At the time it looked like an unusually close and warm working partnership between Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz during their two seasons together at McLaren. However Norris admits that the Spaniard's departure from Woking has been a bit of a relief for him - and an opportunity to finally get to shine in his own right. Sainz was the undoubted senior partner when he arrived from Renault at the start of 2019 as part of an all-new driver line-up, with Norris very much the young and inexperienced rookie. Even so, Norris succeeded in staying in touch with Sainz throughout their time together, and suspects the Spaniard's ability cast a shade over what he himself was achieving during his first...
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