Lando Norris outlines where Red Bull could have edge in Bahrain
Lando Norris has detailed where 💯he thinks Red Bull could have the upper hand in Bahrain.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris has suggested that Red Bull could be the tea﷽m to be✱at at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver chased 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s Red Bull for the entirety of last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix but was forced to settle with se♎cond place behind his title rival, who converted his stunning pole position into victory.
It marked McLaren’s first defeat to Red Bull this season, after Norris and teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Oscar Piastri shared t💫he wins across the opening two rounds in Australia and Chi♏na.
Verstappen’s first win of 2025 has m💧oved him to within꧂ a point of Norris in the drivers’ championship standings heading into this weekend’s race in Bahrain.
And Norris expects 🎐Verstappen will be a threat once mor🅘e, having conceded McLaren are struggling compared to Red Bull in low-speed corners.
“Our weakness was the slow-speed compared to them,” Norris said. “There’s a lot less high-sp🍸eed [in Bahrain], so we’re kind of losing some of our strengths and we’re going more into our weaknesses.
“Clearly, they’re quick. I feel like between Oscar and myself, we got a lot out of the car [in qualifying]. It was probably a little bit more, yes, but both our theoretical [lap times] wer💦e not that far ahead.
“So Max is doing a good job and Red Bull seemed to maybe have caught up a little bit. But they’ve also not been that🤡 bad the whole season.
“When you loo꧟k at Australia, he was fighting for a win. When you look at China, he wasn’t miles away. And this weekend he’s done very ꦡgood. So I expect him to be challenging us every weekend.”
McLaren still have work to do
McLaren are still considered to have the outright fastest car, but Norris is convinced Red Bu🐻ll have improved their RB21, despite thei♎r continued second driver struggles.
And the Briton 🌳stressed there is still room for McLaren to make progr﷽ess.
“In high-speed [corners] we were very, very strong and I tꦡhink definitely the strongest car out there,” he ൩explained.
“In slow-speed we’re 🌠quite a chunk off the Red Bull, and that’s where we lost in qualifying. We lost again consistently in the race. So there’s a lot of areas we have to try to work on.”
McLaren sit 50 points clear of third-placed Red Bull in the constructors’ championship, with Mercedes holding second place, 36 poi🦄nts behind.
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