Chequered Flag Extra: Lando Norris Special

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Steve Crossman is joined by British racing driver Sam Bird and the BBC’s F1 correspondent Andrew Benson to get an insight into exactly who Lando Norris is, as he challenges for the 2025 drivers’ title. What makes the British driver tick? How has he got to the top of the sport? And can he become a champion? Plus, hear from Norris himself as well as some of those who know him best, including friend and former team mate Carlos Sainz and McLaren team principal Andrea Stella.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:09.0	Hello, welcome back to Check at Flag Extra. It's Harry Benjamin here.
0:13.0	Hope the summer break is treating you well, and you'll be pleased to hear. There is not long left until we're back in business next weekend in Zandvort.
0:23.3	And we have a proper championship fight on our hands between the two McLaren drivers, just nine
0:30.3	points separate them, and the team seem happy to let them race it out right to the end of
0:35.4	the season, which is what we like to hear.
0:38.0	It's Oscar Piastri against Lando Norris.
0:40.9	So much has been said about Lando this year, his experience, his mentality, and how he's
0:46.6	coping with this fight.
0:48.3	So ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Five Live Sports, Steve Crosman, along with the BBC
0:53.1	Air Force correspondent Andrew Benson,
0:54.9	and racing driver Sam Bird, discussed all things Norris, as well as hearing from his friend
0:59.9	and former teammate Carlos Signs and how he rates his British rival.
1:08.2	Right, so we're going to look back a little to find out what makes Lando Norris tick.
1:13.5	We'll get into where he can improve.
1:15.1	We'll ask right now, does it feel like he's going to be able to outperform Piastri and win the title?
1:20.4	Few reasons this show should hopefully be good.
1:23.2	One, we'll hear from his former McLaren teammate Carla Saitz.
1:26.3	Got a great insight on Lando, they're very close. Two, we'll hear from Lando himself and we'll hear from his former McLaren teammate, Carlos Sykes. Got a great insight on Lando, they're very close. Two, we'll hear from Lando himself, and we'll hear from Andreas Stella, his boss, the team principal. And three, we've got great guests. We're talking McLaren, Sam Bird, McLaren Formula E Driver. Hello, how are we? I'm very well. How are you? I'm very good. Thank you. I have an important question to ask you,
1:44.9	which is, because we've got McLaren hospitality here, if you wanted, you could walk in there and get pretty much anything, couldn't you? Yes. Yeah. Yes. Why? What do you want? No, nothing. What are you, what are you looking for? Well, and this is another good reason for having correspondent Andrew Benson with us. Hi, Andrew. Hi, Steve. How are you?
1:41.8	I'm really good. I need to ask you an important question, though. Of course.
1:44.1	So yesterday, I accepted... Another good reason for having correspondent Andrew Benson with us. Hi, Andrew. Hi, Steve. How are you?
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