Gil de Ferran believes Lando Norris 'didn't put a foot wrong the whole weekend'

Gil de Ferran has praised Lando Norris' performance at the Australian Grand Prix last weekend. Norris finished 12th in his first race for McLaren but drove well and impressed his team. It seems likely that he will be able to consistently finish in the points this season.  

Norris' team-mate, Carlos Sainz, did not have as much of a positive weekend. His Renault engine blew up forcing the Spaniard to retire from the race. McLaren will hope that these reliability issues are fixed soon else it will impact their chances of scoring points consistently. 

Gil de Ferran was happy with Norris and said that "he did a great job overall," to Motorsport.com. "He really didn't put a foot wrong the whole weekend.

“A lot of control and discipline, he peaked when he had to pace-wise in qualifying, and in the race, we were just unfortunate with the Giovinazzi train.

"Other than that I think he managed himself really well and frankly drove like a veteran in many ways.

“He had both to attack and defend during the race, had to manage his pace and the tyres and I think he did that very well."

"It was a good performance and it was a shame that he didn’t come home with a few points, which was entirely in the realms of possibility had the race gone a bit differently.”

McLaren will be happy that their young driver seems to have lived up to the hype and pressure of Formula 1.