Lando Norris has revealed a key debrief along with his engineer following the Singapore Grand Prix sparked his current resurgence within the 2025 F1 title race.
Norris now leads the 2025 F1 drivers’ championship with 4 rounds to go following his dominant drive on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
The British driver gained Sunday’s race in Mexico by over 30 seconds forward of Charles Leclerc.
It means Norris is now one level forward of Piastri heading into subsequent weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen stays an outsider, trailing Norris by 36 factors.
Norris has struggled with the dealing with of the MCL39 all through this season.
His troubles compelled McLaren to introduce a revised suspension improve for the Canadian Grand Prix.
Because the summer time break, Norris has fared higher than Piastri regardless of his DNF at Zandvoort.
Reflecting on his spectacular type after his win in Mexico, Norris detailed an essential assembly along with his engineers after Singapore.
“It’s simply, I really feel higher with the automotive right now,” Norris advised Sky Sports activities F1 after his Mexico victory.
“The whole lot’s about how I really feel with the automotive. Final yr, I felt superb with the automotive, I may carry out higher. This yr I’ve struggled to become familiar with it.
“It’s been extremely fast, but it surely’s clearly nonetheless troublesome to drive. However once you get in that candy spot, you can also make it work, and it’s nonetheless one thing that over the previous couple of weekends I’ve struggled with, even in Singapore.
“I imply, we had our debrief and we sat down for half an hour, and like: ‘Guys, that is precisely the automotive I don’t need. That is the rationale why we are able to’t win extra races, why we’re not gonna win sooner or later, is that if we preserve having a automotive that doesn’t give me what I would like’. This weekend, I simply had just a little bit extra what I would like, and I can carry out how I did this weekend. It’s so simple as that.”
Norris admits to having doubts
With Piastri profitable 4 of the opening eight races and Norris profitable simply two, he conceded that he did have doubts earlier within the yr.
Norris identified that he couldn’t blame the automotive, given it was profitable the vast majority of the races.
“At occasions at the start of the yr, I actually did. As a result of I by no means need to blame my automotive, and positively when the automotive was profitable and Oscar was profitable, the very last thing I ever may do is use the excuse that my automotive isn’t adequate,” Norris added.
“However I wasn’t getting as much as grips and wasn’t discovering a solution to make it work, and I’m discovering a greater solution to make it work now. It’s so simple as that.
“One race performing effectively I don’t suppose means something. Two, three, 4 in a row, does.
“I believe the previous couple of months have been good. Max has nonetheless caught me. I’ve had one good weekend now, however Max has nonetheless caught over the previous couple of months, and I nonetheless acquired to maintain my head down.”
