Pushed on whether or not he arrives into Austin with the identical degree of confidence he took into Singapore, Norris answered: “Yeah, I feel so – most likely extra, I’d say.
“In the event you have a look at the place we have been final 12 months right here relative with the automotive that we had, evaluating to the place we have been in Singapore, I feel this was a greater weekend for us. We led the primary half of the race – I do know some issues have been combined up due to totally different situations but it surely was an excellent weekend.
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“Some issues have modified on this monitor with the brand new floor, and a number of the structure’s modified slightly bit, so [there are] all the time questions for us to go and reply. However with how we carried out final 12 months, with how we’re performing during the last three, 4, 5 races, I feel we’re assured all over the place that we must be in direction of the highest.”
As nicely the resurfacing of the Circuit of The Americas, one other potential unknown coming into into the weekend is the return of the Dash. Norris is optimistic that these elements can current a possibility for McLaren somewhat than one thing to be cautious of.
“I don’t know if it’s going to be an excellent factor or a nasty factor – I don’t suppose anybody does,” the 24-year-old mentioned. “I feel we most likely all deal with it as alternatives till we all know one thing totally different.
“However it’s additionally a Dash race the place many issues can occur and it’s troublesome to generally hit the bottom working. We noticed that final 12 months with folks not getting their set-ups proper and issues like that.