Lando Norris

“I've been away since I was pretty much eight, traveling to the car tracks, and then going to Europe and traveling more.”

“I can't remember what made my dad take us karting for the first time, I can't remember really. I was into motorsport by then and I knew everything, and every driver, it was around 2009, 2008. That's when I first properly knew about Formula One. Those were the days.”

“I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.”

“If McLaren give me a car, that's fine, but I don't tend to buy fancy stuff anyway or super-nice clothes.”

“It's what counts, isn't it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it's nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It's a much bigger problem.”

“I am absolutely my own biggest critic.”

“I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don't do a good job in qualifying or the race.”

“I do things I love doing. Sometimes that is maybe going out to have a drink with friends, going out partying or whatever.”

“There's definitely going to be things that I'm not very good at, things I can improve.”

“I am sure there's going to be times when I do things wrong that no one's going to like and everyone's going to think I'm terrible and rubbish but I know I'm going to go through those times, and it's just about understanding that that's going to happen.”

“Even though I had won in other categories, I didn't have any expectations when I came into F1. Qualifying fifth, finishing sixth? I didn't expect it.”

“My dad kind of liked racing and motorsports, but wasn't a big fan, it wasn't like he watched every race or whatever.”

“A team like McLaren doesn't want to keep changing drivers at a time when they're developing the car. They want consistency.”

“To be announced as a race driver for McLaren is a dream come true.”

“I don't think there's any point going for second or third.”

“You can only get to a certain point when you feel confident with the simulator and it always changes when you get to the track and you actually drive it for real for the first time.”

“I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn't quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.”

“I'm loving my role as a McLaren Young Driver, spending time in the simulator at the McLaren Technology Centre and attending some Grands Prix with the team.”

“It's rule number one, really - beating your teammate.”

“I will be unhappy if I know I have not accomplished something I should have done that was possible.”