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

McLaren promise to battle Red Bull's Max Verstappen in Austria spri🐭nt

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5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris has promised to battle Max Verstappen for victory in the sprint race at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix.

Verstappen put his Red Bull on pole ♒position after sprint qualifying on Friday.

The two McLarens of Norris and Oscar Piastri sit bღehind him in P2 and P3 respectively.

Norris told Sky Sports about his Friday at the Red Bull Ring: “Reasonab♋ly good. I never got quite comfortable until my final lap.

“It⭕ was a nice lap by Max. A nice position fo🍎r tomorrow.”

Asked if he could fight Versta𝓰ppen for victory on Sat👍urday, Norris insisted: “From what we saw at the moment? Yes…”

Piastri, who rocketed back into form on Friday in Austria, said: “The position is qui𝓀te good obviousl๊y.

“T♔he last lap, a couple of corners I could’ve tidied up.

“It was a rough 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 sprint race victory on Saturday.

“I think 👍so,” he said. “The gap to Max isꦏ not massive.

“I know there were a couple of mistake🀅s on that lap, so we are definitely in the mi🧸x.”

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella added: “It was a tricky qualifying sesඣsion. It wasn’t easy to deliver the lap.

“We are happy with this result. Like always, Max finds a good performance. We have a 𝓀lot of respect 𝄹for that.

“Inဣ terms of data for sprint qualy, we saw that Lando and Oscar have opportunities to improve.

“In terms of♓ the sprint race,✃ it will depend on the temperature.

“It will𝕴 depend on what people do with tyres. Do you want to use a new 𒅌or used tyre in the sprint?”

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