Johnny Herbert: Norris has absolutely the right attitude.

      Johnny Herbert believes that Lando Norris’s calm, relaxed mindset is helping him a lot in his fight with his teammate for the championship. And this is aided by the fact that the British McLaren driver, having won the Mexico Grand Prix, has moved into the lead of the drivers’ standings. Not so long ago, after retiring at Zandvoort due to a technical problem, Lando trailed Oscar Piastri by 34 points.

      But since then Norris has performed better than his teammate at every round this season, and Oscar had an extremely poor Azerbaijan Grand Prix: he committed a false start and then crashed on the very first lap of the race.

      “Strangely enough, in the Netherlands Lando was let down by the car. But after that difficult weekend he bounced back brilliantly,” the former Formula 1 driver said while taking part in the Stay on Track podcast. “I know that in Monza, because of the ‘papaya rules’, there was real upheaval, but it should be emphasized that Lando very confidently clawed back the deficit.

      And at the last round in Mexico he looked like a man with an absolutely right psychological setup. I’ve never seen him so calm and relaxed. I think that helps him a lot.”

      “But something else happened,” added Damon Hill, the 1996 world champion and another participant in The Race’s new podcast. “Either Lando turned to someone who helps him get in the right mindset, or he himself found some inspiration. He’s probably somehow come to terms with himself, because all these guys are on the verge of real fame.”