Lando Norris wants nothing less than 25 points from the Mexican Grand Prix after beating both Ferrari drivers to pole position.
“No,” he said in the post-qualifying press conference when asked if Sunday’s Grand Prix was about collecting points relative to his title rivals.
“I’m here to win. No, I’ll be looking forward. I know I’m going to have some quick guys behind me, and it’s a long run down to Turn 1 and so forth. And the race pace from the Ferraris is normally very strong. So I’m expecting a battle. I’m not expecting it to be easy. But, no, eyes forward, and I’ll see how much I can win by.”
Looking ahead to the tough run down to Turn One in the Grand Prix, Norris continued: “That’s tonight. That’s with my engineers and my team around me to review things, see what’s best. Of course, you want a good start and go from there.
“But it’s a long run. I don’t know what our straight-line speed is like compared to the Ferrari. In general, I think we’ve been a touch down, so we’ll wait and see.”