McLaren endured a miserable start to the season in Bahrain as both Norris and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo failed to score any points, having struggled to compete with majority of the midfield teams.
Progress was made in Saudi Arabia one week later as Norris finished seventh, but the team made a big step forward in Australia as the British driver qualified fourth, only trailing Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and the Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
