The great F1 potential of Lando Norris has been apparent right from the start. The peaks were quite special even if in his first two seasons he didn't manage to hook them all together seamlessly. This is just a normal rookie pattern but it was spot-lit in Lando's case by him arriving with a fairly good car in a high-profile team and with a very sharp and experienced team-mate in Carlos Sainz to be measured against. There wasn't anywhere to hide - and that spotlight sometimes exposed his inexperience. Compare that to George Russell or Charles Leclerc, two of the other outstanding young talents to reach F1 in the last three years. Both arrived in uncompetitive machinery - particularly Russell...
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