Lando Norris says McLaren doesn’t have much to be optimistic about about Formula One this season after it suffered a terrible Bahrain Grand Prix.
Norris ranks 15th, behind teammates Daniel Ricciardoin a shockingly non-competitive opening race for the McLaren team.
Entering the season, McLaren is seen as one of the teams that could use the new generation of F1 race cars to drive themselves forward to order, but it looks like they have delivered a car far behind those of the competition. like Ferrari and Red Bull.
Even if McLaren had an underperforming test in Bahrain last week, it was thought it would be fourth, behind Mercedes, but the opening race showed McLaren to be much slower than that, which Norris believes the team will have to get used to.
“I’m looking forward to the pain, and I think people need to know that there’s probably going to be a little pain,” Norris said of her outlook for the year.
“As McLaren, and myself, we expect more, but that’s not what we have at the moment, we have to get used to it, we’ve been in this position for a few days. years ago but we have to stay optimistic and people come back to MTC [McLaren Technology Centre] can figure things out and we can get back on track. “
He added: “I hope this is as bad as it is, maybe not, maybe, there’s still a lot of time, we still have a whole season of development and are figuring things out.”
When asked how he still had a smile on his face after such an unlucky start to the year, he said: “It’s a brave face.
“It’s tough, of course. I’m sure it looks as bad as it feels. This is where we are, pretty simple, we just need to get used to it a little bit. Of course the last few seasons have been there’s a lot of expectations from us on the team and from everyone else watching and we’re not achieving it right now.We have a long way to go, not a little bit, a way. long road. “
The F1 season continues with the Saudi Grand Prix on March 27.
