The McLaren driver drove well all through a frequently intruded on qualifying meeting on Friday, with five warnings and consistently changing circumstances making it difficult spot for the drivers all through.
Norris himself ran into the boundaries in the end phases of Q3, provoking the last warning that eventually wound up setting the matrix for Saturday's run.
McLaren have fallen well back in the dominance hierarchy in the field up until this point this season, with the MCL36 demonstrating a troublesome vehicle for the drivers to deal with in the early adjusts.
This outcome addresses an undeniable improvement for the Woking group, yet the 22-year-old driver felt somewhat more might have been conceivable had he invested all his time into delivering one lap as opposed to going briefly endeavor.
"I would have jumped at the chance to have placed that last lap in on the grounds that we didn't do a lap where we were full power, full battery," Norris told Sky Sports F1 after the meeting.
"The lap I did toward the start of Q3 resembled a two back to back, and when you do two continuous laps you need to sort of parted the battery 50%, 50%.
"In the event that I had figured out how to get a lap toward the end which was 100% battery, there was a decent three, four tenths left in it.
"I'm certain Charles Leclerc perhaps would have improved too, however in the event that he committed an error and didn't do that I figure I might have him.
"So there's perhaps that little opportunity to improve and to score a runner up today, yet it didn't occur due to the mix-up I made toward the end so I must be blissful enough with third.
"Truly, it's an excellent outcome for us, so I'm taking it."
Regardless of Norris' protestations in Saudi Arabia and Australia, McLaren have proceeded with their advancement subsequent to being trapped in the lower midfield in Bahrain.
The Briton said already any upgrades made by the group have only been down to the tracks fitting their vehicle more than Bahrain, however he said a few small amounts have been added to the vehicle this end of the week.
In any case, he believed he had the option to have an effect himself in the driver's seat in qualifying, with the wet circumstances playing up to their standing of being the extraordinary 'balancer' in Formula 1.
"There are a few little redesigns we have this end of the week, little things, nothing which has made us go from where we were to P3, you know?" he said.
"We are still quite far off the Ferraris and the Red Bulls, and we saw today in practice when conditions are steady, we are a smidgen more in our place and where we ought to be, which is a piece further back.
"Without attempting to enormous myself up a tad, when it's somewhat more down to the driver and facing challenges and pushing the tires and finding the cutoff points in wet-dry-wet-dry circumstances, that is where we've worked really hard today.
"So I assume I simply should be content with myself and the task I'd finished. I did all that I expected to, in this manner I'm content with that."
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