The championship is becoming more and more difficult for Lando Norris. After having wasted several victories with the fastest car, the last one at Monza, the McLaren This weekend he had another chance to take points from Max Verstappen, but it will be virtually impossible for him after his qualifying disaster, as will start from seventeenth position.
In the final straight of Q1, the Briton waited until the last moment to set his best lap. The times in the first and second sectors were really good, but on a street circuit there is always the risk of a yellow flag ruining your turnand that’s exactly what happened to Lando.
As the McLaren driver crossed the finish line, Esteban Ocon hit the protectionssuffering damage to his Alpine. The Frenchman left the line correctly, but the stewards decided bring out the yellow flag, forcing Norris to brake and, therefore, preventing him from improving his time.
After qualifying, the British driver explained what had happened: “The car was fine, Everyone did their second round and I didn’t, so it was bad luck. I had to lift“.
However, Baku is one of the easiest circuits to overtake, so Lando Norris still has a chance to get a good result in Azerbaijan.
“That’s how it is, but there’s a lot of racing to come, we’ve got good tyres set aside for the race, so let’s try to be optimistic and see what we can do tomorrow. I haven’t thought about the race, to be honest, that’s what the race is for tonight, but yeah, I still have hope that we can achieve a good result.” concluded Lando Norris.
