Lando Norris hopes that the new confidence can help him say goodbye to his first formula one title after ending Max Verstappen's remarkable career

Lando Norris admitted that he lacked confidence last season, but he hopes that a new belief of self -confidence dismissed him to the glory of the world championship.

The British driver goes to the second round of the new Formula One campaign in China this weekend at the top of the battery after winning a chaotic Australian Grand Prix and affected by the rain.

It marks the first time that Norris has led the classification of the pilots, which ends the 63 -run in the summit, and the 25 -year -old admitted after Sunday's race in Melbourne who now has to be considered the favorite given with the early advantage that his McLaren team has.

Norris was defeated by Verstappen last year when his attempt to dethrone the Dutchman was unearthed in a series of errors.

But Norris said he arrived for the next installment of his battle against Verstappen, whom he beat only 0.8 seconds in Albert Park, with a different mentality.

“I feel that I have entered this calm and more relaxed season than normally,” Norris said after the fifth victory of his career.

Lando Norris has admitted that he lost confidence last season, since he failed in his search for the title of F1

The British will go to China this week at the head of the driver championship after winning the opening race in Australia

Norris Win finished the remarkable 63 races of Max Verstappen about the driver's classification

'I have a little confidence, not too much, but I lacked confidence last season. Now I have a good balance of trust and the knowledge that I can go and do it well when I have to do it.

“I have faith in myself and that is a good thing because it keeps me calm and when I am calm, I am fast and when I am fast, I can win.”

After blocking the front row of the network in Melbourne, McLaren searched the course to claim a single final before Oscar Piasstri left the road when the rain intensified in the final stages.

When the second security car was introduced in Tour 34 after Fernando Alonso crashed, Norris was 18 seconds away from Verstappen in third place and more than half a minute of less than George Russell de Mercedes, which was in fourth place.

And Verstappen of Red Bull, which this season is offering to win the title for the fifth consecutive time, said: 'Finish in second place is good compared to the other teams behind us, but if you look back in the first season of the race, we were a little out of the rhythm.

'As soon as the tires began to overheat, we had no possibility and McLaren just took off in the distance. We still have a lot of work to do to fight for a victory.