Stoffel Vandoorne called qualifying s🦩eventh for the Malaysian Grand Prix "as good as it gets" after McLaren entered the Formula 1 race weekend expected to s⛄truggle at the power-hungry Sepang circuit.. 

Running without chassis up😼grades given to teammate Fernando Alonso and on his first time at the Sepang circuit, Vandoorne described the session as "as good 💙as it gets", finishing three places ahead of the Spaniard.

"The wh♛ole qualifying session was really good for us," Vandoorne said.

"From the moment I hit the road I didn't make aꦗny mistakes, put together all the laps I needed to.

"To qualify seventh on a circuit like this iꦗs probably as good as it gets.🍃"

McLare💟n-Honda had expecꦗted to suffer at Sepang, a faster circuit than Singapore, where Vandoorne took his best-ever finish in P7 a fortnight ago, but the Belgian was able to record his best qualifying result yet in F1.

"This track was always going to be mo♚re difficult for us than 𒁏tracks like Monaco or Singapore, where there are a lot of corners but we're in a good position," Vandoorne said.

"We've shown really good pace in qualifying but it's hard to tell how we will fare in the rac𒉰e.

"I think we generally t🦂end to be a bit better in one-lap pa♓ce so tomorrow will be tough."