Ever since, McLaren have made significant progress in the next two races as Lando Norris qualified P4 in the Australian GP.
Lando Norris himself was quite optimistic about the future with McLaren as he revisits the track where he scored a podium last season. Norris finished third in his McLaren in a rain-affected race last season and was looking forward to the race in Imola.
At the same time, though, the McLaren driver was quite pragmatic about where the team was in the pecking order.
According to Lando Norris, he didn’t feel that McLaren was back to being a podium contender (like that used to be the case last season) and there was still some work that need to be done for the team to get to where it wanted to be.
Lando Norris responsible for McLaren’s rise to fourth in the championship
Looking at the constructor’s championship, one would be hard-pressed to understand that McLaren was the 8th best in the first race of the season and found itself fourth in the standings after only the third race of the season.
Part of this climb to fourth can be attributed to Norris. After a pointless rocky start in Bahrain, Norris has been able to score big points for McLaren in the next two races and it has helped McLaren ascend to the top of the midfield.
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