McLaren F1 Spanish Grand-Prix practices – happy with data gained

FORMULA 1 round 4
Aramco Gran Premio de Espana
Circuit Barcelona Catalunya
7-9 May 2021
Friday, May 7th 2021

LANDO NORRIS, #4

 FP1     1m18.944s (+0.440s)       24 laps      4th
 FP2     1m19.092s (+0.922s)     28 laps      12th

“Tricky day. We felt good in FP1 but, as the temperatures came up a bit in FP2, we struggled a little bit more. We need to understand that a bit better if we can and make some improvements for tomorrow. It didn’t feel bad, but we were just a bit off the pace. As usual, we’ll work hard tonight and see if we can turn it around for tomorrow.”

DANIEL RICCIARDO, #3

 FP1     1m19.732s (+1.228s)      24 laps      14th 
 FP2     1m19.195s (+1.025s)     28 laps      15th

“So, Barcelona. I was going to say not much has changed – but it has with Turn 10. I don’t think it’s going to change the racing, but it makes it a little more interesting to have a new corner.

“Today, it’s close. Our positions don’t look great on paper, and we do have work to do but I’m only a second off in 15th, so it’s really close. Every tenth counts at this point so we certainly have to find a few for tomorrow and put ourselves in a fighting position.

We’ve changed a few things on the car and it’s still too early to know what’s good and what needs work, but we’ll spend some time tonight looking at it. The important thing was that we got the laps in. I think FP2 was definitely better than FP1, even if the position doesn’t reflect that, so we’ll hopefully make another step in the morning.”

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