Lando Norris makes “long way off” claim: “I’m having to push way too much”
"I💯'm having ꦡto push way too much to try and get a lap time out of it."

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris believes McLaren are a “long way ꦚoff” the pace following a tricky Friday practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Norris found himself well down the timesheets after his best lap was impeded by Alpine driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly.
It left Norris 17th overall, while McLaren teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri set the fifth-fastest time.
Still, Piastri was around 0.5s shy of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc at the top of the order.
Reflecting on the Gasly incident, Norris said: "No, probably not his fault. It♐'s just here you don't deploy the power until very late.
“So he's just clearly misjudged 🎐it. It didn't matter. I'd done my lap already. It's just a straight until then.”
The true pace of the McLaren is still yet to be unleashed⛦ given Norris was impeded.
McLaren’s main competitors, Red Bull, appear to be back on form thoug🉐h.
In the hands of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez, Red Bull were narrowly pipped to top spot with just 0.006s between the 💦Mexican and L🉐eclerc.
Assessဣing McLaren’s pace, Norris said: “We're quite a long way off. I'm having to push way too much to try and get a lap time out of it♍. I think where Oscar was is kind of more where we are.
“So I think if we nail it, we're just about there, but I'm sure they're not even close to nailing it yet. I thin🧔k we have quite a lot to ꦍfind, honestly.”
Norris believes Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull are all “very similar” in pace, leaving McLaren 𝕴as the fourth-best team on Friday in Baku.
"Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, they're all very similar,” he explainedꦺ. “And then there's a good three, four tenth gap back to us so a lot of🌼 work to do. Ferrari are very quick here.
“Mercedes will be quick with these track conditions. It's very slidey out th꧒ere. We perform well on the higher grip circuits. Finding it difficult bu♏t we'll work hard tonight.”

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