Lando Norris hopes McLaren’s low downforce gamble will “pay us back” in Belgian GP

"The slightly lower downforce that we have potentially has hurt us a little bit today a🐼nd hopefully will pay us back tomorrow."

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium,
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris is hoping that McLaren’s decision to run lower downforce will pay off in Sunday’s F1 Belgian Grand Prix.

A🐼fter showing i🔜mpressive pace in dry conditions on Friday, Norris could only secure fourth on the grid for tomorrow’s race.

McLaren’s lack of pace in the middle secto♛r - the high downforce part of the lap - was apparent through♎out qualifying.

Norris did well to recover to qualify fifth (before168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen’s penalty) after nearly dropping out in Q1.

Reflecting on qualifying, Norris conce𒐪ded hജe’s not clicked with his McLaren F1 car.

“The whole weekend the Red Bull has been a step ahead of us even if we were a bit quicker yesterday,” he said. “I ꦑjust think Red Bull didn’t show their cards at all - and we did.

“What we did yesterday was pretty much all we got. I think going into today we were optimistic still. I was just struggling a bit myself. Oscar was almost quickest in the first two sessions. Q3, I think both just st♚ruggled a little bit more.

“Just from my side, I just haven’t been able to click very well today. I was always one step behind. I was always a little b🔥it on the backfoot. To come away with a P5, I was actually surprised with and therefore happy with it.

“It’s ꦬnot the result I wanted honestly. Still got to overtake some quick cars like the Red Bull of Perez.”

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium,
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa…

Norris confirmed th🍸at McLaren have opted to run with “slightly lower downforce” in preparation for a🦋 dry race.

💛It means McLaren will have more straight-line speed as they look to move up the order in the race.

“The slightly lower downfo🌺rce that we have potentially has hurt us a little bit today and hopefully will pay us back tomorrow,” he explained.

“I was struggling a lot out there, honestly. Just with a bit of confidence. High-speed. I was a little bit more confident at the end of yesterday. I just haven’t clicked as much as I did in𒐪 the previous races. It sounds terrible but I have to try very hard to try and understand the car in every corner whereas the last few weeks, months it’s bee🔴n a lot more natural.

“Maybe just one of those weekends so far. We will work hard overnight to make sure we’r💯e as prepared as we can be tomorrow.”

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