Stella defends Norris: 'No need to adjust driving style'

Norris and Verstappen met several times on the track in 2024. In these, Verstappen regularly emerged victorious, although the Dutchman often had the inferior car. As a result, Norris is critical of himself. For instance, on the Thursday before the race weekend in Mexico, the Briton said that he does not consider himself good enough at wheel-to-wheel racing.

Stella: "Lando's glass is often half-empty"

Where Norris is critical of himself, Stella thinks there is nothing wrong with Norris' driving style. The Italian thinks his driver underestimates himself too much and also praises Norris' way driving. "I think Lando can look at his own racing often looking at the half-empty glass in relation to what he could do. But our conversations and our internal reviews have always been very clear. Lando, we like, we approve the way you go racing. It's not for you to go there and try to find justice yourself. You go racing in a fair, sportive way like you do. Then there needs to be a third party, that is the stewarding, that will say whether some manoeuvres are correct or not. Don't be desperate. You don't have to prove anything. You go racing fair and square. This is what we want from Lando. This is what Lando wants from himself," Stella said.

This article has been created in collaboration with Matt Gretton