Lando Norris has been dedicating a significant amount of effort to enhance his performance in qualifying sessions for the upcoming 2024 season. In the previous year, Norris had an outstanding season in his F1 career, surpassing his previous accomplishments by earning more points than ever before. He achieved seven top-three finishes and secured sixth place in the championship. However, despite his success, Norris is not content with his qualifying performance.
Mistakes made during the qualifying rounds in Qatar, Brazil, and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tarnished Norris’ otherwise impressive 2023 season. He expressed his frustration at the number of errors he made on Saturdays. During the off-season, Norris made it his primary objective to recover and put in the hard work necessary to eliminate these mistakes.
Norris believes that qualifying effectively is more crucial than ever under the current regulations. To thrive in the upcoming season, he believes it is essential to learn from past mistakes, exert more effort, and strive for perfection. According to Norris, this is the sole way to achieve consistent results.
Norris predicts that in 2024, multiple teams will be closely matched, resulting in a smaller gap between cars on the grid. In the 2023 qualifying sessions, less than 0.5 seconds separated second place from twenty-first place. With the same rules in place for the third season, racing is expected to improve, and the competition between teams and drivers may become more intense.
Speaking about this, Norris stated that the regulations will become stricter, as is customary with any new rule. The gap between teams is likely to widen at the beginning of the season and then narrow as the season progresses. These rules will remain in effect for another year. Norris is confident that they will witness highly competitive racing in the coming years.
According to the source firstsportz.com