Lando Norris: “It was an incredible weekend, but there is a long season ahead”

Lando Norris He celebrated his triumph in the Australian Grand Prixthe first of the 2025 season of Formula 1culminating a “incredible” weekend after which he promised to “maintain the concentration” against a “long season” ahead.

“My weekend has been incredible from the beginning. It is not easy a weekend like this, especially with all the pressure that I have had by Max (Verstappen) and Oscar (Piastri), “said the English pilot in statements with the press.

After a chaotic race for the rain, which included six abandonments, Norris had words of praise for those two pilots, their main competitors on the asphalt in Melbourne: “They are hungry and are competitive, and have the same desire as me.”

About the pressure in the last turns by Verstappen, current worldwide tetrampone, Norris indicated that he focused on “driving”: “Max was going fast. I knew I was carrying a good rhythm but I made an error in curve 6 and he got into DRS zone, allowing him to stay less than a second of distance.”

“I had to look at the rearview mirror more times than I would have liked, but I kept calm.”said the first pilot to climb to the top of the podium this year. “It was stressful but I know what I can do and what I am capable of,” he said.

In any case, Norris is aware that “There is still a long season ahead,” so he stressed that “they have to maintain concentration and keep pressing.”

Melbourne’s appointment was the first of the World Formula 1 championship in 2025, and preceded the China Grand Prix, the first competition with the Sprint format of the year, which will be held between March 21 and 23 in Shanghai.