Teammate's grim 2022 warning for Ricciardo

3 years ago 351

After a play wherever Daniel Ricciardo took a agelong clip to get to grips with the quirks of the McLaren car, teammate Lando Norris has a informing for what lies ahead.

Next year's car is nary picnic either.

Formula One rules person been wholly overhauled for the 2022 season, arsenic the sport's governing assemblage tries to chopped costs and marque it easier for cars to contention each other.

LIVE UPDATES: Fresh twist successful Brisbane Lions-Neale saga arsenic AFL trades footwear off

The existent procreation of cars conflict to travel different car done a corner, with the resulting nonaccomplishment of downforce making it tricky to pass.

It's hoped that the caller rules volition lick that problem.

Speaking to motorsport.com, Norris says his simulator acquisition of the 2022 car has been an oculus opener.

"It's a precise antithetic car to drive. In a mode not arsenic bully arsenic this season," helium said.

"But I deliberation hopefully that's the aforesaid lawsuit with each different squad arsenic well. And we'll see, there's nary constituent trying to deliberation it's astonishing oregon terrible.

"You conscionable person to bash the champion occupation you tin and hopefully, adjacent season, we spell to the pre-season trial with a bully car."

McLaren are yet to physique a 2022 car, alternatively leaving operation until the past infinitesimal arsenic they fig retired what works and what doesn't.

F1 launched a amusement car astatine this year's British Grand Prix, which is the lone clip we've seen an illustration of what adjacent year's cars whitethorn look like.

"The lone car we've seen is the 1 astatine Silverstone," said Norris. "The car we person successful the factory, it's not adjacent a car. It's a drafting and immoderate paper.

"I don't deliberation we volition spot it for galore much months, possibly not until adjacent twelvemonth successful a way. We've seen immoderate of the drawings and the designs for adjacent season, but each week, it's thing caller and thing different, due to the fact that there's truthful galore antithetic things with the car.

"But each week it's precise casual to marque changes and marque it quicker and quicker."

For a regular dose of the champion of the breaking quality and exclusive contented from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!