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"Obviously [Red Bull are a] fantastic team," continued Brown, "but they can be a bit rough on their drivers and I think Carlos is a driver that needs to know he's got a team behind him and the next race might not be his last race, which is a little bit of the environment that is created over there [at Red Bull and Toro Rosso] sometimes." Yet, it was a gamble to take on Norris for 2019 admitted Brown - but one that paid off almost instantly. READ MORE: Swap shop – drivers who switched teams mid-season "I think there was some risk with it, Lando being the youngest British driver. He's had such a stellar career every step of the way. It really clinched it for us when he did his Free Practice 1s - he was extremely impressive. Also when he did the 24 Hours of Daytona [in January 2018] with Fernando [Alonso] as his team mate we were able to see how that went and he didn't leave anything behind. There was debate as to actually who was quicker!