F1 will have to “wait for 2026” for big shake-up

“No, I think for things to really shake up, you need to wait until 2026,” he said. “I think that could potentially be a big shake-up for every team, including the power units probably being one of the biggest things.

“Now there’s not really anything between the power units between teams, but a lot more between cars. I expect Red Bull, being the team that they are, to always carry an advantage because they’re ahead.”

Norris said he does hope that Red Bull will “run out of ideas” before then, as even McLaren’s huge gains compared to this time last year haven’t been enough to get close.

“They’re just as smart, smarter in many ways, that if they do just as good of a job as any other team, they should always carry the advantage that they have, but you do hope that they start to run out of good ideas,” the Briton explained.

“I think every team is catching up. Even if you look at our 12 months of progress from last year, we’ve been the team who have developed the most and we’re the best developing team over the last 12 months.

“So, when you look at it from that perspective, I think we can be very happy with the job that we’re doing. But it’s not enough and it’s not close enough to challenge them.”