Sakhir, Feb. 29 -- Lando Norris believes McLaren has not made as much progress as he and the team would want ahead of the 2024 season, and the Briton admits that his team may struggle in this weekend's first race in Bahrain.

Looking back at 2023, the Woking-based team had a rough start to the season, starting in Bahrain with a pre-upgrade vehicle that finished towards the bottom of the grid in the first three races. However, after the modifications began to come from Austria, McLaren made amazing progress and, at times, proved to be the closest opponent to Red Bull at various Grand Prix in the second part of the season.

In terms of how things are going this time, Norris noted that the squad's 2024 pre-season testing was more successful,...