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Laurence Edmondson
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Lando Norris said that after disappointment in the third place in the Bahrain Grand Prix, he took three days off to “reset”, but it remains sure he can play at a higher level during the upcoming races.
McLaren’s driver still leads the championship from his teammate Oscar Piastriho but Never dreamed of cool With his car in Bahrain after qualifying sixth and third in the finish.
Meanwhile, Piastri secured the position of the pole and the dominant victory in Bahrain, which helped him close the gap of Norris in the ranking of 23 points after the first race in Australia three before this weekend fifth round in Saudi Arabia.
“I think I needed a few days off, I needed resetting,” Norris said. “I would probably like a few more days, but I got the best out of my three days as soon as it gets a little.
“But at the same time, I think with every athlete and mind of every driver, just as you are trying to get away, you are still thinking about many things. So for a lot of time I still thought of the difficulties I was struggling with, but it was still a very good beginning of the year.
“I’m trying to make me think what success was the beginning of the season. Yes, I know I could be better, but I still led the championship after I wasn’t happy after I didn’t feel comfortable in the car, it’s still the beginning of the year I would dream before the season.
“So I think I’m trying to remind some of the positives that were still quite a few, but there’s still a lot and that I was alone, I tried to find out problems, fighting, justify it all.”
Norris, who appeared in 2024 as a candidate for the title of surprising title Max Verstappen, said he was still Trying to find the same confidence This year’s car, which he had with last season.
“I know I can be much better and perform at a much higher level than what I do now,” he added. “My level of confidence was very high at the end of last season. Not for another reason, but I just understood the car, I understood how to drive it, and I could go out and perfectly do things.
“I can’t just because my feelings aren’t there, my way of driving is not at all. to the car.
“It’s not for any reason, but I know what I can do, and I know what I’m doing, and I know what I can do and achieve is much higher than what I’m doing now.
“So the fact that still leads me the championship, the fact that the beginning of the year was not terrible is likely to give me more hope than anything else, that if I can get things to click and move in the right direction, I hope I can become much stronger.”
