Andrea Stella praises Lando Norris, sorry in China in F1 is “thanks to the driver”

Andrea Stella enjoys his Lando Norris, king of the wet in Sprint Qualifying Chinese F1 GP: “The credit goes to the driver”.

Lando Norris interesting in China, the first Sprint pole of the F1 World Championship belongs to and Andrea Stella it does not diminish the reputation. The English driver dominated SQ3, under the continuous rain. Where loved ones got into trouble – Max Verstappen several times a long time, Charles Leclerc even on the wall – the pilot McLaren he drew a gem that gave him an unexpected first place.

Lots of surprises at the end of the first one Sprint feature (or Sprint Shootout, in jargon). Rain, threatening on the track from the first minutes, decides to rain the third and last session. Among the many drivers gripped by the low grip on the rail, the experts reigned supreme. Lewis Hamilton (2°) e Fernando Alonso (the 3rd). But in front of everyone it ended there McLaren Of Lando Norris.

The Englishman dominated the session, finishing with 1 second and 3 tenths of a margin on the seven-time world champion. Excellent performance, as emphasized by the words of his team leader, the Italian Andrea Stella: “In such cases, the rider makes the difference – he told Sky Sports – I want to recognize a Lando (North) nice job done on the track“.

“The car performed better than expected even in dry conditions – continues Andrea Stella – This was probably due to the cloudy weather and the resulting low temperatures. We know these conditions help our performance, as seen in Suzuka“.

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The engineer, however, remains cautious: “So far we have only seen low temperatures and runs on new tires“.

McLaren will start from the first place on Saturday morning, and the Sprint Race at 5:00 Italian. Only the fourth Max Verstappenbefore Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez e Charles Leclerc. A surprise Sauber in Q3, and Valtteri Bottas e Zhou Guanyu in ninth and tenth place respectively.

Cover photo: McLaren F1

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