Brown warns Lando Norris: "Don't make same mistake twice!"

McLaren's F1 CEO Zak Brown thinks his rookie Lando Norris will do well straight away in Formula 1 despite being the team's youngest ever driver, although the American warns Norris to not make the same mistakes several times. 

Norris will line up next to Carlos Sainz Jr. in an all-new line-up for the Woking-based team as the team looks to build on last year's P6 finish in the constructors' championship. 

Even though Norris will be a 19-year-old rookie, Brown is confident his pupil will adapt to his new car well.

"I think Lando will hit the ground running and be on it right away," the American said at the MCL34's launch on Thursday.

"I’m sure he’ll make some mistakes along the way and that’s alright, as long as you don’t make the same one twice - that’s the golden rule!

"But we are confident in his abilities and this is going to be a bit of a journey together so we are excited to get to know him more.

"I think Lando is very mature for his age. He’s been in a race car pretty much his entire life."

The teenager has his work cut out for him, then. In Sainz, he'll have a quick and experienced F1 driver next to him, so it will be interesting to see how he will stack up against the Spaniard.