Norris proud to see hard work pay off after "struggling" early in 2025

15:19, 20 Nov

byKada Sarkozi

Championship leader Lando Norris talked about the turnaround he achieved over the course of season after a worse start to 2025.

"It's hard not to do a better job than what I was doing at the beginning of the season. I certainly struggled..."

- Lando Norris

The British driver, who is set to compete in his 150th Formula 1 Grand Prix this weekend, now has a firm grip on the 2025 drivers' championship, as he leads Oscar Piastri by 24 points and Max Verstappen by 49 points in the drivers' standings.

In Las Vegas, Norris reflected on his difficulties during the first part of the season. He explained: "It's hard not to do a better job than what I was doing at the beginning of the season. I certainly struggled at the beginning of the year, and we've changed some little things on the car that we think – not all of them are even guarantees.

"We've spoken about that in previous races and stuff. But the things with the front suspension and steering – some of it, we think it's better, we think it's going to help us and help me, but it's not a guarantee. So that's helped at times.

"And even when we put it on, it wasn't like, "Oh, this feels way better." It was more like, we think it's better. If you don’t feel anything, we'll just leave it on because we think it’s better."

Norris trophy Brazil McLaren RacePictures JPEG

Norris celebrating his Brazil GP victory - Photo: Race Pictures

Norris is now 'doing a better job'

According to the winner of the past two Grands Prix, he is now able to perform at a higher level.

He continued: "The rest of it is more up to me and just trying to figure it out myself and with the group of people that I have around me – my engineers, my full team.

"So I certainly feel like I'm doing a much better job. I certainly feel like I'm executing laps better in qualifying and performing very well in the races – good starts, good restarts, all of that, the smaller things, let's say.

"So I’m definitely doing a better job, but it's not come without the work behind it all."

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