Lando Norris is assured he has the race tempo to drag away from the sector within the Singapore Grand Prix, so long as he can maintain onto the lead from pole place.
The McLaren driver has by no means led on the finish of a gap lap at any time when he has began from pole place in both a race or a Dash occasion, a run that the majority just lately noticed Max Verstappen overtake him at Zandvoort. On that event, Norris repassed Verstappen within the opening stint and went on to dominate the race, and he believes he has the efficiency once more to drag clear if he can retain place on the entrance.
“We’ve been superb all weekend,” Norris mentioned. “Folks have caught up — clearly Max improved loads from yesterday into at present. Mercedes as effectively — they have been very fast in Q2, in order that they have been there on my tail, a bit shut for my liking, evaluating to what I had in form of FP3 and issues.
“I’m assured that the automobile’s good in each quali and race. We confirmed that already on Friday. So assured if I can simply get forward, then I get my head down and might go away.”
Regardless of feeling that he didn’t put collectively his finest lap in Q3, Norris nonetheless charges his pole place extremely due to the chance of constructing a mistake on the one run on the finish of the session, as he beat Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.
“After I get as many as they each have, then possibly some will really feel a bit crap evaluating to others! However poles nonetheless are fairly superior for me and you continue to must do a pleasant lap,” he mentioned.
“I feel it confirmed with the place we have been as a crew that the automobile was fast, however nonetheless not simple to drive on a day like at present. Nonetheless simple to make errors and will simply haven’t been on pole at present. So on the identical time, I nonetheless really feel like I’ve to exit and carry out effectively. I really feel like I did precisely the identical and I used to be on it simply as a lot final weekend; issues simply didn’t end up that means due to different circumstances.
“However I’ve not had it hassle me an excessive amount of. Like I mentioned, Saturday night time and coming into Sunday final week, I simply targeting the subsequent one and did what I needed to do. I used to be performing very effectively in Baku — I used to be fast all weekend. So I felt like I may simply have fought for a podium and for the win, nevertheless it wasn’t to be. However I maximized that day and I’ll go on the market tomorrow and attempt to do the same factor.”
