Norris ahead of Ferraris in Texas: “Promising speed” | FormulaPassion.it

Lando Norris with the Circuit of the Americas he has always had a particular feeling and he showed it yesterday too, bringing his McLaren even in second position at the end of PL2 behind Sergio Perez’s Red Bull, even if Lewis Hamilton is missing due to the effect of time trial canceled (failure to comply with the track-limits) and that of Max Verstappen (gearbox problems). In light of the penalty that Valtteri Bottas will have to serve on the starting grid – five positions for a new ICE – Lando Norris today in qualifying can aim for the second row to lay the foundations for a Grand Prix in which McLaren’s mission is to extend the Ferrari in Constructors ranking.

“It was a good Friday – the words of Norris – the bumps and the wind did not make our life easy, but our pace compared to that of our rivals is good, a promising speed. We will try to make the car more drivable in view of PL3 and Qualifying to have a little more confidence so that we can push hard on the flying lap. We will see what we will be able to do “. Optimistic too Daniel Ricciardo, fifth at the end of the second free practice session: “Positive day, there are excellent signs. Obviously we have to work on several aspects, but we are competitive and placing two cars in the top-5 is encouraging. We will try to file a couple of tenths in view of the next sessions ”.