“Not so confident,” said Norris, when asked about McLaren’s prospect this weekend. “Just a lot more slow speed corners, which is not our strength. I think it’s tough when you look at Singapore. Obviously we were not bad in Singapore, not as strong as Ferrari, but still not a bad race. But we know on these types of circuits, Mercedes are going to be very strong, Ferrari are going to be very strong, Aston here in the past have been very strong.”
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“It’s just not a track… like we knew when we went to Qatar it was going to be a track that really suited us, a lot of medium high speed, which is where we are very strong and almost on par with Red Bull. [There is] less of that here and a lot more slower speed. I’m definitely not as confident but nevertheless I’m not saying it’s going to be a bad weekend. I think we can still fight; it’s just going to be a much bigger fight I think,” he added.
Just a few days ago, McLaren’s young duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had revealed that a third place finish behind Red Bull and Mercedes in the constructors’ championship was ‘doable’, with Norris even claiming that they are confident, but definitely not overconfident.
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