Lando Norris, the McLaren driver, joked about his prospects of reaching the podium when asked about it. He said, "Yeah, no chances. Red Bull will probably lap everyone a few times! Ferrari, in my opinion, won't be as fast as them [Red Bull], but close enough to the leaders. I think they are in a different league."
He mentioned that as soon as Red Bull found themselves in clean air this morning during the sprint, Max Verstappen easily pulled away. So, there is no need to expect anything surprising.
Before the start of the weekend, we said we would face difficulties. I think we handled it better than we thought with low fuel load. But obviously, with high fuel load, everything will be as expected. I think that's why we have so many issues.
Still, he is looking forward to the race. He believes they can still have a good race, fight for good points. And if luck is on their side at certain moments, the day could turn out well," he said. Lando believes that McLaren's main competitors in the race will be Aston Martin and.
"I think we are in a good position. We will be fighting with Aston Martin and probably to some extent with Mercedes - overall, we'll see. But today was a good day," he added.
Even considering what happened this morning [in the sprint, where they lacked speed], I think our pace was not that bad. If we compare ourselves to Mercedes and . Red Bull is only ahead by a mile. Ferrari is also a strong competitor ahead of us. I think with the rest, we are somewhere in more or less the same group, so the race should be good.
"Red Bull" has achieved their 100th pole position in history, and Alonso demonstrated a masterclass for Ferrari.
