Lando Norris Quotes

I've never been to a race car race before.

F1 is a very strong business and it's got enormous heritage.

First time I looked at a Formula One car in person, I just stared at the cockpit, figuring I'd never get in there. The drivers wear the whole car like a tight-fitting suit.

In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.

It is true - maybe with five or seven points more, I could be five times world champion. But on the other hand, I could have zero world championships, and zero wins or zero podiums, because F1 is an extremely competitive environment. So I just take the positives, and I am happy with my achievements.

It seems like F1 is kind of going down that route, opening it up more to the public and letting them know what is going on, what you do, instead of just driving and going home.

When I was 7-years-old I, discovered Go-Karts and started Karting, since then I thought to be an F1 driver, that was pretty much buried into my head.

In karting, in the European races, you have the cameras and the film crews and you do interviews. At around 13 I'd already started doing bit of media and it just increases more and more with every level you take, especially when you get into cars - and when you hit F1 it's an even higher step up. It's something you get used to over time.

Formula One was just cool. I loved racing, all types of racing, but from a young age, Formula One was the noise and everything, and that's what I was drawn to. I already knew when I was younger, the coolest guys are in F1... not that NASCAR drivers aren't cool, but that was always what I had in my head!

I think F1 have always had smaller teams and that's been fighting it out and being there and like you say, its been a perfect place for young drivers who come into F1 to gain experience.

Times change, things move. F1 used to have customer cars years ago. You could buy a car from March or from Ferrari and go racing.

Nobody wants to lose Ferrari. And I don't think Ferrari can afford to lose Formula One.

Everyone wants to see racing. This is what F1 is for and this is what it is.

We are not here for political reasons, we are here for sport, to fight for positions. That's the good thing about Formula One.

When you are a kid racing karts, you want to be an F1 driver.

F1 needs Ferrari much more than Ferrari needs F1.

I was carrying Jackie Stewart's bag! Formula One was pretty much the same back then.

I think about F1 all the time... it's just my passion.

I want to be part of that long list who have achieved great things with McLaren, won races and championships.

If I have luck and keep working and the puzzle comes together, maybe one day I will drive an F1 car.

I was always interested in maybe being in Formula E as I said many times when I was still racing in F1.

Formula One cars are very difficult to drive, and we need all of our skills.

It's true that Ferrari and Monaco are the two most important things to F1.

All of our fans are passionate and each driver that they want to cheer for is really respectful of all the other drivers - it's a really cool sport to be around.

I am focused on what I am doing. I am enjoying my time in Formula One; I am enjoying the experience.