I know it's not for a win and stuff, like we got used to for the last couple of years, but I still have faith that we can get there through the course of the season," said Norris.
The mechanical retirement concluded a difficult weekend for Norris, who spent the race listening to unusual feedback from his cockpit instruments before the powertrain shut down permanently.
"We have to keep chipping away. It just hurts to start a lot of races and not even finish.
That's life sometimes," said Norris.
While Norris retired, teammate Oscar Piastri secured a fourth-place finish for McLaren, capitalizing on a mid-race Safety Car to serve a pit-lane speeding penalty without dropping positions.
"When you make up three spots in Monaco, that's always a good day, even if you didn't actually overtake anyone," said Piastri.
Piastri added 12 points to McLaren's constructors' tally but acknowledged that the team must close the performance deficit to frontrunners Ferrari before the next race weekend.
"Happy with that. I think as a team we made some of our calls correctly, which was good to see.
That's all we can ask for," said Piastri.
The Australian driver noted that the team needs to diagnose their mechanical issues and extract additional performance from the car immediately.
"I think to end up with 12 points – obviously it was a shame for Lando to not finish – is important.
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