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Norris bemoans McLaren’s “surprising” long-run tempo in Las Vegas
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Norris bemoans McLaren’s “surprising” long-run tempo in Las Vegas

By Miles Cooper November 22, 2024
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Lando Norris described his McLaren’s long-run tempo on the Las Vegas Grand Prix as “surprising” – as he reckoned he might drive a highway automobile faster.

The Briton ended second apply on Thursday night simply 0.011 seconds behind pacesetter Lewis Hamilton within the Mercedes, however he was removed from proud of how issues performed out.

On a day when the chilly temperatures and the low-grip monitor floor made issues tough for everybody, he mentioned McLaren’s place within the timesheets was flattering contemplating how a lot bother he thought they had been in with entrance tyre graining.

“It is simply very troublesome, tremendous low grip,” he mentioned. “I really feel like I might drive a highway automobile faster than we drive on the minute…”

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Norris mentioned that being personally struggling to beat points with entrance graining, he was not too inspired by the long-run potential of the McLaren on a weekend when he wants consequence to maintain his slim championship hopes alive.

“I believe the low-fuel stuff has been okay,” he defined. “The high-fuel, that was surprising. So, yeah, loads of issues to look into.

“This sort of combos of issues, and after we battle with the entrance graining and stuff like that, I am simply not excellent at it. So it is at all times a little bit of a battle for me.

Norris bemoans McLaren’s “surprising” long-run tempo in Las Vegas

Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Staff, within the storage

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“However we’ve period of time to work on it. So yeah, two halves actually. Good low-fuel and troublesome high-fuel.”

Staff-mate Oscar Piastri felt that it was troublesome to learn an excessive amount of into the Thursday apply instances as a result of monitor evolution was so speedy that it clouded the true efficiency of groups.

“Each lap we do, the monitor’s getting higher and higher,” mentioned the Australian. “However we knew what to anticipate this time, no less than.

“It has been an fascinating day. I believe the tempo appears cheap, only a little bit of tidying up. And if you aren’t getting the lap right here, then you definately rapidly lose numerous time with the monitor evolving a lot.”

And whereas Mercedes had appeared to have an edge to this point, Piastri felt McLaren was not out of rivalry.

“Mercedes have appeared very fast right this moment,” he added. “Very, very fast. Ferrari’s been fairly sturdy as effectively. However I believe we’re undoubtedly within the combine.”

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