Lando Norris ‘not felt comfortable' with McLaren F1 car despite topping timesheets
Lando Norris wasn't comfortable with his McLaren F1 car de𒈔spite topping꧋ the timesheets in FP2 at Spa-Francorchamps.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris says he has “not felt comfortable” with his McLaren F1 cꦓar despite ending Frಞiday practice at the Belgian Grand Prix with the fastest time.
Norris unleashed promising pace to spearhead a McLaren 1-2, two tenths clear of teammate and Hungarian Grand Prix winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri, in second practicꦉe at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday.
Despite setting the pace, Norris admittౠed he does not feel entirely comfortabl⛎e behind the wheel of his McLaren.
“Good, but still tough and close. Red Bull are quick, at the moment. It’s t♔ricky,” Norris said.
🦄“I have not felt comfortable toda🧔y with the car. Hopefully I wake up tomorrow and feel more comfortable. We’ll try to improve a few things.
“☂I know it looks good on the timওesheets but I didn’t feel super-comfortable going out and doing it. Hopefully I get in more of a rhythm out there.
“I don’t think it’s a lot. We always come to a circuit now, and be within millimetres of the margin straigh♎t away.
“It’s not like you ever really change the whole ca👍r overnight anymore. If you do, you’re not doing a good enough job before the weekend.
“We pre෴pared well. We have a good set up. It’sꦕ working. Just from my side, feeling like I can go out and nail it? I’m not quite there yet.”
Norris ended up 0.217s faster than Red Bull's 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who will serve a 10-place grid drop for Sunda🎀y’s race after exceeding his allocation of power units for the season.
Sky F1 pundiꦚt Naomi Schiff said Verstappen’s penalty presents McLaren with a big opportunity to make it back-to-back wins.
"FP1 Max looked really, really quick - especially in sector two, although that's not really where you do your overtaking🌱 - but after this session I think McLaren will be slightly reassured that Max is controllable in terms of pace,” she said.
"They're just going to have to maximise that opening part of the first stint in the race. If the drivers work together, don't slow each other down, they can🌳 just open as much as a gap as they can so that Max can’t get back to them.
"So there is a huge opportunity in f✤ront of them - they've got to use it wisely."
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