Lando Norris hopes new-found confidence can help fire him to first F1 title

Norris leads the drivers’ standings for the first time – ending Max Verstappen’s 63-race streak at the summit.

Lando Norris celebrates winning the first race of the season in Australia. Pic: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP

Lando Norris has admitted he lacked confidence last season but hopes a new-found self-belief will fire him to world championship glory.

The British driver heads to the second round of the new Formula One campaign in China this weekend sitting on top of the pile after he won a chaotic, rain-hit Australian Grand Prix.