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Having been in the mix in qualifying in the chasing pack behind the dominant Red Bull of Max Verstappen, Norris finished sixth and team-mate Oscar Piastri eighth following a race-long fight with Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Read Also: Formula 1 F1 Bahrain GP: Verstappen takes crushing victory in Red Bull 1-2 It was a largely expected result for the Woking squad, which is miles ahead of where it was at the same venue 12 months ago, but isn't yet in the position to scale the heights of its impressive second half of 2023 either. Bahrain further confirmed that the low-speed weakness carried over on its recent cars still hasn't fully been addressed in the MCL38, which continues making Sakhir a tough circuit for Norris and Piastri to tame. "It's no different to last year," Norris said. "Those things we've not been able to tackle, other things which make us so up and down every weekend. "It'...

McLaren 's Andreas Seidl believes that the 2022 season exposed key engineering deficiencies within their Formula 1 operation as they finished fifth in the standings. Having claimed fourth in 2021 and ended their near-decade long win drought at the Italian Grand Prix, McLaren were optimistic of closing the gap to the big three teams in 2022, following the introduction of new ground effect technical regulations. However, the car battled severe brake problems early in the campaign, with the team struggling to understand the MCL36 at times. In the end, a consistent hauling of points had the team in contention to snatch fourth in the Constructors' from Alpine at the final race in Abu Dhabi, but they ultimately fell 14 points short. Seidl believes that the season highlighted problems with the Woking engineering structure, something that a plan has been developed to rectify. Seidl expla...

Lando Norris says McLaren's biggest weakness lies in their lack of straight-line speed and the ineffectiveness of their DRS. After having failed to score points across the 2023 F1 season's first two races, McLaren had a better weekend at the Australian Grand Prix, with Norris finishing sixth and teammate Oscar Piastri taking eighth, vaulting McLaren up to fifth place in the Constructors' Championship. But despite McLaren 's better weekend, Norris noted the ineffectiveness of the MCL60's DRS, noting that other teams' designs did a better job of reducing drag and providing more straight-line speed. "Our straight-line speed is so poor, I think not having DRS helps us," Norris told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "It still shocks us how bad we are with DRS, and how draggy we are when we open DRS. "We gain a few km/h, but some of the other cars are gaining 10-15km/h, and it's a different ballpark to us. "So Saturdays...