McLaren still need ‘improvements everywhere’

Lando Norris has reiterated his McLaren team still need “improvements everywhere” despite securing their first podium finish of the season at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Having spent almost the entirety of the race in P4, the 22-year-old jumped into the podium places following Charles Leclerc’s late spin and was delighted with the unexpected result.

“Amazing race, amazing weekend to be honest,” Norris said after the race. “I’m happy. The team deserve it. From where we were in race one to now scoring a podium they all deserve it, so top job to the team.

“I think today and this weekend it wasn’t necessarily all about the car. I think a lot of it was the teamwork. The pit-stop was amazing and just how we executed the weekend, which is what gave us this result.

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“With the start, the strategy, the qualifying, judging the tyres and all of this stuff, the smaller things you don’t get to see, it’s what got us this podium today so it’s lovely to see.

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— Lando Norris (@LandoNorris) April 25, 2022

“I guess fourth would still have been an amazing position, amazing result for us and better than we were expecting coming into the race and into the weekend for sure.”

Despite his excitement, the McLaren driver insisted the team still need to improve and he is looking for everything to be “that next level”.

“We need the improvements everywhere – high speed, medium speed and slow speed, maybe more bias towards the slower