Overview

• Lando Norris leads the drivers’ championship by three points after four races but remains unsettled by the handling of McLaren's MCL39.
• Norris has been on the podium in every race this season but has struggled to adapt his driving style to the new car, describing himself as 'clueless' at times.
• Following a challenging Bahrain weekend, Norris took a three-day mental reset and plans to experiment with driving techniques and setups in Jeddah.
• Oscar Piastri, Norris’s McLaren teammate, secured a dominant pole-to-win in Bahrain, reducing Norris’s championship lead from 23 points to just three.
• The intra-team rivalry between Norris and Piastri is intensifying, with contrasting approaches: Norris’s emotional openness versus Piastri’s calm composure.