Norris ‘diesel’ in Monza: “In FP1 I didn’t have a good feeling, then..”

Lando 3 thousandths from Hamilton

Second position three thousandths from Lewis Hamilton and a potential opponent inside the box given that telemetry in hand without an error at Ascari Oscar Piastri could have placed the fastest lap of the day and also with a margin over the competition. Landon Norris He was solid today at Monza, finishing both free practice sessions in second place and displaying one of the most interesting race paces, although the MCL38 also suffered – like all the cars – from graining.

Norris analyzed today’s day, which had not started with the best feelings, as follows: “FP1 didn’t go well because I felt a bit uncomfortable with the car.. FP2 was better, but we need to make progress overnight for tomorrow’s Qualifying. I have a few areas to focus on while riding in FP3, but we have a good base to work from.”

The team principal Andrea Star he stressed that it will be a very tight weekend between the top four teams: “Both sessions today were quite busy. We had a lot of work to do to gather data and evaluate our aero updates. As usual in Monza, we also tried to optimise the set-up for the long straights, while at the same time preserving some grip in the corners. The track feels a lot smoother this year and that opens up some opportunities in terms of set-up. We have a lot of work to do, but overall it was a positive couple of sessions. We will look at all this data and prepare for the rest of the weekend, which looks very, very close from a competitiveness point of view, with the usual four teams in a position to fight for the podium.”