Unlike the most veteran pilots of the Formula 1 grill, a case of Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton, who are younger, they love the latest generation video games, those that during the time of forced enclosure that caused the COVID served the equipment to give visibility to their sponsors, even if it was virtually. One of the most lent to it was Lando Norris, who at that time had just debuted in the contest (2019), with only 20 years. Their duels with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc served for the most anxious fans to take off the bug, while the runners continued learning tricks, some of which they could apply later, when they went back to their cars, the really.
A five years after that, citizens and, by extension, also the runners, have had no choice but to normalize the virus and learn to live with it, but some of the habits of that period are maintained. While there are those who since then have not taken a command of a game console, others, such as Norris and Verstappen are still involved in video games. In fact, the virtual environment is the great asset of the structure of Woking So that the Somerset boy recovers his best version, after a period of gloom.
Norris ended last season as the only one capable of discussing Mad Max the fourth title that finally took the Dutchman. With a more sharp car than the Red Bull of half a calendar onwards, McLaren’s was only able to recover his colleague 18 points in 12 appointments, an insufficient figure if we take into account the 81 of advantage with which Verstappen had arrived in Ecuador. The very high self -critical sense of the boy led him to openly recognize his laziness, and to rearm with a view to 2025. This course, another step forward of the Papaya car has created a gap between his starting partner and the rest. However, for Norris that has simply made the problem change the headline: from Verstappen to Piastri, his neighbor in the McLaren workshop.
‘Pole’ de Verstappen
In the last four races, the Australian has cut 33 points to the extreme of snatching the leadership of the table. In this Sunday’s duel in Miami (22.00, Dazn), after a test to the Sprint full of events and that the rain turned into a carousel for the luck of Norris (the appearance of the security car three laps from the end gave him a lead of his equipment, a transcendental tool in the modern era, marked by restrictions at all levels, especially for those related to the tests and the use of the wind tunnel. Norris will form by his side, while Piastri will start further back.
The scenario seems the right one if it is remembered that this is where Norris premiered his triumph locker, exactly one year ago. Moreover, because between him (the second) and Piastri (fourth) will form Kimi Antonelli. Verstappen, always, will add a little more spicy to the matter when starting from pole, the third for him this exercise, the result of another magical return. Carlos Sainz will leave the sixth and Fernando Alonso will do it on the 17th.
“The truth is that I do not believe too much in that of the momentum. Obviously, I have made some mistakes, and I am not at the level that I would like. But I think I can be there soon, so there is no reason to worry,” the British is convenient, which was imposed in Australia, the test that opened the championship, for the three in which Piestri has been imposed (China, Bahrain and Arabia Saudí). “The last two weeks have been very productive. My work has focused on the simulator and understanding things that had happened. I do not hope that everything fits by magic, but I hope it helps,” Norris rifles.
