While Norris was comfortably the lead McLaren driver in F1 2023, Piastri stole the headlines on 💫a number of occasions.

Piℱastri took McLaren’s only victory of the year, taking the sprint ra👍ce win in Qatar.

Reflecting on his teammate’s rookie c🌠ampaign, Norris was very impre꧙ssed.

“Oscar had an incredible season,” Norris said. “Keeping calm and being yourself, it’s good to be reminded of tha♏t.

“I think he's beꦅen very, very good at dealing with pressure, better than I feel like I remember I was when I started, but I think that’s because everyone's very different with all of this - dealing with pressure and remaining calm and chilled.

“I t🐽hink that is something that I've gotten a lot better with ♉over the years – I know how to deal with all of these things much better myself now.

“I hav𒀰e a lot of respect for Oscar in how he was able to stay so calm in a new environment, in Formula 1, on the big stage.”

McLare🦄n made remarkable progress in 2023, going from the back of the grid to challenge Red Bull at the front.

Norris is confident McLaren arꦉe finally “on the right track” for greater success.

“We’re on the right track,” he added. We’ve 🅷learned so [much] really over the last four, five, six 🐼months. So the progress we’ve made, we’ve learned a lot.

“We have some new hirings coming in, and although not everything that they can bring to u𝕴s will be on the car straight away, there are some things that we already know now.

“I’mꦓ excited because we’re finally on the right track, and we know in which direction to push, and I just want to start the season off well. 

“If we can start well in Bahrai❀n, I’ll be much more excited.”