sorry for polluting the Lando thread. I'll shut up now <nostalgic old fart>

Just to add one last bit of pollution, not like me to go off topic......  

A few of us had 1275 GT mini's as youngsters, absolutely loved them best handling go kart on the road, living in the countryside with lots of lanes the coppers didn't stand a chance, ok that's another story....  


https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/36306/...s-hamilton

Lando Norris: "The makings of an F1 superstar, the next Lewis Hamilton?"

Just how good could Lando Norris be? In conversation with former boss Trevor Carlin on spotting young talent and why Lando, the rising British star, is destined to be Lewis Hamilton's F1 successor.

"He's a lamb when he's out of the car, and he's a lion when he's in it."

"Lando is the obvious heir to Lewis' crown as the top British driver"

[PapaofGags]

Lando Norris will use a special Formula 1 helmet design created by a six-year-old girl for this weekend's British Grand Prix following a competition.

Norris held a special competition in the build-up to his home grand prix at Silverstone, inviting his fans to design his helmet for the weekend.

The winning entry came courtesy of six-year-old Eva Muttram, whose father submitted a hand-coloured design on her behalf that was picked by Norris for Silverstone.

[PapaofGags]

Norris arranges a special delivery for six-year-old helmet designer Eva.

Demonstrating how special the helmet is to him, Norris showed Eva the lid sitting in pride of place alongside his 2018 Valentino Rossi inspired helmet.

After Norris repeated his thanks, he instructed Eva to open the parcel in front of her.

Although predictable to anyone watching, the "Bell" parcel contained a second helmet, complete with Eva's design.

In a time when Formula 1 is embroiled in a political battle over the technicalities of the sport, the story of Norris' British Grand prix helmet has been a welcome 'nice' good news story for Formula 1.


Lando, starting to see this lad as a bit special in & out of the car.

[morini]

Lando has apparently apologised for comments made post portugal GP

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1321048243862687744

I didn't see the original comments so wondered what that was all about. Went digging and I don't think he had anything to apologise for really. What he said about Stroll was fair enough and what he said about Hamilton was simply an opinion. Made him come across as a bit disrespectful but it's a free world.

That's the trouble with the media / social media. Things get blown out of proportion.