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Lando Norris Gets Bad-Mouthed by Daniel Ricciardo in Uncanny Misunderstanding

Published 07/27/2022, 8:30 AM EDT

Ricciardo has not lived up to his expectations at McLaren for a second season running. Because of this, the Australian has been on the wrong end of a lot of exit rumors. However, both McLaren men finishing in the points at the French GP is a massive boost for the team.

A cheerful Honey Badger was full of praise of his teammate who has made a habit of outperforming the Australian. However, his post-race praises were quite evidentially lost in translation. The Australian was speaking to a reporter in Italian and was completely off while trying to compliment Norris.

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After a fair few attempts, the reporter pointed out Ricciardo’s error, which left him red-faced. While talking about Norris’ race, Ricciardo said, “Lando, Il stronzo.”

What Ricciardo thought as a compliment, “stronzo” actually roughly translates to s**thead or a**hole in English. To save Ricciardo’s blushes, the Italian TV reporter pointed out his obvious shortcoming in Italian. A shocked Ricciardo asked, “Is it not a good word?” and added, “Okay. Scusa.”

The reporter replied, “It is a bad word, more bad than good.”

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The Honey Badger laughed off the funny incident as he often does. The two McLaren men have gained a reputation for their humor and constant banter with each other. Ricciardo gave the world a prime example of the same ahead of the British GP.

However, despite the banter, there is a sense of maturity and respect as well between the two.

Daniel Ricciardo sings Norris’s praises after the French GP

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Double points finish is a tremendous boost for Ricciardo and McLaren equally. However, despite the result, Ricciardo felt he could not match the speed of his teammate and the two Alpines.

He said, “I had a bit of pace early in the stint and tried to get more out of it, but then it fell away a little too quickly so I definitely struggled from mid-stint onwards and didn’t have the pace to run with the Alpines and Lando. I felt like I did the best that I could – but it’s not enough to make me happy.”

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Ricciardo will try to keep improving himself to silence his doubters and points finish is a step in the right direction.

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Mahim Suhalka is an F1 Author at EssentiallySports. This Sports Management post-graduate is an ardent supporter of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team and their lead driver, Lewis Hamilton. The fact that Lewis dominated one of the most expensive sports in the world for all these years, despite his humble beginnings, has been a huge inspiration for Mahim and has made him a tenured fan of the competitive sport itself.

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Ranvijay Singh

Lando Norris Gets Bad-Mouthed by Daniel Ricciardo in Uncanny Misunderstanding

Daniel Ricciardo sings Norris’s praises after the French GP

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