Jordan lambasts Norris for his performances with 'dicked around' approach
Eddie Jordan has lambasted Lando Norris for his performances during the 2024 Formula 1 season. The former F1 team boss believes the McLaren driver should've won more races than he has and hopes he looks at himself in the mirror during the winter break. Jordan isn't confident Norris will be able to challenge Max Verstappen in the future either, as he claims he "hasn't got it".
Since his victory at the Miami Grand Prix, Norris has had a slim chance of fighting Max Verstappen for the 2024 Formula 1 championship. He slowly started to cut into his lead until Verstappen significantly opened it again in Brazil. The gap now stands at 62 points, with three Grands Prix and one sprint remaining. The 24-year-old still has a mathematical chance of winning, but it seems highly unlikely. Verstappen only has to finish ahead of the Brit in Las Vegas to become Formula 1 world champion for the fourth time.
Is Lando Norris good enough to be a Formula 1 World Champion?
David Coulthard and Jordan discussed Norris' form on their Formula For Success Podcast. Former F1 driver Coulthard defended Norris and expected him to learn from his experiences and improve. But Jordan isn't convinced.
"I'm sorry, I have to call you to some form of order there. Lando hasn't quite got there yet. He hasn't got there on the start. He hasn't got there on the pole position run to the corner. He has the speed beyond doubt. But there's nothing in me that tells me that I've seen in Lando something that I saw what Max could do on Sunday. Nothing. Nothing. I'm sorry it's just not there," Jordan said before giving him some advice for the upcoming winter break.
"Lando has to look at himself long and hard this winter in the mirror and say to himself if I'm going to be a great world champion, I have a lot to learn here. I need to start replaying those videos about what it really is like to be hard, tough and victorious. I'm sorry, at this moment in time, he hasn't got it. It's a fact. He hasn't translated those into race wins. He dicked around on the podium. He's dicked around on the start line. Honestly, how many races should he have won this year?," Jordan asked Coulthard.
The former Red Bull driver admitted Norris should've picked up more wins. Norris has a total of three wins during the 2024 Formula 1 season compared to Verstappen's eight. Verstappen ended his winless GP run in Brazil, which dated back to the Spanish Grand Prix in June.
Is Eddie pissed because Lando isn't doing better against Max or because he doesn't want him to and wants to be another one to put a knife in. There's maybe 2 or 3 drivers on the grid that can do a wet race like Max and they have done in the past. It's a lottery and it's unfair to compare that. Lando isn't known for wet weather drives. So yes, he needs to improve there. But we have seen Lando pass Max and gap him and win the race by over 20s also. Maybe Lando's weakness is he plays clean and by the rules. He certainly needs to be more aggressive regardless. But meh, this is just another article from another mouth to stir the pot.
Everyone should stop criticizing. This year Lando won for the first time and got a car to fight for the championship. He lacks that experience, giving his best performance under pressure, when he has to. That's why it's not strange to me that he fails in these kinds of races. For real, we will see him next year, he has to prove himself there.
Dont think next year lando be in a wdc fight with max .lando be fighting oscar next year.all the hlep oscar gave lando this year.
I believe that McL will have a fast car next year and be able to fight for the championship. I agree that Oscar will be a much more serious opponent next year.
Mclaren may have fast car next year and so will some other teams .we so both agree that oscar will be much serious opponent .and when you hear oscar on his team radio with hi race enginer they both seem very level headed .but when lando and his race enginer on raido they seem to be more complicted
"all the hlep oscar gave lando this year." All the help? Lando has only been fighting in a decent car since Miami. Max too 7 dominant wins in 10 races with a car that, at the time, could barely be caught. Lando gave up a win for Oscar too, remember that? Lando will be there if McLaren give him the car. And 2024 will hopefully focus him more and I want to see him lose the Mr Nice Guy routine. Don't be too sure that even Max will be in the fight next year if McLaren, Ferrari and even Mercedes get their act together. It's going to take 1 team to be ahead of the others to win, because sharing race wins with other teams isn't going to be enough. And yes, McLaren have 2 competitive drivers, as will Ferrari. Red Bull has one and focusses only on that one.
Lando only really started fighting for the title since Miami. Max was doing it from race 1. So if Lando had that McLaren from race 1 with Red Bull having the car they have now from race 1, I wonder how the picture would look then. Maybe next year we get to find out. But still we will have that problem of McLaren splitting points between 2 drivers, whilst Red Bull will not be doing that.
If Lando had a car from the start, he would certainly have looked better and the points difference would have been smaller, but I believe he would not have won again. For him, I don't think he would do that, but let's say Lewis had that situation, I believe he would. That's the difference, Lando doesn't have that experience of fighting for the championship. This is his first year at the highest level, when you are constantly in the foreground, when expectations are huge. When you have to be practically faultless, from race to race. When you are always in the foreground, all the media and experts dissect your every move or word. That's why I say, this year he gained experience, and next year I expect to see his true face.
Well you can have your beliefs and I will have mine. But if that McLaren had the edge it has had (in the dry) over the RB and McLaren put Norris first as RB do with Max, then Max has the uphill battle. Lando is no Max and no Lewis, agreed. But he has the natural speed to beat Max and a car where he can exercise that talent. Speed isn't enough sure, but having the best car can be. Max showed that in 2022 and 2023. It would have been tough for Lando, sure. But I wouldn't rule him out. If this situation occurs in 2025 where McLaren clearly bring the best car to the table, we will see. Lando needs to toughen up and fast. I think if he had this car from the start, he would have learned that by now. His biggest limiting factor would have been his team bosses who took too long to recognise that they needed to favour Lando. Look at what they did in Hungary for example. Might not have made a difference now, but still - wrong choice. And then the stupid pit call in Brazil.
I agree with everything. Lando and McL are new to it (McL more recently of course), and both have made mistakes. Lando has natural talent, but he needs to show it under pressure, drive to the limit every race, and I don't think he has that yet. That's why I say, with the experience of this year, we'll see what they show next year.
Usually I think that good drivers can get the most out of the best car under good conditions. A great driver on the other hand, get the best out a car that isn't the best under most conditions. Now I'm a bit in conflict with the above because I don't think NOR is a bad driver, by any means. But he managed to not get the most out of the best car under good conditions. The issue with NOR in my opinion is that he isn't as Lauda would have called it, a "bastard". He's such a nice guy, perhaps too nice for F1 standards. But I'm in line with Coulthard. I still believe NOR can improve in this regard.
IMO Lando isn't an elite driver, never has been. He is good, but not elite.
I never said he was elite Mike, I even said the opposite ? I simply said that under my usual standards NOR should be classified as a bad driver, which clearly isn't the case, hence the reason why I'm in conflict with these standards.
I was just giving my opinion on Lando. It wasn't so much to rebuke your opinion on Lando.
But you replied to my comment, meaning that it was related to what I wrote ?
Lando thinks he is a elite driver but when he on a race track he not .at the weekend he looked like a rookie
Does he? When did he say that? You pick out one weekend. OK I'll pick out Singapore 2023. Max knocked out of Q3 by a stand-in rookie. Now what? I know you are not criticising Lando as if he's the next target after Lewis, but you really should try to not misrepresent things. Lando has put in some great drives against Max and beaten him, this season. It won't be the last time that happens. Max showed us how beatable he was by losing 10 races in a row, when the car wasn't able to dominate and Max wasn't able to make the difference and win - until it rained and we had red flags and a safety car. Even then he shared the podium with 2 Alpines. Stop digging into Norris with every post.
I think the same of Max (and yes I have legit reasons for it without invoking feelings).
Well lando had the best car for some time but the problame is lando and the pit wall and lando has not got that racing killer mentality
Yet another dig at Lando. Is this going to be your thing from now on?
Yet another pointless trolling from a pointless troll. Max and his team had to cheat to beat Lewis. Don't forget that. Supermax is a size of tampon by the way. Quite fitting (pun intended).
Another one that has to bring Lewis into every article, Funny how "Super Max" was only super when he had a super car..... Yeah he had a superb drive in Brazil but where's he been before that? Just like everyone else you need a good car to compete.
Max had the quicker car at the start of the season even Newey said so, remember the rules were tweaked to favour high rake cars, basicslly everyone but Merc and Aston. But Merc used Bottas to test the engines capacity so were able to run it harder in the last few races. Let's not even mention what Masi did.
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