Lando Norris stated he has no sympathy for the struggles which led to teammate Daniel Ricciardo’s early departure from McLaren.

On Wednesday, Ricciardo and McLaren confirmed they’ll half methods on the finish of 2022, one yr earlier than his contract was attributable to expire.

McLaren’s choice was finally prompted by Ricciardo’s disappointing type this yr — the Australian is 57 factors behind Norris popping out of F1’s summer time break.

Norris anticipated extra from the eight-time F1 race winner.

“I suppose I am stunned as a result of when Daniel got here into the group everybody anticipated extra. I am certain himself even, he anticipated extra from himself,” Norris stated on Thursday. “While you take a look at it that method, yeah I am stunned.

“It isn’t me having a dig or something however if you take a look at the outcomes… if you would like two individuals to be on the similar stage you then’re not stunned. It is laborious to know when to name it, I suppose, which is what they’ve carried out.”

When requested if he had any sympathy for Ricciardo’s tough season, Norris stated: “I hate to say it, however I’d say no.

“Individuals will most likely hate me for saying it nevertheless it’s tough as a result of I by no means know if I’d encounter that sooner or later with this automotive or with a distinct group or no matter, so I by no means need to contradict myself going into the longer term, however I’ve simply bought to concentrate on my driving.”

Norris stated F1 drivers must concentrate on themselves as a result of nature of the championship.

“It isn’t my job to concentrate on another person, and I am not a driver coach, I am not right here to assist and do these sort of issues. I am right here to carry out at my best possible and that is about it. So it is tough when individuals begin to have an expectation that it is my job to additionally do these different issues and serving to and describing this and doing that when that is probably not the case.

“It is also the case that if I do not carry out effectively for a couple of years then it may also be the tip of my profession, the tip of me driving in System One, so I’ve bought to concentrate on myself for almost all of it. Each driver has to adapt to the situations that they are in and that is what I really feel like I’ve needed to do.

“It isn’t a automotive that I’ve simply been capable of bounce in and really feel like I can simply stream with and carry out precisely like I need. At first of the yr Daniel was performing higher than I used to be – within the preseason checks and stuff – and it regarded like he may simply exit naturally and drive the automotive how he needed to, and I needed to begin to be taught a brand new method of driving in comparison with how I might been used to driving the automotive for the previous couple of years.

“So I really feel like I’ve needed to do a job of adapting and so has he, however I do not really feel like for any driver you would need to have sympathy for them as a result of they haven’t been capable of do nearly as good of a job.”