Qualifying day in Belgium sparked mixed feelings at McLaren, with **Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri qualifying in fifth and sixth positions** respectively \u2013 positions that will become fourth and fifth after the 10-place penalty imposed on Max Verstappen \u2013 despite a promising performance during Friday’s practice sessions.<\/p>\n
The session took place on a wet track at Spa-Francorchamps, following heavy rain, putting the drivers in difficult conditions. Norris said he was satisfied with his final result <\/b>, although he felt he hadn’t driven at his best level.<\/p>\n
\u00ab It was difficult, but I am honestly quite happy with today”, said the Briton after the session. \u00ab I think in the end, Oscar and I were separated by a tenth of a second or something like that.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Clearly, we were lacking pace compared to the cars ahead – especially the Red Bull, the Red Bull is on another level compared to us in the rain and even on dry, they were probably still a little stronger.<\/p>\n
\u00ab A difficult day, I was expecting worse and I didn’t drive particularly well, just one of those days where things don’t click. <\/b> Somewhat similar to yesterday, to be honest, so just a bit of a struggle for me, so starting in P5, I was quite happy.<\/p>\n
Interviewed about his chances of fighting for victory on race day, Norris replied: “I mean, we are well placed, but we still have a Red Bull on pole and they are clearly the fastest.”<\/p>\n
\u00ab It will be difficult, Max will probably climb back up very quickly<\/b> and we will probably have to fight against him for the victory. But I hope that with a slightly lower downforce setting than we chose today, it will play in our favor tomorrow. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lando Norris was relatively satisfied with his qualifying at Spa on Saturday, given the McLaren’s wet track performance, which was below that of the Red Bull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":44578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[474,1126,1294],"class_list":["post-29487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-grand-prix-de-belgique","tag-norris","tag-qualification"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n