Lando Norris has shared his thoughts on McLaren's recent performance upgrades at this year's Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, where the competitive heat, particul
has shared his thoughts on McLaren's recent performance upgrades at this year's Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, where the competitive heat, particularly from Mercedes, is rising. The practice day on August 23 served as a testing ground for McLaren's first significant upgrades since Miami, which previously propelled Norris to his first Grand Prix win.
"It was a nice first day back in the car, but a bit of progress needs to be made before tomorrow. Mercedes are quicker, it's close.""I don’t think there is a quickest; it just depends on different factors. We’ve been in good form since Miami, but we’ve not really brought any updates since then. This weekend’s our first time trying to make a bit more progress with the car.
"Zandvoort today allowed us to test the car in all conditions, going from the wet to intermediates to dry tyres in FP1. Then in FP2 we had good running on the soft and medium tyres to compare them with a view to their potential usage in the race," Stella commented. Despite the changes, the tension between McLaren and its rivals, especially Mercedes, remains tight. Norris concluded with cautious optimism:
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