london mclarens lando norris spoke frankly about mental health on monday and admitted he had regularly felt depressed early in his formula one career when he questioned whether he was good enoughnorris was the youngest british driver in formula one history when he debuted as a 19yearold in 2019 but now 21 has become a fan favourite as well as an outstanding talent on trackhe has been on the podium four times this season nearly taking his first win at last months russian grand prix after starting from pole position and is fourth overallthe youngster told itv televisions this morning programme however that it had been tough at first to deal with the pressurecoming into formula one at 19 theres a lot of eyes on you so dealing with all these kind of things that took its toll on me he saidfeeling like i dont know whats next if this goes wrong if i dont go out in the next session and perform whats going to happen whats the outcome of all of this am i going to be in formula one next yearif im not what am i going to do because im not really good at many other things in lifeso just all of that and then just feeling depressed a lot of the time that if i have a bad weekend i just think im not good enough and things like thatnorris said social media had added to the pressure but working with the team and mental health charity mind partnered by mclaren had helped him throughim in a much better place now im much happier and i can enjoy everything i do said the briton whose team mate is australian daniel ricciardoformula one will be racing in turkey on sunday which is also world mental health daynorris who has designed a tshirt for mind said he had realised over the past three years how much he could influence others through his positionthe one thing that makes me happy is seeing other people smile and making them happy i kind of realise that the more i can do that the happier i am and the better it is he said