Lando Norris has revealed he’s “gaining confidence” following an encouraging Friday at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Norris topped second practice at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit ahead of McLaren teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri.

The F1 world championship leader was just over a 🐽tenth clear of Piastri in FP2.

It’s a stro♔ng start to the weekend from Norris following a tricky Bahrain weekend f𓆏or the British driver.

Norris could only qualify si𓂃xth in Bahrain before an err🌃or-strewn race.

Norris received a five-second penalty for misjudging his position on the starting grid and made several mistakes when fighting 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc for third.

While Norris was able to get ahead of Leclerc for the final spot on the podium, he was disappointed that he would not be able to overtake 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell on the final lap.

Norris’ scruffy weekend resulted in a raft of self-criticism, and he continues to be outspoken about how much he’s struggling with ꦡthe MCL39.

So far in Saudi Arabia, Norris feels 🤡he’s on the “right track” after an encouraging Friday.

“A pretty decent first day. Alw🌊ays feels chaotic around here because it’s ༒so fast,” Norris said.

“A lot of walls. A lot of near-misses. Today has been a day of working on my driving, working on myself more than working on the car. I’ve been getting more confi🥃dent.

“I think a good start to the weekend. Productive. Gaining confidence, gainiꦚng feeling. From what I wanted to acꦬhieve today I think [I’m] on the right track.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris: McLaren ‘hoped for a bigger gap’

In terms of McLaren’s nearest challengers, Max Verstappen was꧑ third-fas🅘test for Red Bull.

The reigning world champion was j🐓ust over 0.2s off ꦑthe pace.

Lecler🌳c was the lead Ferrari in fourth, having led the way after the initial runs on the medium tyres.

Assessing McLaren’s chances for qualifying, Norris added: “I mean at the minute I would say we feel confident but the others are not far beh🍎ind. I was probably hoping for a bigger gap than what we had today.

“We know we’re fast. We know we have a great car. Certainly not comfor🐓table, not as comfortable as we’d like.

“Nothing more than that. Keep our heads down and keep focusing on ourselve𒐪s and see what we can do.”