Formula One champion Lando Norris has still not watched back his title-clinching race but the McLaren driver will start the new season with more confidence and hungry for a second crown.
The 26-year-old Briton will race with the number one on his car for the first time at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 8.
“It’s absolutely the goal, yes,” Norris said when asked about possibly becoming a back-to-back champion and joining seven-times winner Lewis Hamilton as the only Britons to achieve the feat.
“Certainly winning one gives you a lot more confidence,” he added in accepting two trophies at the Autosport Awards in London on Wednesday night, one presented to him by triple champion Jackie Stewart.
“I’ve never been the one to have the most confidence in myself,” he continued, as watching fans shouted “you should” from the balcony.
“I certainly have more of it now, that’s for sure.”
Norris won seven races last season, one less than Red Bull’s four-times champion Max Verstappen whom he beat by two points after a three-way battle going into the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
—Reuters—
