Norris Content with 5th, Despite Rusty Weekend

0:00It's March 28th. This is F1 News Today Team News powered by AI. Lando Norris is taking fifth on the grid for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, and he straight up satisfied with it after a rough weekend at Suzuka. The McLaren driver dealt with back-to-back gremlins in practice, hydraulically can free practice too, then an energy recovery system glitch and free. Practice 3. Leaving him with just 29 laps total. They put him way behind teammate Oscar Piaustry, who logged 18 more laps and snacked third place. Norris rolled into qualifying playing catch-up, but nailed a solid lap to slap between the Ferraris, of Charles the Clare and Lewis Hamilton. He's been real about it, saying he spent more time glued to the TV screens than actually driving this weekend. Still, he feels good about the quality pace, and the few laps he banked to shake off the rust, calling it painful, but better than it could have been. Leaving into the 53 lap race, Norris emits he's flying a bit blind.

1:00No high-fuel runs means he's clueless on battery and engine behavior. Tonight he's diving into onboard videos from Piaustry and others to prep his strategy. The cars shown decent speed overall, better than recent tracks, so fingers crossed McLaren turns this around tomorrow.