So the pressure is wiping out from within

Formula 1 is the top 20 drivers in the world. Business for which hundreds of millions of dollars are spent. The driver has to deliver the right results every race, because more and more are waiting for him. Pressure is a word that is reluctantly spoken of.

Łukasz Kuczera October 04, 2021, 4:17 PM

Press releases / McLaren / In the photo: Lando Norris

Recently there was a collision at the Italian GP Lewis Hamilton with Max Verstappen , reigning world champion Formula 1 stated that the Dutchman’s mistake was due to the pressure of the title fight. “Even if he doesn’t openly admit it, it was,” Hamilton told reporters.

His rival, as expected, laughed at the words of the British . – Yes. I’m so nervous about the title fight that I can’t sleep at night. This is awful. I hate this. Oh yes – said the driver Red Bull Racing , and then he would add quite seriously that he “has a relaxed approach to it all.”

Is this really true? Has Verstappen just put on the correct mask? F1 is a world with only 20 seats waiting. There are even fewer guarantees to fight for the leading positions. It is not football or basketball, where an athlete after a failed episode in one club can try his luck in another. In the queen of motorsport, if you don’t deliver the right results, you just fly out. There are others in the line.

“People don’t realize what the driver is going through”

There is something to say about the pressure and expectations in F1 Lando Norris . Just over a week, he achieved his first pole position in his career. He then headed long after his premiere race win, until there was heavy rain three laps before the end of the Russian GP. The McLaren driver did not time for intermediate tires. He dropped from first position to eighth. From the hero to zero in just a few minutes.

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It was Norris, speaking on Monday on iTV, who was the first to raise the issue of pressure in F1. – It seems to me that people watching races on TV do not realize what the driver is going through – admitted the 21-year-old directly. more series and movies that let you see behind the scenes. Thanks to them, you can see the pressure and stress we have to deal with. Especially at my age. I was 19 when I entered F1 and suddenly the whole world was looking at me. It had an impact on my psyche – added the Briton.

Norris was considered a great talent from the very beginning. Together with him from F2 to F1 hit George Russell and Alexander Albon . The first of them in the 2019 season had to deal with the fatal car of Williams , he finished the next races in the tails. Albon recorded a quick promotion to Red Bull Racing, only to lose his place in F1 after the 2020 season. His results were considered to be disappointing.

– There was a moment when I didn’t know what to do next. If something goes wrong, if I don’t go in the next session, if I don’t get the result right, what will happen to me? Will I still be in F1 next year? What should I do because I can’t do anything else in life? It was buzzing inside me, I was depressed. If I had a bad weekend, I immediately thought I was not good enough at F1, said Norris on iTV.

Psychologist key to success

Norris pointed out that social media is adding to the pressure in F1. The slightest mistake can grow into a gif, which then circulates around Twitter. It happens that some fans attack with direct entries. – It can all really hurt – the young driver revealed. Mind. There are specialists working for her who take care of the appropriate psychological comfort.

– I talk to people from McLaren and Mind. Thanks to them, I am now in a much better place than before. I am a much happier person. “I can be happy with what I do in F1,” said Norris.

It’s worth noting that the 21-year-old represents a mid-stakes team that has an occasional podium car. McLaren’s recent triumph at the Italian GP was more of an exception to the rule than a natural thing. If the team from Woking picks up the pace in the coming months, they become a contender for the title, Norris will face much more pressure.

– We won at Monza, recently I almost won in Russia. A lot of people suddenly expect amazing things from me. However, we need to limit these demands. We are still not at the Red Bull and Mercedes level. We still have a lot of work to do – said Norris.

However, in the world of F1 no one sees that the young Brit for 50 laps admired the pace in the Russian GP and was close to winning in Sochi. . The fans remember the last “circles” on which Norris danced on the water, until he finally fell off the track and lost the victory.

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