
McLaren youngster Lando Norris has been made second place in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring for Austrian Grand Prix. Claims first ever front row start in his F1 career, and it has been led McLaren a front row starts for the first time in nine years. The Silverstone based F1 squad’s last front row start was the in 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.
“I feel epic!” Said Norris after impressive qualifying performance, who was slightly missed P1, he is only 0.048 seconds behind the pole-sitter Max Verstappen. “Yeah it was cool. I guess after last race, I wanted to do that one more step and I did two more so, yeah, it’s nice.
“It puts us in a good position for tomorrow, it was probably one of my best laps I’ve done. It was a good feeling!”
“Very happy! My best result in qualifying in Formula 1, so a big achievement for us as a team but also for myself. It was one of the best laps I’ve done.” Norris has been said on team’s qualifying report.
“To only be half a tenth off pole is a great achievement for everyone. It makes you miss it from your early career! I don’t think we could’ve done a lot more, so P2 is awesome for us and a great position to start from tomorrow. Let’s see what we can do in the race.” The British ace added
Lando is flying, continuously improving with every single lap – Andreas Seidl, McLaren Team Principal
“It’s been nine years since McLaren has qualified on the front row, so P2 today for Lando is a great result for the entire team and our colleagues at Mercedes HPP. A reward for the hard work that everyone has been putting in over the last month to keep improving the car and make this possible today. Lando’s been flying, continuously improving with every single lap all through the qualifying sessions. Seidl said
“On Daniel’s side, it was another challenging qualifying session which ended with him in P13 – but at this circuit and with the strategy options we’re expecting, he can have a good race from there. While we’ve had a good moment, it’s important to switch our focus to tomorrow, which is when the points get distributed. The objective is clear: we’ve got to get Daniel back into the points and score another big result with Lando for our battle in the Constructors’ Championship.” Seidl concluded