For a while it looked like Lando Norris was going to split the Red Bulls on the starting grid, but in the end he had to settle for P3, but Lando Norris is quite happy with that.
“It’s always exciting,” said Norris when asked how much fun it was to compete right at the front. “You don’t get many chances but we had a good car today. I was able to compete, I did some good laps, especially in Q3, so I’m very happy with how today went.”
“It was a lot of fun here to ride in front of these fans. It was a good day for McLaren. Last year was good, we had a good race during the previous race weekend, it’s nice that we are still at the front.”
McLaren seems to be gradually getting closer to Red Bull and, according to Norris, this is the result of the hard work done by the entire team.
“We have a good car all weekend. We are trying to catch up with these two Red Bulls but they are doing a very good job, the whole team is doing very well so that is to their credit.”
“But we work hard and that hard work is slowly paying off. We will keep pushing. But today is a good start to the weekend but it is tomorrow that it has to happen.”