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This is why Norris thinks Monaco isn't the biggest race of the year
Monaco has always been one of the 'Crown Jewels" of Formula One, as Lewis Hamilton described it. Despite it still forming one-third of the Motorsport triple crown - along with the Indy500 and the 24 hours of Le Man - Lando Norris says to GPblog and others, that it is no longer the biggest race of the reason.
"It's definitely one of the ones you want to win, 100%," Norris said although he did admit he would rather win a different race if he had the choice.
"It has never been the most exciting race and it's not a great Sunday, so therefore I wouldn't put it as the biggest race of the year."
Where is Lando's focus?
"It's definitely the biggest qualifying," Norris admitted: "We were the quickest ones here in the wet last year, whether that's going to stay the same or not. Many people have improved in things and a lot of that is just down to driver confidence. We had a car that gave us good confidence. We could push on, we could get tyres, temperature, that kind of thing. If it stays rainy and wet, anything can happen. Anything.
"You can easily have a surprise pole from a team you kind of least expect, but it's the one place where you want a pole more than anywhere else to set up for the Sunday, of course. That's where most focus is."
Norris went further, saying it is more important to put together a lap around Monaco than to have the quickest car.
"At the end of the day, I think by the time you get to Q3, it shifts definitely more just towards risk and who can put together the best lap. And that's really such a big challenge in a place like this. When you see the pole laps from the previous years, it's not because the car has been way quicker, someone's been on pole, it's because they've been closer to every wall and they've just got to power one metre earlier.
"It's more about your commitment, confidence in the car and that kind of thing, rather than saying, you just missed the peak of the tyres."
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15 June 2024
