If McLaren give me a car, that's fine, but I don't tend to buy fancy stuff anyway or super-nice clothes.
— Lando Norris
Getting in and out of the car with the halo takes a bit of experience. I struggled initially, but after a few trial runs I was fine.
There are going to be things I'm not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.
I don't like drinking, basically.
I am absolutely my own biggest critic.
I left school to concentrate on racing. It was a family decision between my mum, dad and myself.
I'm loving my role as a McLaren Young Driver, spending time in the simulator at the McLaren Technology Centre and attending some Grands Prix with the team.
My favourite car I drove in the 'shoot out' at Silverstone was the 2016 Mercedes DTM car. I loved every moment in it, the downforce being particularly surprising.
I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don't do a good job in qualifying or the race.
I liked watching Rossi, his style, his colours and everything. He was someone I looked up to and until now he is still my only hero. He is the king of motorbikes and most people like Rossi mainly because he comes across as a pretty fun and good character. He is cool and has a good style and look.
I started off riding motorbikes and at that point my hero was Valentino Rossi.
I guess for every driver the aim is to beat their teammate.
It's not like I'm nervous of people seeing what I can or can't do on camera or on TV or anything, or what my engineers think.
How you go about testing is just very different to just being in the situation of qualifying, having to go out, having to nail the lap.
Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it's quite difficult to put the lap together.
I saw MotoGP on TV first, before I saw F1 and other types of car racing. It's what I got more into. It was cool, there was good, exciting racing.
I probably work harder, putting in a lot of time and effort, than a lot of drivers because all I think about, and all I do, is to do with racing, trying to make myself a better driver.
I think Weetabix and full-fat milk is what it is all about.
I had a much better view with the halo than I expected.
I do things I love doing. Sometimes that is maybe going out to have a drink with friends, going out partying or whatever.
If I make a mistake and finish 10th when we should have finished ninth, then I will be unhappy.
I just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.
It seems like F1 is kind of going down that route, opening it up more to the public and letting them know what is going on, what you do, instead of just driving and going home.
The McLaren prizes can only help me in my quest to ultimately reach Formula One.
Joining McLaren didn't add a lot of pressure but of course you want to make sure you can impress them.
I tend not to really think about what other people say. I'd rather just try and focus on what I'm doing, try and win basically.
I turned away from bikes when I got a bambino kart for my seventh birthday and started doing some karting, just around some cones at home, but I didn't think at that point I knew I wanted to go into F1, it was more just for fun.
I had to drive with a roof in LMP2, and I managed to get used to that quite quickly - although it's still not a Halo, it's still different to what I'm used to.
In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I'd be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race.
Having the support from everyone, the bosses, whoever within the team, definitely makes it much easier for me as a driver.
It's what counts, isn't it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it's nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It's a much bigger problem.
There's so many bits on a car these days it's hard to know where everything is. You have a bit of an idea but if you are behind someone and you suddenly change direction it's hard to know exactly where the car is.
It's just trying to do the best job I can in these opportunities that I get to show what I can do, be consistent, have good feedback, be fast, at the same time not make mistakes.
I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn't quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.
When I was five - it's not even bad - I stole a sweet from the sweet shop.
To be announced as a race driver for McLaren is a dream come true.
I enjoy driving on the sim, doing stuff like that, staying at home.
I will be unhappy if I know I have not accomplished something I should have done that was possible.
McLaren were one of the first teams I liked and supported.
I'm definitely more one of the drivers who would want to do Daytona, Le Mans, and the Indy 500.
The first time I used a simulator was in 2014 when I was competing in the Ginetta Junior Championship.
I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.
I don't think there's any point going for second or third.
I used to watch some F1 races but I was never straightaway thinking 'that is what I want to do.'
There's definitely going to be things that I'm not very good at, things I can improve.
I need to do well and show I'm a worthy driver in F1.
In testing, you make a mistake, you just say 'OK we'll have another go' instead of it being the only chance you get.
Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.
I don't know who I would have been if I never watched MotoGP.
I've missed out on a lot of things, going out with friends.
