'It’s where we've been all year so it should be no different, and it was no different.'
Losing out to the Ferrari s in Japan, Lando Norris says while Ferrari ’s race pace wasn’t as epic as Red Bull had predicted, his P3 on the grid gave McLaren “false hope” for a better result.
“It was as expected to be honest with you,” the 24-year-old said of his Grand Prix in Japan. “I don’t think the Ferrari race pace was anything incredible. I don’t think it’s as good as what Red Bull thought it was going to be as they said.”“It’s always hard in the beginning when you’re trying to push to keep up with a quicker car or push to stay ahead of the Ferraris, which were quicker,” he said.
“I think , we just excelled. I put in some very strong laps, and maybe made us look a bit too good. It was a bit more back to reality.”Reality was Ferrari once again on the podium with Red Bull, and Norris 30 seconds down the road from race winner Max Verstappen.“I was only 10 seconds behind Carlos,” he said. “It felt a lot worse out there, only 10 seconds behind, I think is a good job by us.
Crossing the line in fifth place, three seconds behind Leclerc, Norris was pressed on whether he could’ve beaten the Ferrari driver had McLaren adopted a different strategy.
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