Lando Norris was never intimidated by the jump to Formula 1 with McLaren

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17:33, 26 Aug 2019

Lando Norris has insisted he was never really initimidated by making the jump up from Formula 2 to Formula 1 with McLaren.

Charles Leclerc recently stated that he was quite intimidated by the jump from Sauber to Ferrari at the start of this season, but when asked about similar feelings to the Monegasque driver, the young British driver couldn't relate.

"Not so much (intimidation)," Norris said in an interview with GrandPrix247.com. "I had been with them (McLaren) for two-and-a-half years almost so I felt more at ease with that kind of thing.

"When I first joined, it's a big place with so many people, a lot of history, you kind of feel a bit intimidated but because I did some FP1s, because I did testing, I was at a lot of the race-weekends last year either doing F2, or when I wasn't I was still doing FP1, or if I wasn't doing either of them, I was still there just to watch and be in the engineering breifings and be there with the team.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	292
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	211
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	191
4	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	186
5	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	167
6	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	145
7	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	120
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	71
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	59
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	31
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	27
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	7
16	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
18	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
19	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	3
20	Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda	Racing BullsRCB	1
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
23	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0

Lando Norris was never intimidated by the jump to Formula 1 with McLaren

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