Norris, Piastri target sprint win over Verstappen; Ricciardo issued fresh seat warning by team boss : F1 talking pointsJune 29th, 2024 10:52 am
The fault? A simple sensor failure from running over the kerbs. He was free to complete practice with the rest of the field. But it’s also telling that even with an almost perfect start to the weekend, McLaren was in position to apply maximum pressure and almost pinched sprint pole all the same.McLaren arrived in Austria as one of the few teams with new parts, headlined by an updated front wing that it hopes will further improve its long-running weakness in slow-speed corners.
“It must have been a nice lap by Max,” Norris said, admitting he could have got more out of himself and the car.But it meant he was confident of a strong showing on Saturday morning.It might have been just sprint qualifying, but again we’re seeing McLaren and Red Bull Racing are close enough for the driver to make all the difference in what’s fast becoming an epic struggle.
True, he was only 0.024 seconds behind Tsunoda, who ended up only two places ahead of him in the order. But close enough isn’t good enough for Ricciardo anymore. The bottom line is the Aussie was eliminated at the first hurdle when his teammate wasn’t. Horner was evasive when asked specifically whether Ricciardo could be axed during the mid-season break.
“It’s part of our job, also as a mission from the shareholders, to develop drivers, and that’s what we currently do. But certainly, as Christian said, this is about performance. Charles Leclerc failed to set at time in SQ3 owing to an engine shutdown as he attempted to exit pit lane. There was some debate between him and the pit wall about whether he had stalled the car — he said the engine had cut off completely, which isn’t how anti-stall works — and by the time he got the car restarted, there wasn’t enough time to get around the track and start his flying lap before the chequered flag fell.
The car had been reasonably quick in SQ1 on the yellow-marked rubber but failed to keep up on the reds, with tyre wear also likely playing into the deficit in the final sector.
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