“I don’t have the confidence that I want, especially in the medium and high speed corners,” he added. “So corners like turn six, seven. I made a mistake there on my first lap and I had to

abort because I turned in and just completely lost the rear. “My confidence in the car isn't where I want it to be, isn’t where we had it last year. "But there’s also improvements

in other places compared to last year. So it’s not necessarily that everything has to be better, there’s just areas to work on.” Meanwhile, McLaren team-mate Daniel Ricciardo is embarking on

his first season with the Woking-based team.