Lando Norris outlines where Red Bull could have edge in Bahrain
Lan♉do Norris has detailed where he thinks Red Bull could have the upp💜er hand in Bahrain.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris has suggested that Red Bull cou💙l🅘d be the team to beat at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver chased 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s Red🦂 Bull for the entirety of last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix but was forced to settle with second place behind his title rival, who converted his stunning pole position into victory.
It marked McLaren’s first defeat to Red Bull this season, after Norris and teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Oscar Piastri shared the wins across the opening two rounds in Australia and ꦚChina.
Verstappen’s first win of 2025♑ has moved him to within a point of Norris in the drivers’ championship sta🅘ndings heading into this weekend’s race in Bahrain.
And Norris expects Verstappen will be a threat once more, having conceded McLaren are struggling compared to Red Bull iಞn low-speed corners.
“Our weakness was the slow-speed co൲mpared 🍷to them,” Norris said. “There’s a lot less high-speed [in Bahrain], so we’re kind of losing some of our strengths and we’re going more into our weaknesses.
“Clearly, they’re quick. I feel like between Oscar and myself, we got a lot out of the car [in qualifying]. It was probably a little bit more, yes, but both our theor🧸etica🌄l [lap times] were not that far ahead.
“So Max is doing a good job and Red Bull seemed to maybe have caught up a little bit. But they’ve also not been that bad the whole seaꦆson.
“When you look at Australia, he was fighting for a win. When you look at China, he wasn’t miles away. And this 🥂weekend he’s done very good. So🍌 I expect him to be challenging us every weekend.”
McLaren still have work to do
McLaren are still considered to have the𝐆 outright fastest car, but Norris is convinced Red Bull have improved their RB21, despite their continued second d🍎river struggles.
An🐼d the Britꦬon stressed there is still room for McLaren to make progress.
“In ♔high-speed [corners] we were very, very strong and I think definitely the strongest car out th♏ere,” he explained.
“In slow-speed we’re quite a chunk ꦜoff the Red Bull, and that’s where we lost in qualifying. We lost again consistently in the race. So there’s a lot of areas we have to try to work on.”
McLaren sit 50𒉰 points clear of third-placed Red Bull in the constructors’ championship, with Mercedes holding second place, 36 points behind.
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