Lando Norris believes McLaren will carry their momentum to “a track that suits us” in Montreal, having been encouraged by the team’s turnaround in performance last time out in Miami.<\/p>\n
The Woking-based outfit<\/a> endured a frustrating first three rounds of the season, facing obstacles such as Oscar Piastri<\/a>\u2019s reconnaissance lap crash on home soil in Australia, an unusual double DNS in China, and a lack of pace in comparison to pack leaders Mercedes<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, with a five-week gap after the Japanese Grand Prix, they used the time to identify their biggest weaknesses and work on upgrade packages, the first of which was introduced at the Miami Grand Prix<\/a>.<\/p>\n The comeback was close to immediate as Norris<\/a> converted pole position into victory in the Sprint with team mate Piastri following close behind in P2. The wait for their first podiums of 2026 was over, and although they dropped behind Kimi Antonelli<\/a> in the Grand Prix itself, they successfully brought home another double top-three finish.<\/p>\n Asked in Miami if the result helped him feel confident about McLaren\u2019s potential in Montreal, Norris replied: \u201cCertainly. I think you\u2019d have to feel silly if you don\u2019t feel confident about the future when we improved so much this weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cWe also know it\u2019s a track that suits us. I\u2019m always that guy that looks at things on the slightly more glass-half-empty side, but this is a track that suits us and in the past has not suited the Mercedes quite so well.<\/p>\n \u201cYet they were still very fast, and we\u2019re going to go to a track that Mercedes have probably been the best at over the last five, six years. So, we have to wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s Canadian Grand Prix, which was scheduled as Round 10, marked the first round of the season without a McLaren driver on the rostrum \u2013 Norris collided with Piastri late on<\/a>, ruling himself out of the race and ending the Aussie\u2019s challenge for the podium.<\/p>\n