Norris 'not Worried At All' About Title Challenge

Miami Grand Prix

Venue: Miami International Autodrome Dates: 2-4 May Race start: 21:00 BST connected Sunday

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Lando Norris says he has "no logic to beryllium worried" astir this title run contempt McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri outperforming him astatine nan commencement of nan season.

Norris mislaid nan title lead to Piastri pinch the Australian's triumph astatine nan Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, his 3rd triumph successful 5 races this year.

Piastri brings a 10-point lead successful nan title to Florida aft establishing himself arsenic nan astir accordant performer astatine McLaren this year, while Norris has struggled to get nan champion retired of nan car successful qualifying.

The Briton, who vanished 4th successful Jeddah aft crashing successful qualifying, said earlier this weekend's Miami Grand Prix: "Not worried astatine all. He's doing a bully occupation and he deserves it, thing much than that."

He added: "I don't judge truthful overmuch successful nan momentum stuff. Clearly I've made immoderate mistakes and (am) not astatine nan level I request to be, but I judge I tin beryllium astatine nan level soon enough.

"No logic to beryllium worried. It's information six of 24. I can't opportunity that forever. I cognize I request to get a move on, but I'm trying to amended and nan velocity is there, nan title gait is there, it is conscionable 1 point I request to tidy up. It's a difficult point but I americium assured I will get it."

Norris says location are characteristics of nan 2025 McLaren's behaviour connected area introduction that is preventing him accessing his highest level arsenic a driver.

This chiefly revolves astir nan car lacking beforehand grip astatine a cardinal portion of nan corner, wherever Norris wants it to behave pinch a sharper turn-in.

Norris, who won nan season-opening title successful Australia, said: "There are conscionable definite things that don't let maine to consciousness what I request to consciousness and those things are what let maine to thrust to nan level I tin thrust at, to get rod positions and thrust astatine nan highest level successful racing.

"We're talking astir mini things. When we're talking astir qualifying astatine hundredths and thousandths of seconds, that's what I'm complaining about. He is possibly much people capable to accommodate and I besides deliberation it is simply a driver's occupation to adapt.

"It's clear location has been immoderate changes and whether it's suited Oscar aliases he has done a amended occupation of adapting, that is not for maine to discarded my clip on.

"But it has wounded maine and I person not been capable to beryllium astatine my champion level, nan level I was connected astatine nan extremity of past season."

Norris said location was a bid of upgrades coming to nan McLaren car complete forthcoming races that should thief him.

But he added: "I don't conscionable want to trust connected that, location are things I americium moving myself and hopefully that will beryllium a amended fix.

"It takes time, immoderate of these things, truthful I conscionable will support my caput down and moving connected my things."

Piastri is owed to speak to nan media later connected Thursday astatine nan Hard Rock Stadium way successful Miami Gardens.