Lando Norris says he is 'excited' about the rest of the Formula 1 season after challenging Max Verstappen hard for victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
McLaren driver Lando Norris says he is "excited" about the rest of the Formula 1 season after challenging Max Verstappen’s Red Bull hard for victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
"We also had a second in China , so we've had second, first, second, you know, and I think that’s a good sign," he said. Norris said: "In quali, maybe you would have put us a bit ahead of them. You know, without Max's slipstream, we would have been ahead. And without Oscar's penalty, like, we would have had a one-two on the grid."
"For the team, it's very good," Norris said. "It gives them a good amount of confidence. We're on the right track. We're fighting against Ferraris and Red Bulls and that's the expectation now. Verstappen said: "You can see, of course, it's clearly very close now. I had a bit more pace on the medium , but then I didn't have that pace on the hard. And at the end of the day, we basically came over the line like we almost started the race. It was incredibly close."
"So we're working on those places, and if we work and improve on them as much as we have the rest of the car, then I’m excited that we can definitely continue to fight them in more races." They made a big step forward thanks to some hard work by their reserve driver Sebastien Buemi in the simulator on Friday night, but Verstappen’s pole - apart from the tow - appeared to be more about driver than car. His team-mate Sergio Perez being down in 11th on the grid underlined this.
"Red Bull had a very good car but today we also see the skills of the driver who won the race. We have proved we can be there and knock at the door of victories in a weekend when at some stage it looked like Ferrari had the fastest car and then Max appeared to. It was important we were there.
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