168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris has rejected suggestions McLaren are the team to beat heading into the new F1 season.

Red Bull’s reigning world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and Mercedes' 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell both believe McLaren currently hold the edge over the rest of the field based on their strong🌌 showing in pre-season testing.

“We know McLaren are without doubt the favourites right now,” Russell told the official F1 channel. “They look absolutely dominant and I’m sure they’r♉e going to be the ones to beat.”

But Norris feels the view that McLaren are outright favourites for both world champꦫionships before a wheel has even been turned in anger is “short-sighted”. 

“I know there's a lot of ex🍒pectation and it's what everyone says,” Norris is quoted as saying by BBC Sport.

"I'm quite surprised so many people are so short-sighted, especially people you wouldn't ex🌺pect to be, making so many conclusio🔯ns before you even start the season.

"Everyone just wants to play that ♛game of looking like the underdog and playing it down.”

Norris suggests rivals hid pace in testing

Norris also hinted that some of McLaren’🦄s rivals were hiding their true pace, particularly over one lap, during the three days of running in Bahrain.

"I feel like we're in a similar playing field to the t🐬op ๊other three teams,” he added.

“I still think it's us top🐭 four but there are many things that other people didn't see [in testing] where other people have been extremely strong, including Red Bull, including Mercedes, including Ferrari.

"I know how much fuel and stuff Ferrari had for a lot of the testing and you'd be surprised at h𝔉ow quick they're going to be this weekend🌼.

"People can talk what they want. We've kept to ourselves, we've kept focused and we want to be quick. We expect to be up there fighting but I don't think yo🍸u can think by𒊎 the margin that everyone's saying.”

McLaren teammate and home hero 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri was equally keen to downpl🐬ay the team’s pr🥀ospects in Melbourne.

“I don’t think so. That would be ideal to try and have that level of success and competitiveness,” Piastri said𒊎 in response to suggestions McLaren could dominate like Red Bull in rece🍬nt years. “I think that’s what every team and every driver dreams of.

“At this point of the regulations with how last year went, expecting that is incredibly naive. I think this 💝season🍸 is going to be just as tight, if not even tighter, than the second half of last year, especially.

“That’s what we want to aim for, but we have a new s🎉et of rules coming next year, which is probably going to change the pecking order quite a bit - at least the gaps quite a bit.

“I don’t think it’s the same circumstances, but also, this year is goin🍎g to be an incr𒀰edibly competitive year of F1. As much as I would like to try and have that level of success, I think it’s going to be very, very tough.”