Red Bull Ring, Saturday 4 July

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris, and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after Qualifying in Austria.

CARLOS SAINZ, #55

  FP3   1m05.177s (+1.047s) 24 laps 13th
  Q1 1m04.537s (Softs) 6th
  Q2 1m03.971s (Softs)   7th
  Q3 1m03.971s (Softs) 8th

“It’s been a very good day for the team. Congrats! We can be happy with the performance of the car after winter testing. It’s good to be fighting in the top 10 already in the first weekend, so very happy about that. Personally, I’ve been struggling a bit the whole weekend, not finding the right balance for certain corners, and I couldn’t put together the final lap I was aiming for. Otherwise I think P8 is not a bad starting position for tomorrow and we’ll definitely be fighting for the first points of the season.”

Austrian Grand Prix

Red Bull Ring

05 Jul 2020
Grand Prix track sectors Grand Prix track DRS Grand Prix track map in black

LANDO NORRIS, #4

FP3 1m04.950s (+0.820s) 22 laps 10th
Q1 1m04.606s (Softs) 11th
Q2 1m03.819s (Softs) 4th
Q3 1m03.626s (Softs) 4th

“I’m very happy, this was my best qualifying position ever, so it’s a big achievement for myself but also for the team. It’s the best team result for six years, so it’s good to see the progress we’ve made. However, this result doesn’t mean we’ve made it, we’ve got to keep working hard. That’s what we’ve been doing this whole weekend, we keep chipping away. We’ve got a good starting position for tomorrow, so I’m happy with that — a good qualifying throughout. I was confident, even though it didn’t always look like we were the third-best team. To put it all together come Q3, and especially on the second run, made me happy. I think it’s good for us as a team but tomorrow’s a different day and we’ll still have to work hard during the race.”