He added his method to the high-speed nature of the Jeddah circuit will change barely, partly as a result of he’s struggling to duplicate the identical type within the automotive that noticed him end second within the title race to Max Verstappen in 2024.
“It’s clear that there are issues… issues which have modified since final yr, once I was feeling very snug. And that is not permitting me to do nearly as good of a job this yr,” Norris mentioned.
“It isn’t that I am doing a foul job, it is simply I am not in a position to be on the degree I ought to be, and know I may be and wish to be.
“To be able to carry out higher, I am being compelled to drive otherwise, in a special method that I am not used to. And that isn’t regular for me in any respect.”
Norris has been on the rostrum at each race up to now and gained the season opener in Melbourne in March, however his downcast nature in Sakhir was in stark distinction to Piastri’s.
The Australian, 24, gained in China and Bahrain, and is way happier with the McLaren.
“The tempo of the automotive has been every little thing I might ask for,” mentioned Piastri.
He added: “Very pleased with the entire job that we’ve got performed, firstly giving us an excellent automotive and likewise serving to me get probably the most out of it.
“I feel that is been an actual energy up to now this yr and I really feel like I’m in a great place, on and off the observe, and simply making an attempt to maintain that going.”