Lando Norris: “For me it is very important”

The English celebrated the pole position for the Monaco GP for getting rid of months of problems, especially in the classification.

After a brilliant start, with pole and triumph in Australia, Lando Norris entered a competitive and psychological maze that had him to mistreat since then. Only the power of his McLaren made it possible for the World Cup train to lead his partner Oscar Piastri with 13 points more than him. But the errors followed, especially in the classification, a key moment of each weekend that can deliver chances or mortgage them according to the result. Finally, in Monaco, eighth date, the British took out the thorn and won the classification to leave on tip this Sunday.

During the press conference he shows it satisfied, happy. Norris is a very demonstrative pilot, his face sells him. To know if he is happy, angry or frustrated, just see a photo of his face. In Monaco’s conference room he is cheerful. “There is a mix of things behind this pole. The car, Monaco, for being a very different route and a very different driving style as it is needed here. It is much more about risking and committing to maintain an absolute balance of the car. And also things I worked to improve. I repeat, not just to be in the pole. It is the first time from Australia that I managed to make a good Q3. Not that he is driving faster. I am driving better, more intelligently, ”he analyzed.

Making a pole in Monaco has a special value. But Lando needed this, regardless of the context of the circuit. “For me, even if it had been in another circuit, pole would have been the most important.