Lando Norris has opened up about the strategic compromises made by his team in order to secure the previous world championship titles. The heavy shift in developmental focus ultimately impacted their current campaign amid a sweeping overhaul of technical regulations.
The Woking-based squad successfully defended its constructors' crown while the British driver clinched his maiden drivers' title, echoing the historic triumph achieved by Lewis Hamilton back in 2008. That intense championship battle went down to the wire against relentless pressure from Max Verstappen, forcing the team to divert all engineering resources toward sealing the championship glory.
Consequently, preparations for the brand-new chassis and power unit regulations took a backseat while rival outfits capitalised on early development freedom. Meanwhile, teammate Oscar Piastri also navigated through the intense technical transition within the garage.
Reflecting on the ongoing season, the reigning champion admitted that maintaining peak dominance across major regulation eras is practically an impossible dream. He highlighted the remarkable recovery work done by the team to bridge a significant performance gap compared to their rivals.
"I don't think we've done many things badly this season," Norris told media. "I think we knew at the beginning of the season there was a big challenge ahead of us because of coming into a new regulation, and generally we've successfully caught up to our competition after starting significantly behind."
"To win it in one of the biggest regulation changes ever was almost an impossible dream because you're not able to do everything at once. The compromise was sacrificing this season to win the world championship last year, and that's a trade-off we continue to make," he concluded.
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