F1 | Norris' theory: “Ferrari faster in qualifying, McLaren in the race”

The weekend in Bahrain, where the first GP of the new season took place, saw an intense battle between McLaren and Ferrari. Woking prevailed in the race, while Maranello prevailed in qualifying. Going deeper into the topic, Lando Norris admitted that the English team is behind the Red team on the flying lap while over the distance it manages to maintain a margin of advantage.

"The Ferrari? She was faster in qualifying. I passed Charles five, six, seven laps into the race rather than at the start – said Norris, quoted by RaceFans – That's because we just had a better car and better speed. Self Saturday we'll be better, I'll be happy. Saturdays are difficult for us, I think, a bit like last year. Maybe we're a little more comfortable on Sundays than on Saturdays. But we are at the first race, in Bahrain, a track where we normally do quite well. So we need to be on some different tracks a little bit more often, we need to see where we really are".

The British talent, completing his analysis, then added: "Now I can get to the front and keep the tires and everything. But if I had to shoot a little more, maybe it would have been a little more difficult. NoI don't want to say anything yet. I don't want to say anything that isn't true. But we had a good Sunday, the car was good, so I can be optimistic".