P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Lando Norris has struggled on occasion this year to extract performance from the McLaren MCL39 car.
McLaren has acknowledged their bias towards upgrading the car to meet Lando Norris’s demanding feedback requirements. Norris has faced more performance challenges with the MCL39 compared to his teammate, Oscar Piastri. Despite Norris trailing Piastri by 15 points in the drivers’ championship, McLaren has been focusing on adjusting the car to address Norris’s concerns. The detailed conversations between Norris and the engineers prompted upgrades tailored to his needs, resulting in recent improvements and victories. McLaren’s technical chief, Neil Houldey, emphasized the team’s efforts in fine-tuning the car based on Norris’s feedback to maximize performance. Houldey expressed confidence that McLaren has found the optimal setup to support Norris’s driving style and performance going forward. The recent win in Austria signals Norris’s return to form and demonstrates the effectiveness of the car upgrades made in his favor.
