Considering why McLaren F1 Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo struggle with MCL36[F1-Gate .com]

Lando Norris believes that McLaren F1 teammate Daniel Ricciardo’s struggle may be due to different driving styles that prefer different machine characteristics.

So far in the 2022 season, Lando Norris has outperformed McLaren F1 teammates, and Daniel Ricciardo has a hard time understanding the MCL36.

Daniel Ricciardo’s future at the McLaren F1 is in the limelight as a result of this year’s lack of form, but he has fulfilled his contract by 2023 and has expressed his commitment to racing at McLaren.

Lando Norris was able to run the MCL36 faster than Daniel Ricciardo, but admitted that his garage also took a considerable amount of time to adapt, how the two drivers were in terms of driving style. Explained whether it is different.

“Early in the season, I probably had a harder time with my driving style than Daniel had a hard time with the first few tests. I feel like I had to adapt a lot,” Lando said. Norris told Formula1.com.

“Some of my feelings haven’t been translated into his feelings, and the way I drive the car is a bit different. I don’t really care about the instability of the car and I want a car that can push the front more. I like it. He prefers a car that is a little more stable and a little more understeer. “

Lando Norris acknowledged that this year’s McLaren MCL36 is a difficult car to master and needs adaptation from a driving perspective to maximize the car’s potential.

“We find our car difficult to drive,” says Lando Norris.

“As even Carlos (Sainz Jr.) said, the characteristics of our cars over the last few years have been very special and unique, and some of the dry big styles we need are like learning and growing. You have to adapt quite a bit. “

“Especially this year the car was so different, the features of last year were gone and we had to incorporate other features, so we had to change our driving style. At the same time, I had to adapt to it. McLaren 4 Just because I’ve been enrolled for a year doesn’t mean I know this car to the back. “