Lando Norris is not a man to hide his emotions. At various points during a scrappy Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, he admitted that he was not doing a good enough job. After another mistake in qualifying, he said he felt like he had never driven a Formula One car before.
After victory in the opening race in Australia, Norris is enduring a tricky period. More worryingly, though, he does not appear to have dispelled his demons from the second half of 2024. Back then, he was criticised for his lack of ruthlessness in wheel-to-wheel racing and failing too often to convert the fastest car into victory.