Lando Norris insists it’s impossible for him to copy the same path as Lewis Hamilton as McLaren were at different stages of dominance in F1 for both Brits.
Hamilton was winning races and challenging for a world title in his rookie season in F1 while Norris is still waiting for that first victory.
A lot of that has had to do with McLaren falling behind and Norris doesn’t like being compared to his compatriot.
He told Motorsport Week: “I’ve done five years already not being able to win a race because I’ve just not had the car to do so. Comparing to other people, you know, they’re in different situations – Lewis came into McLaren when they were winning races. So if anyone asks me, ‘are you trying to do what Lewis did?’ I’d go ‘no,’ because you can’t – it’s just not the same.
“I’m just trying to do my own stuff and maximise what I can do myself. When that time comes of ‘you’re now matching these guys’ or ‘you’ve got 30 wins,’ then I think that’s when I see it as a huge achievement to be alongside these people because I respect everyone that I race with, race against, and who has raced.”
