Lando Norris rues “shocking” lap in sprint qualifying | “Struggling the whole day”
"In𒁃🦂 a way, I’m happy with P4, because I felt like it could have been a lot worse, but my lap was shocking."

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris admitted McLaren were “struggling” for pace as he settled for fourth in sprint qualifying at the𝔉 United States Grand Prix.
After dominating the last race in Singapore, Norris was the heavy favourite heading into this weekend’s race at the Circuit of the America🎃s.
Norris was running the nౠe🌌w McLaren upgrade package, with the new front wing only on his car.
However, Norris could only settle for fou𝓰rth on the grid for the sprint race.
It was a poor day for the McLaren driver considering his main F1 title rival 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen clinched pole position.
Reflectin𝓡g on sprint q🔴ualifying, Norris said on Friday: “[It was] not a great day.
“I’ve been struggling the whole day, hon🧜estly, with the balance and🌃 the setup.
“In a way, I’m happy💃 with P4, because I felt like it could have been a lot worse, but my lap was shockingꦜ.
“So, yeah, not a terri♌ble day, could have been worse, could have been better, but I’ll take it.”
Looking ahead to 🦄the sprint race, Norris outlined that his “plan” is to move forward.
“I mean, I hope to go forward,” he said.
“That’s my plan. But on pace, I think💞 we are where we deserve to be today. So my plan is to go forward, but Iꦐ have no idea how much we can.”
Ahead of the sprint race, N💜orris is 52 points behind Verstappen with six rounds to go.
Verstappen can afford to finish second in e🗹a▨ch of the remaining races to secure the title.
McLaren teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri only managed 16th after running wid♔e on his final lap in SQ1 - which was deleted for track limits.

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