Lando Norris (McLaren), who will start the sprint race first this Saturday at the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, He admitted to being “nervous” in a classification marked by rain but he assured that, under these conditions, is when you have to “take risks.”
“I was nervous going into a (qualifying) session like this because I knew it was going to rain.“, and I was also happy with how we were doing in the dry, (…) but you have to risk a lot in these conditions,” said the poleman after the third qualifying round (SQ3) for the first sprint race of the weather.
The British driver, ahead of world champions such as Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) thanks to his time of 1:57:940, He seemed “happy” after dealing with “complicated” conditions and improved in the end after two “bad” first laps.
The McLaren driver, who arrived in Shanghai fifth in the championship with 37 points and climbed to the podium in Australia after his third place, said he saw “opportunities” for tomorrow’s ‘sprint’, when there will be chance of rain again. .
“The speed is good, whether it’s dry or wet. It was a surprise, but the team did a great job and the car gives a good feeling,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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