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Daniel Moxon

Lando Norris has same fear as Lewis Hamilton and admits to failing driving theory test

Lando Norris gets more worried about driving on public roads in a normal car than he does getting behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car.

The Brit makes a living out of strapping himself into a machine made of carbon fibre and driving it to the absolute limit at high speeds. But that's nothing to him compared to a lazy drive down a motorway or on a B-road – which Norris finds much more nerve-wracking.

He admitted as much as he appeared on the Made With Love podcast, as a guest of Olympic champion diver Tom Daley. The McLaren star also admitted that he failed his driving theory test on the first attempt, before passing second time and nailing his practical assessment.

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