He added: “Brazil all the time supported me, particularly this season in Formulation 1, they created a number of expectations due to my good ends in Formulation 3, and after we began doing fairly properly in Formulation 2, the expectations additionally to leap to F1 have been excessive.
“I do not assume this by some means dropped my efficiency or something. I feel it is simply obtained higher and higher, as a result of it is the kind of factor that offers you vitality.
“So, it should be very constructive to have the Brazilian followers serving to us, supporting us, and simply wanting me to carry out properly in Formulation 1 and have an excellent time there.”
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By becoming a member of the grid subsequent 12 months, he’ll be within the uncommon state of affairs of lining-up alongside veteran double world champion Fernando Alonso – whose driver administration company he is part of. The duo have turn out to be shut since linking up – and the Spanish Aston Martin racer has spoken very extremely of the 20-year-old.
“He is an unbelievable expertise and a really humble individual as properly, which I feel that is the largest factor that we have to work on,” mentioned Alonso earlier this 12 months in Baku.
“He is a tough employee, aside from his expertise, and I feel that is why in Formulation 3 and Formulation 2 he has had this a lot progress. I feel additionally he is somebody that’s taking issues very significantly as properly, which at that age isn’t a assure. Let’s examine what the longer term brings. However, you recognize, it is a matter of time that he will get to F1.”