Lando Norris says McLaren has unearthed some “quite obvious weaknesses” in its MCL35 c𒈔hallenger after Formulဣa 1 pre-season testing.

McLa🅺ren enjoyed a strong winꦬter test in Barcelona and while it did not light up the timesheets, the Woking squad turned in the third-highest amount of laps behind only Mercedes and Ferrari in the mileage charts.

Although the team is quietly confident after a solid sꦯhowing, Norris admitted there are some early✃ signs of weaknesses in its latest F1 car that need addressing.

“Considering how close the midfieldꦉ and racing was last year, if you have any weaknesses, of course it’s a concern,” Noꦓrris said.

“Every little thing is something you have to work on. Every 𝐆team has weaknesses and it’s just about trying to minimise them.

“I think our weaknesses are obvious to us, we’ll work on them, hopefully minimi🗹se them and hopefully eventually turn them into a strength.”

McLaren is aiming to build on iꦕts fourth place finish in the 2019 constructors’ championship and wants to cement itself as the be꧙nchmark of the midfield pack once more this year.

Norris added th🀅e team is not yet sure of the “real potential” of the MCL35.

“I don’t think we know the real potential yet, we have a good understanding, there is plenty of things♍ we need to work on,” he explained.

“We have strengths and weaknesses, but the weaknesses are quite obvious to us so we need to work on them before Australia, before we can be v꧃ery confident in ourselves.

“But there are other things we are confident in, made good progress in over 🌼the winter, so I’m reasonably happy with what I could achieve and from what we could achieve as a team.”