Reflecting on their enchancment over the yr since Norris completed 48s behind the race winner within the opening occasion in Bahrain, he mentioned that he wished to offer “all credit score to the group”.
“I’ll take a small a part of it and I’m positive Oscar will as properly,” he mentioned. “I positively suppose we play a very good half as a result of I don’t suppose there’s many different groups on the market the place two drivers are persistently scoring like Oscar and myself have executed.
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“Should you suppose again to the primary race of the yr, we have been behind Mercedes and I do know that they complained loads they usually’ve improved, however we have been racing Mercedes on the first race and in reality most likely a bit bit slower [than them].
“Now we’re nonetheless a great distance forward of them. They’ve executed a very good job, we’ve executed an incredible job. To catch Crimson Bull, to be outscoring them, to be out-pacing them, and to be the highest group in Components 1 is one thing we must always all be very happy with.”
