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Norris: "I think it was still a positive day for us, but tomorrow’s another day"

12:30, 27 Apr 2019

byJoseph Tyrrell

Lando Norris has insisted it was a positive day for the team despite a lack of action in the opening practice sessions in Azerbaijan after George Russell’s incident with a loose drain cover in FP1.

The opening session of the weekend was cancelled after Goerge Russell drove over a loose drain cover causing the FW42 to require a new chassis as well as the underside of his vehicle being ruined. Norris got back to work in FP2 finishing in tenth in 1:44.295s as well as completing 32 laps.

Norris admitted the circumstances weren’t ideal but was pleased with the output in the end.

“Overall it wasn’t as long a day, or as action-packed, as I was hoping but we still made the most of it,” said Norris.

“There was a lot of track development through the second session because it was pretty much FP1.

“Although the F2 cars had been running, the track was improving a lot – but still very dusty, very slippery and quite difficult to drive.

“Given the lost time, we made good choices when prioritising the things we needed to test and it was a very busy session in terms of the amount of laps we fitted in.

“I think it was still a positive day for us, but tomorrow’s another day.”