Norris says McLaren's domanince is 'clearly not enough'

00:00, 21 Apr

bySavannah Lenz

After the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Lando Norris was asked whether or not he had expected Ferrari and Red Bull to perform so strongly. The McLaren driver explains why he wasn't.

He said, "No. I don't know why people are so surprised. They're just as quick in quali in most sessions. They're just as quick as us in the long runs. We don't believe we're much ahead, as it shows."

The Briton then had praise for Max Verstappen.

"I think probably Max was the quickest out there today. He did another five-second penalty, so we have work to do. People keep saying we're the best, we're the quickest, blah blah blah, but it's just because we show a bit more pace in practice and then we don't have anything left when it gets to quali."

Norris added, "But that's our way of doing things, that's how we feel we optimise things. If we didn't do it that way, we'd be even further back."

He concluded, "I'm happy with the work we're doing. People just need to recalibrate that. We have a great car. I mean, I'm probably the quickest on average for sure, but clearly not enough."

This article was written in collaboration with Estéban den Toom.