In these crazy qualifications in Barcelona Lando Norris takes third place. A second row that he will share with Pierre Gasly or Lewis Hamilton considering that the French driver is under investigation for double impeding and therefore could climb further down the standings depending on the penalty he receives. Here are the words of the Englishman at the end of a really chaotic session in which he himself didn't believe he had arrived in such a good position.
Norris: "Qualifying tight, in a tenth I would have lost 5 positions!"
Qualifying smiled at the McLaren duo. Oscar Piastri also managed to enter Q3 finishing in tenth position. Something that, for example, teams higher up in the standings such as Red Bull and Ferrari failed to do, even excluded in Q1 with Leclerc. However, Norris' feat is contained in very few tenths, those that made the difference between P3 and a more backward position. "I'm very happy, I did some good laps today, maybe Q3 wasn't my best lap, I lost a little time in the third sector but it was enough to qualify in this position. Maybe if I had been a tenth slower I would have lost 5 positions. There were very small differences today, we hope to repeat ourselves tomorrow too.”
The rain dance, which also brought good luck to Monte-Carlo, seems to have worked. However, tomorrow's conditions look more stable. Surely the fact of finding opponents like Leclerc, Perez further back opens up more scenarios also for teams like McLaren which is starting to take the right direction after the crisis initial. Progress can be seen and the team is moving towards the future, as evidenced by the purchase of a very important figure from the Red Bull family, i.e. Rob Marshall. Knowledge and experience that can help you grow.
