Norris revisits his 2019 goal

Not too long ago, McLaren rookie Lando Norris had set a lofty goal of beating his teammate in each race this season. But the British rookie seems to have realised his overenthusiasm and set his expectations at a lower level.

In December, answering questions on his goals for the 2019 season, Norris said he wants to beat Carlos Sainz in every grand prix and every practice session. He even admitted the goal is “unrealistic”.

But just a month later, Norris acknowledged that beating his highly rated teammate is unlikely to happen in the upcoming season. He will still try to learn as much as possible from the Spaniard.

“I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1,” Norris said.

“I guess for every driver the aim is to beat their teammate. In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I’d be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race.

“That’s very unlikely to happen, I’m not going to be in that situation. There’s things I’m going to need to learn from Carlos [Sainz] and different drivers and improve as a driver.

“There’s definitely going to be things that I’m not very good at, things I can improve.”

So the rookie has decided to be more realistic in his plans for the new season. But his goal of reaching for the stars in the future remains intact.

“Of course I want to be able to beat him in some races but it’s very unlikely someone will thrash their teammate every race,” added the McLaren apprentice.

“It’s my learning year, the first year of hopefully many. I want to do well but I need to learn and make progress to become a better driver.

“In the ideal world I will be able to do well and beat everyone in every race but that’s just a vision.”

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