{"id":111467,"date":"2025-09-03T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/111467\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:26:08","slug":"i-want-to-win-my-own-way-not-copy-max-verstappens-f-you-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/111467\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I want to win my own way\u2019, not copy Max Verstappen\u2019s \u201cf*** you attitude\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

McLaren<\/a> Formula 1 driver Lando Norris<\/a> has opened up about wanting to do things his own way, despite sometimes wishing he were as uncompromising as Max Verstappen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Norris is competing in his seventh F1 season and has emerged as one of the world championship\u2019s first drivers to pour their hearts out when it comes to mental health<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having managed the pressure factor better as he gained experience, the Briton still rarely displays an expansive personality in the paddock and can be less assertive than a ruthless Verstappen \u2013 on and off the track.<\/p>\n

Asked by David Coulthard<\/a> for Dutch F1 broadcaster Viaplay, in an interview that was broadcast right before the Zandvoort race<\/a>, how he remained so \u2018open, analytical and sharing\u2019, Norris remarked: \u201cEveryone is different, and it’s not like my way is definitely right.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI admire characteristics and mentalities of other drivers such as Max, where it really is that kind of \u2018f*** you\u2019 attitude. Sometimes I’m like, \u2018I wish I was more like that, I really do\u2019. But it’s just the difference of people, and Max probably contrasts with me the most in some ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd some days I know what I have, it can be weaker and it can be taken advantage of \u2013 but only if I really give in to you or media or anyone questioning a lot and saying it is a weakness because Lewis wasn’t like that, Max, a four-time world champion, is not like that; these guys weren’t like that, Senna, Prost, whoever you want to say.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I guess what I’ll be most proud of is if I can do it, and just do it my way. I can set \u2013 not a new standard, but a new way of, \u2018you don’t need to be a dickhead, you don’t need to have that kind of attitude\u2019. I want to do it my way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norris: \u2018Oscar makes me look like I’m emotional\u2019
\n \"Lando <\/p>\n

Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren<\/p>\n

Photo by: Alastair Staley \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

There has also been contrast between Norris and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri<\/a> as they duel for the world title. The 24-year-old Australian looks unfazed in all circumstances, which tends to give him an edge in high-pressure situations, while his elder sees experience as the one way to make a difference in their battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs much as I always hated using experience as an excuse or reasoning for things, you end up going, \u2018yeah, well, I just learned about this because of experience\u2019,\u201d Norris admitted. \u201cAnd that is my advantage over Oscar.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he certainly doesn’t lack in speed, talent, ability in any sense of the word. So, I know what I’m going up against. I’m going up against a guy who is the same speed as me and just as good as me. He’s incredibly calm.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s cool. I feel like I am, but he makes me look like I’m emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norris eventually suffered a costly mechanical retirement<\/a> in the Dutch Grand Prix, with his deficit to championship leader Piastri skyrocketing to 34 points<\/a>. This may however have a silver lining, as his newfound dark-horse status is set to free him from much of the pressure stemming from the title race.<\/p>\n

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Additional reporting by Laurens Stade<\/p>\n

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