D'ici à quelques semaines, mois ou années, Lando Norris devra faire un choix : continuer de croire dans le projet McLaren, qui pour l'instant déçoit tout le monde, ou s'orienter vers de nouvelles aventures.
Red Bull a déjà fait part de son intérêt pour le pilote britannique a maintes reprises, mais Audi/Sauber pourrait également le convaincre de rejoindre leurs rangs.
Que doit faire Lando Norris ? Quelles sont les propositions qui s'offrent à lui aujourd'hui ? C'est le sujet de cette vidéo.
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00:00 Intro
01:56 McLaren : y croire ou partir ?
06:14 Les 3 autres écuries qui s'intéressent à lui
10:22 Outro
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Red Bull a déjà fait part de son intérêt pour le pilote britannique a maintes reprises, mais Audi/Sauber pourrait également le convaincre de rejoindre leurs rangs.
Que doit faire Lando Norris ? Quelles sont les propositions qui s'offrent à lui aujourd'hui ? C'est le sujet de cette vidéo.
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Musique d'outro - Collosia Music
Chapitres :
00:00 Intro
01:56 McLaren : y croire ou partir ?
06:14 Les 3 autres écuries qui s'intéressent à lui
10:22 Outro
#F1 #McLarenF1 #LandoNorris
Si tu vois cette description, écrit "Zak Brown" en commentaire.
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00:00 Remember the 28th of September 2021.
00:02 At the time, everything was different.
00:04 This chain had exactly 15 days, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were fighting for the title without a break,
00:09 and in the middle of this exciting battle, an unexpected actor was about to win his first F1 victory.
00:14 I'm of course referring to the Russian Grand Prix, where Landon Norris had to win it after having made an excellent race.
00:19 But uncertain weather conditions combined with a bad tire choice put him in a very disappointing 7th place.
00:25 Well, that's the past, and I'm sure it's been moved on.
00:29 If we look at Norris' F1 career as a whole, we can only see a constant progression.
00:34 Timid beginnings in 2019 alongside Carlos Sainz, a progressive infirmation as team leader against Daniel Ricciardo,
00:40 and even a big fight against this same teammate in 2022.
00:43 This season, Norris continues on his momentum, of course, but he's facing a weight problem.
00:47 His single-seater is not at the level of his ambitions.
00:50 From the start of the season, Zach Brown and Andrea Stella, the two big bosses of McLaren,
00:53 announced that the MCL60 would not be competitive enough to dream of anything other than the middle of the table.
00:59 For two seasons, the legendary Rekkurid Walking has been on a downward slope.
01:03 Despite a few good promises and more and more partnerships with huge groups like Google, Unilever or Coca-Cola,
01:08 the situation on the track remains more than worrying.
01:11 McLaren is in 6th place in the constructors' rankings with 17 points,
01:14 and again, I think it's well paid since they scored 12 points in the Australian Grand Prix, in a favorable context.
01:20 The reality is that Norris and his team are between the 6th and 9th strength of the circuit.
01:25 In this context, the Norris walking has to ask a lot of questions.
01:28 On one hand, the MCL60 has grown and recruits very interesting profiles,
01:32 for example one of the chief engineers of Red Bull, Rob Marshall.
01:34 But the years go by, and the British driver sees some of his colleagues fighting for the podium every weekend,
01:39 while he's in the middle of the table.
01:41 While he is under contract until 2025, what should the Norris walking do?
01:44 Stay in his MCL60 forever, try something new,
01:47 or answer to the sirens of the biggest teams of the championship like Red Bull?
01:51 That's what we're going to analyze in this video, let's go.
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01:56 Let's make a little point of context first.
01:58 The Norris walking signed an extension of his contract until 2025.
02:02 Zac Brown tells us that he does not have a release date,
02:05 so if everything goes well for them, we should continue to see him dressed in his beautiful orange suit for 2 and a half years, at least.
02:10 Well, you know, contracts are not always respected.
02:13 For example, Alpine tore off Pierre Gasly's last year at Alphatorin to sign at their home.
02:17 It is always possible to find a deal, with a medium salary of course.
02:21 Norris is experiencing his 5th season at McLaren this year,
02:24 and they built a beautiful image there.
02:25 A pole position, 6 podiums, and above all a subjective status of best driver in the middle of the table last year.
02:31 Subjective yes, because it's unique to everyone,
02:33 but it is clear that he is having a very impressive season from an individual point of view in 2022.
02:36 But unlike his friends Carl Sainz and George Russell,
02:39 he did not sign in a scull capable of passing him a cap.
02:42 This is both due to a lack of opportunities, but essentially to his own desire to stay with McLaren.
02:47 His dream is to become world champion with them, and it is also the ambition of his entire team.
02:52 But unfortunately, today, McLaren is very far from that.
02:55 Zach Brown recently stated that he wants to develop a car capable of winning the title within 2 seasons,
03:00 either the year where Norris will be at the end of his contract.
03:02 Let's say it, it's hard to believe today.
03:04 But is it still true that the Milan d'Ovo will end up with 2 possibilities in a more or less close future?
03:08 Stay at McLaren, or find another project?
03:11 First, the simplest option would be to stay at McLaren.
03:15 After all, it's his home.
03:16 He knows the team from A to Z, he is almost certain to remain the team leader,
03:20 unless the car explodes again of course, but it's his little comfort zone.
03:23 Given what he has done in recent seasons, he has earned the respect of all the team members.
03:27 They know what he is capable of, and the development of the car will undoubtedly be aimed at his demands.
03:32 I say it often, but in my opinion it is something extraordinary to have a statue like this in any scull.
03:38 It is a luxury that he will not find anywhere else in a scull of other paintings.
03:41 In fact, it seems to me that Norris feels comfortable where he is today.
03:44 He has regularly stated that he trusts them, that he does not imagine elsewhere for the moment,
03:48 but there is what he says, and there is the reality of the track.
03:50 Let's be clear, McLaren is making a lot of effort to become a scull of other paintings.
03:55 Their recruitment is rather good, I was talking about Rob Marshall earlier,
03:58 but there is also David Sanchez, former head of the Ferrari's aero, and many others.
04:02 In addition to that, they recently opened a whole new scull that should help them in their development.
04:06 Except that besides that, McLaren has many flaws.
04:09 First, it is a very unstable scull from a structural point of view.
04:11 Before his departure for Sauber, Andreas Seidel explained that the scull was cruelly lacking personnel
04:16 and that they absolutely had to recruit to hope to take a step forward.
04:19 Apparently, Zac Brown heard his request,
04:21 since they launched a rather aggressive recruitment campaign to try to get closer to the top of the table.
04:25 I want to say that it is a shame that they did not do it before.
04:28 There, basically, they lost a year, and I have the feeling that they understand their monoplace even less than last year.
04:32 Another element that does not go in their favor, their speech.
04:35 During the presentation of the monoplace in February, Zac Brown and Andreas Seidel openly admitted
04:40 that the team would start the season late compared to the others.
04:42 That is to say that they missed their development during the winter,
04:44 and they were supposed to regain performance from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
04:48 There was some improvement in Baku, it's true, but since then, it's not extraordinary.
04:52 But that's not the most important thing.
04:53 To go back to the speech, how can you trust a boss who tells you from the start that the car is totally bad?
04:59 It's very good to be honest, but still.
05:01 It's hard to believe in the ambitions of a team that completely denies its concept even before the winter tests start.
05:07 Today, the monoplace is more of a satisfaction in terms of qualifications.
05:10 Norris qualified P3 in Barcelona, which is remarkable.
05:13 But for the rest, Andreas Tella tells us that it is especially strong on the fastest circuits of the calendar.
05:18 I sincerely ask to see that.
05:20 But his statements make me think that there is a real problem in their understanding of their car and good improvements to be made.
05:25 We'll see if my feelings are confirmed this weekend in Montreal,
05:28 since McLaren should bring significant aerodynamic improvements.
05:31 Even if, to be honest, I'm not sure this is the best place to test all this, given the weather forecast for the weekend,
05:35 and that the MCL60 is in total trouble on the tracks at fairly low temperatures, with little grip.
05:40 For Lando Norris, I think this season 2023 is a kind of answer to his team's doubts.
05:45 Normally, they should have been able to develop a monoplace stronger than that,
05:48 they are supposed to master the rules well, they had a correct base on which to develop.
05:52 But no, they didn't succeed, and that goes without saying about the current state of the team.
05:56 Alpine, for example, didn't regress compared to last year,
05:58 and on Aston Martin's side, we perfectly understood what had to be done to fight at the highest level.
06:03 Seeing the success of Fernando Alonso, Lando Norris is certainly in doubt.
06:07 He said it himself, his patience has limits,
06:09 and I really think he could be interested in another project next year, if the opportunity arises, of course.
06:14 I identified three possibilities for Norris, and the first one may surprise you.
06:18 What if Christian Arnur wanted to form a Verstappen-Norris duo?
06:21 So let's be clear, for the moment, I think they are satisfied with having a number 2 driver like Sergio Perez,
06:26 who is under contract until next year.
06:28 But the conversations between Norris and Red Bull are real.
06:30 Christian Arnur admitted it at least once,
06:32 he tried every year to get him signed at Red Bull to accompany Verstappen.
06:36 Except that Norris preferred the McLaren option at the beginning of 2022,
06:39 and that the discussions didn't go any further.
06:41 In my opinion, the way Red Bull is working right now is the right one.
06:43 Sergio Perez gives more or less satisfaction,
06:46 even if he makes mistakes sometimes that strongly irritate his management.
06:49 Despite everything, he is solid when it is necessary,
06:51 and he wins victories if Verstappen has a less good shot.
06:53 So I imagine him staying at Red Bull next year.
06:56 After, if the competition intensifies,
06:58 and Mercedes for example is dangerously close to Red Bull,
07:00 won't they need a driver who offers more guarantees than Perez?
07:04 I don't know if Norris is better than him,
07:05 but what is certain is that Christian Arnur and Helmut Markkuh appreciate him a lot.
07:09 If something happens to Perez, his name will definitely be associated with Red Bull.
07:13 Red Bull would also have the option of Yugi Tsunoda.
07:15 He's been doing a good job since the beginning of the year,
07:17 and if he continues on this path, he will also be brought to the center of the discussions.
07:21 But Helmut Markkuh sees him rather continue with Alfa Tauro for an additional season.
07:24 And on top of that, there is the Honda and Aston Martin option for him.
07:27 I talked about it in my video on the subject.
07:29 The fact that Honda and Aston Martin are allied
07:31 necessarily places Tsunoda in a favorable position to sign with them in a few years.
07:34 It will all depend on what Alonso does, and on the level of Lenz Roll of course,
07:37 but it's not something impossible.
07:39 For Norris, the Red Bull option is real,
07:41 but I imagine it will be more from 2025 to 2026 than next year.
07:45 Second possibility for him, Aston Martin.
07:48 And yes, when Fernando Alonso retires,
07:50 the Ecurist Roll will have to find a pilot capable of replacing him.
07:53 Obviously, it won't be this year or next year,
07:55 so they are more focused on the long term.
07:58 So I told you right away that Tsunoda could hold the rope to replace Alonso.
08:01 Yes, but I have more confidence in the potential of Norris than in Tsunoda's, to be honest.
08:06 He seems to me like a more solid pilot, who offers more guarantees.
08:09 On top of that, he's British, in a British team, so it can play in his favor.
08:13 Honda would like to see a Japanese pilot at their home, but they don't necessarily have their say.
08:16 The one who will decide is Lorenz Roll.
08:19 For Norris, it would obviously be a good transfer, but it remains very hypothetical.
08:23 It will all depend on Alonso's will, so I won't dwell on it.
08:26 However, the last option, much more realistic, is Sauber.
08:30 You know that Audi will take the reins of the team very soon,
08:32 and that the other pilot's audio is rather threatened.
08:34 Joe and Bottas are both at the end of the season,
08:36 even if the friend Valterre has a year off depending on his performances.
08:40 I think neither of them is sure to stay in F1 next year,
08:43 because Audi has very big ambitions.
08:45 On the one hand, you have Bottas, who is an old man,
08:47 who wants to stay in F1, but who will eventually end up at the end of the cycle at some point.
08:50 For now, I find this season rather average,
08:52 except for Bahrein at the beginning of the year, perhaps.
08:54 But in my eyes, he hasn't yet proven that he deserves his extension.
08:57 As for Gwynn Udgeo, he's a good pilot,
08:59 but if you can replace him with Lando Norris, I think you win the trade.
09:03 After all, he is a big financial contribution as a Chinese pilot,
09:06 but does Audi really need that?
09:08 I think it's the most credible option for Norris,
09:11 especially since Sauber's boss is none other than Andreas Seidel,
09:13 and we know that he is a very, very big fan of Lando.
09:16 If he has the opportunity to sign him, I'm convinced he will.
09:20 One last bonus option,
09:21 Mercedes could also be interested when Lewis Hamilton retires.
09:25 As I record myself, there are rumors of an extension for him,
09:27 so I prefer to wait for the officialization before commenting on that.
09:31 Norris is therefore in a complicated situation today.
09:34 He is the boss of an ambitious team,
09:36 in the midst of restructuring, but with a calamitous result.
09:39 Personally, I like it when pilots show loyalty to their team,
09:42 a bit like Hamilton at Mercedes.
09:44 But of course, it's easier to do when you have a car capable of winning titles.
09:48 In the end, I'd like to see Norris win races with McLaren,
09:51 and become one of the legendary racers.
09:53 But on the other hand, I think he's a very strong pilot,
09:55 and it's frustrating to see him content with just a few P11s or P10s every weekend.
09:59 I know he benefits from a less important media coverage in the French-speaking country,
10:03 and maybe I have a picture of him a bit too beautiful, I don't know,
10:06 but I really think he would have his place in a high-profile race.
10:09 The career of an F1 driver is sometimes played down to the smallest detail,
10:11 and I wish Norris the best decision for his future,
10:14 to give himself a chance to play with the best pilots of the grid one day.
10:17 Nothing is in a hurry, but the seasons go by, and his impatience never ceases to grow.
10:21 Thanks for staying until the end of this video, my friends.
10:24 Tell me in the comments what you think would be the best destination for Norris,
10:27 Sauber, Red Bull, or maybe just McLaren, I'll read it carefully.
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10:40 We'll meet again very soon for a new video.
10:42 See you next time!
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