"F2 is much harder physically" says Norris

In F2 last season Norris finished second in the championship behind, now Williams driver, George Russell, having only won one race at the start of the season.

But the Brit has potentially exceeded expectations with McLaren so far this season with some excellent qualifying and race performances, finishing a high of sixth in Bahrain and Austria.

Norris puts this down to finding it easier to drive an F1 car than the previous categories.

Norris said (quoted by Autosport): “I did suffer a lot since karting, with my size and everything, not really having a clue what to do when I started karting.

“So I suffered in every category: F4, F3, F2. Not so much F2 but I’ve had to kind of play catch-up quite a bit and in some ways, F1 was a bit nicer with power steering.