Lando Norris will make his F1 debut with McLaren in 2019, and he believes that the Woking outfit have a “much better understanding” of their problems.

Norris will make his debut after finishing in P2 in the Formula 2 Championship, second only to Williams-bound George Russell.

He was asked whether the McLaren team would improve in 2019 after the last few poor seasons, but he said that “no one knows”.

“I guess they have decent ideas of things that they’re working on, bits they’re trying to improve,” Norris admitted.

“All those little things which they’ve had a lot of data to say it’s better, but things can always change.