Norris has scored three top five finishes in a row, leaving him ꦺthird in the drivers’ championship ahead of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas.

With Carlos Sainz moving to Ferrari, Norris says he has stepped up 🐲as McLaren’s team leader.

Speaking ahead of this weekend🦹’s Spanish Grand Prix, Norris said: “Something that has changed for this year is the role that I have more within the team, more because of the difference between the drivers.

“Me and Carlos were with McLaren for two years, this year Daniel comes in with a lot more experience in different teams and within F1, but I have a ඣlot more experience with McLaren and working within the team.

“I have a bigger role, more responsibility with some things such as the development, the knowledge of the team over the past three, four years, which is something Daniel can’t add so I have had to step up a little bit more and help the team push forward in this area and use my knowledge from th⛦ere. Daniel has come in from the other angle from knowledge of Red Bull, Renault and many teams in F1.”

Norris also revealed he’s 🅠been spending 🐬more time at McLaren’s base in Woking as part of his newfound role in the team.

“It’s sౠomething I’ve had to step up into which I think has been good for me, taking upon that role of responsibility within the team because it’s improved more my… the effort, I was always putting in the effort but the time spent, the dedication spent with the team to understand a lot more things, going into th﷽e details, working a lot more with the team back at base in MTC and so on,” Norris added.

“It’s hard to say the exact things but more my responsibility withi🦋n the team has gone up and my confidence as well. Just being at the race track, within the car, knowing what I want to achieve every step of the way basically - on and off t𝓰he track. Those are the main things.”