Lando Norris has spoken out on McLaren's F1 form ahead of Australia GP. The Formula One 2025 season kicks off on Sunday, March 16 in Australia.
McLaren enter the season as the reigning constructors' champions, while Norris came close to winning the drivers championship last season.
“I know there's a lot of expectation and that's what everyone says,” Norris told media including RacingNews365. “My one race run I did just made everyone believe this quite heavily.
"It was a good race run, but it was also in the most perfect conditions.
“Oscar did a race run the next day that was a lot slower, not because he drove worse, but simply because the conditions on the final day were considerably slower.
"I'm quite surprised so many people are so short-sighted, especially people you wouldn't expect to be, making so many conclusions before we even started the season.
“Everyone just wants to play that game of looking like the underdog and playing it down."