Lando Norris “will be thinking about” move to Ferrari or Red Bull, says Karun Chandhok
Norris finished a lowly 17th at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday after a pressure leak with the engine pneumatics forced him into the pit lane on a handful of occasions.
It means Norris was lapped twice by eventual race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
On the other side of the garage, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri’s F1 debut ended prematurely, with an electrical issue to 🙈blame for his non-finish in Bahrain.
Speaking on the latest episode of the Sky Sports F1 podcast, Chandhok questioned whether Norris will be pondering his future following a diff⭕icult Bahrain GP.
“I tell you who will be thinking about a move to Ferrari or Red Bull though, is young Lando Norris,” he said on the Sky Sports F1 Podcast.
“Looking at where t♏hey’re [McLaren] at, and we were talking before the season of McLaren locking him in and Zak [Brown] doing an amazing job of contractinඣg him in for that four-year period.
“I do wonder, and if they’re smart they would have created some sort of exit clauses. For example, McLaren don’t finish in the top four of the✱ constructors’ championship two years in a row, is thereꦅ an option for Lando to look elsewhere?
“Because outside of the traditional top three te﷽ams, you’ve got Fernando [Alonso] and Lando who a🐽re your top two drivers on the grid aren’t they?
“And the fact he [Norris] is fightinജg to even get a car into Q3, there’s got to be a bit of frustration there I would imagine.”
Despite Chandhok’s suggestion, Norris himself has previously reiterateဣd his desirꦫe to remain with McLaren, insisting he will have to be “patient”.
“We are a teღam who should be able to win championships and we soon have everything in pl🐻ace to do so,” he last month.
“I am probably not the most patient guy but it’s something you need to learn to have when yo🦩u get into F1.
“Until then, I am just doing my job to achieve everything I𒁏 caꦚn one weekend at a time and that’s the way I go about it.”
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