Following a difficult test for the team at Sakhir last week, as it was left battling brake overheating problems, the Woking-based outfit endured ongoing frustrations in Friday practice for F1’s season opener.
Having ended FP1 in 16th and 17th positions, Norris managed to set the 11th fastest time in FP2 while Ricciardo ended up 18th after a water pressure problem forced him to stop early.
Speaking afterwards, both drivers conceded that things were far from ideal and it would take a lot of work to understand.
Asked if the problem was track-specific or related to the overall car, Norris said: “I’ve got no idea. We’ve only been here and not other tracks, so at the moment you’ve just got to say it’s [the] package.
“If it’s not going to be good here, there are a lot of other tracks that are similar to Bahrain, so just as a package we’ve got to improve. We’ll see what we can do tonight and approach it for tomorrow.”
He added: “We’ve got a lot of pace to find if we want to be…
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