La McLaren could close the constructors championship with a race to spare, having both triumphed in a one-two in the Sprint and finished ahead of rival Ferrari in qualifying. Of course, as he also says Lando Norris, it is not something certain but he is confident for the race Qatar GP.
Lando Norris, statements after conquering the second row in Qatar
Lando Norris, leader of the sprint race until the last lap and then gave up the victory to his teammate, he conquers the third place during the qualifications. He will then start from second row in the race of tomorrow which could give the Papaya team the constructors' world championship.
"It's not what we were hoping for between yesterday and today, but it's the best we could do for sure. My lap was very good, I'm quite happy with that, but I wasn't going as fast as the others [Verstappen and Russell, ed.]. So I'm happy with my lap and that I got the most out of it, but not with the result."
"Looking at the manufacturers I'm happy, we all saw how close we are throughout qualifying. There's not much of a gap between all of us and it gives us hope that we can progress in the race. But there are also a lot of fast cars behind us, we're looking forward to tomorrow, for today we had good race pace. It's true that I was lucky to have clean air today [in the sprint race, ed.], I expect a tougher race tomorrow."
"Tomorrow I will have a different mentality, having given the victory to Oscar was a completely different thing. I am still excited, I think I have a good chance, but I don't know if we will be as fast as Mercedes. I don't think so. Red Bull has shown a lot of improvement since yesterday, there will certainly be opportunities for everyone tomorrow."
