Following an encouraging first test with the MCL36 in Barcelona the team was on the back foot from the start of last week’s Sakhir test after suffering brake cooling issues that compromised its programme.
The problem has been addressed with new brake ducts, but over the race weekend the team struggled to find performance, with Norris qualifying 13th, and Ricciardo only 18th.
Norris says he has faith in the team to get to the bottom of the problems.
“I think everyone’s working hard, and we just had a long meeting going through everything so they’re working hard,” he said. “They have been since last year really to come up with good things.
“There are still lot of the positives we got, just sadly, today more negatives and then positives. So it’s just about time and working on them. And I think now we understand them more than ever. It’s simply about putting them into action.
“But again, it’s not an overnight job, it’s not something that we’re going to turn up tomorrow and…
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