Lando Norris reveals McLaren's 'biggest positive' from dismal Bahrain GP

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Norris reveals McLaren's 'biggest positive' from dismal Bahrain GP

Norris has been forced into searching for silver linings after difficulties at the first race

Ewan Gale

Thursday 9 March 2023 10:58

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Lando Norris has revealed McLaren's "biggest positive" after a dismal Bahrain Grand Prix weekend.

The Woking-based outfit endured issues at the F1 season opener for the second year in succession, with both cars retiring through reliability issues.

Whilst team-mate Oscar Piastri suffered from electrical gremlins to bow out of his debut on lap 13, Norris was forced into six pit stops in order to top up pneumatic pressure. READ MORE: McLaren explain Piastri retirement confusion

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The problems leave McLaren some way off its rivals at the top end of the midfield heading to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, though Norris has tried to find silver linings.

"I think the best thing was that the mechanics had a lot of pit stop practice so that’s the biggest positive," said Norris.

"I think the pace was actually okay-ish as well and I think we could have scored a point at least.

“It’s a shame that we had the problems that we did.”