Austrian Grand Prix: Lando Norris says it’s ‘nice to see the old me back’ after superb pole lap

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is the closest competitors of McLaren drivers in the championship, 21 points behind Norris.

But the Dutch had a difficult day, only seventh.

Verstappen, Pierre Gasly Alpini in front of the last corner 720 degrees could not complete his last round, but only the sixth time in his first round directed.

The Dutch said that Red Bull was surprised by the lack of grip in his cars

“In your adequacy, everything felt bad,” Verstappen said. “Every corner was a struggle, I didn’t have a balance. Either it was inadequate or overload. Even every round I made had some different behaviors with a car. So yes, that’s not ideal.

“I didn’t expect it to be so bad to be qualified, but I think nobody on the team. This is something we need to analyze.”

However, Norris and Piastri said they would not ignore Verstappen’s discussion in the race.

“I don’t think we’ll get Max out of the equation until I get out of the race.” He said.