Lando Norris: F1 legend Lewis Hamilton has been 'very inspiring', says McLaren driver
Lewis Hamilton has been "very inspiring" as Lando Norris has made his way in Formula 1 in recent years, the McLaren driver has said.
Norris says his relationship with his fellow Briton and seven-time world champion is "growing" and that "over the last couple of months we have been getting to know each other a bit more".
"It's a pretty cool thing," said Norris, 23. "I have so much respect for him and what he's been able to achieve in F1.
"He's part of the reason I'm an F1 driver, so it's weird thinking I'm now racing against him."
Norris, who made his debut in 2019 and has established himself as a leading light of the new generation of drivers, said he has been trying to learn from 38-year-old Hamilton.
"I am not always the guy who asks a lot of questions to these kind of people to get to know what they're like and what they think," Norris added.
"I do it in a more subtle way and just try to understand how they think and their thought processes and kind of understand what makes them special.
"I'm not always the most proactive in going forward and picking people's brains, which is maybe a better way of doing it, but it's just not who I am.
"I'm just happy to spend time with people who are at the top of whatever sport they are in, people I have a huge amount of respect for."
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