Lando Norris and McLaren vow to take fight to Max Verstappen in Austria sprint

McLaren promise to battle Red Bull's Max Ve𒁃rstappen in Austria sprint

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria, Preparation
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, Austrian Grand Prix,…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris has promised to battle Max Verstappen for victory in the sprint race at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix.

Verstappen put his Red B🥂ull on pole position after sprint qualifying on Friday.

The two McLarens of Norris and Osc💜ar Piastri sit beh🐈ind him in P2 and P3 respectively.

Norris told Sky Sports about his Friday at the Red Bu🦩ll Ring: “Reasonably good. I never got quite comfortable until my fin♏al lap.

“It waꩵs a nice lap by Max. A nice position for tomorrow.”

Asked if he could ꦛfight Verstappen for victory on Saturday, Norris insisted: “From what we saw at the moment? Y🥀es…”

Piastri, ꦰwho rocketed back into form on Friday in Austria, sꦗaid: “The position is quite good obviously.

“The last lap, a couple of💧 corners I coul🐟d’ve tidied up.

“It was a rouꦫgh one, last weekend, so we are back on the pace.

“The new front wing is working well.”

Piastri was also asked if he🔜 could contend for sprin💛t race victory on Saturday.

“I think so,ꦜ” he said. “The gap to Max is not massive.

“I know there wer♐e a couple of mistakes on that lap, so we are definitely in the mixཧ.”

McLareꦡn team principal Andrea Stellaꦦ added: “It was a tricky qualifying session. It wasn’t easy to deliver the lap.

“We are happy with this 🍎result. Like always, Max finds a good performance. We have a lot of respect for tജhat.

“In terms of data for sprint qualy, we saw that Lando and Oscar🍃 have opportunities to𒈔 improve.

“In terms of the spri🔜nt race, it wi﷽ll depend on the temperature.

“It will depend on what people do with tyres. Do you want to use a new or used tyre 🍌i🐓n the sprint?”

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