2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg believes Lando Norris would profit from working with a psychological coach to strengthen his 2025 title bid.
Norris is 10 factors behind teammate Oscar Piastri within the race for this 12 months’s F1 world title.
Whereas Norris is firmly within the title hunt, it’s not been a clean season for the British driver.
Piastri has typically loved the higher hand, profitable 5 races in comparison with Norris’ two.
Norris’ season, notably in qualifying, has been suffering from errors.
Piastri has already out-qualified Norris 5 occasions this 12 months – greater than final 12 months.
The Spanish Grand Prix was a decisive blow for Norris, given Piastri had struggled within the final two visits to Barcelona.
Rosberg, who beat Lewis Hamilton to the 2016 title, famously labored with a sports activities psychologist to assist him.
The German feels Norris ought to do the identical, having witnessed the McLaren driver wrestle in qualifying on the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya.
Talking on Sky Sports activities, Rosberg stated: “All the pieces had gone completely.
“He was first till the final run, and it was simply each nook a bit of mistake, each nook overdoing it, each nook operating large on the exit, getting a snap on the exit by means of the entire lap.
“I imply, wow! So what does he should do? From my standpoint, he must work on the psychological aspect.
“We’re all spending hours and hours coaching our our bodies, and I don’t know if Lando has a psychological coach and if he works with a psychologist or not.
“He undoubtedly ought to as a result of there’s a lot worth in working with one. It helped me a lot to grasp, to determine the absolute best strategy.
“In my championship 12 months, two hours each two days main as much as the season within the spring was big. It was harder than the precise bodily coaching. It was insanely tough however so extraordinarily priceless.”
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Whereas Piastri has the momentum, the 2 McLaren drivers are separated by simply 10 factors forward of subsequent weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen seems to be out of rivalry after his Tenth-place end in Barcelona.
Verstappen had completed fifth however was hit with a 10-second time penalty for colliding with George Russell.
The reigning world champion is only one penalty level away from a race suspension.
Verstappen will see two of his present penalty factors expire on the finish of the month, that means he should have clear races in Canada and Austria.
The technical directive launched in Barcelona hasn’t curtailed McLaren’s season.
Regardless of intense stress from Verstappen on an aggressive three-stop technique, they remained the group to beat throughout the Spanish GP weekend.
