Bojan Vrbnjak
Lando Norris is in the race GP of Austria put on a great show. Racer McLaren he was able to keep up the pace of both throughout the race Mercedes and eventually won third place - also thanks to a damaged car Lewis Hamilton. No penalty received for incident s Perez, could also win second place.
A performance of a racer McLaren, who missed pole poistion by half a tenth of a second on Saturday, has already warned team bosses Mercedes in Red Bull. "I was surprised that Lando was fighting for pole position,He remarked James allison, technical team leader Mercedes. But by the start of the race, they were confident on the command desks that he would McLaren, just like a week earlier on the same track, quickly lost his place and then battled his midfield rivals. And at the very beginning of the race, it also pointed to that. Hamilton overtook Norris on the track, Bottas but with the help of a five-second mark-up penalty of the young Briton.
But v the second part Lewis Hamilton lost speed due to an injury to the bottom of the car. Mercedes he swapped places and called the current champion to the pits. Contrary to expectations, however Norris with a smaller lag of holders Bottas and remained at the same level as the Finnish racer until the end of the race. Allison is the racing speed of a young racer McLaren commented as follows: “It’s a bit surprising that they were so strong. We also had to fight them in the race, while McLaren had been doing his thing a week before and we quickly passed them.”And a strong show Norris and teams from Woking she fell into the obvious as well Red Bullu. Their boss Christian horner praised young Norris and his team in the highest tones: “McLaren did a great job and Lando was very fast."
Pri Red Bullu were analyzed primarily two strong points, which adorned the second weekend of Austria McLaren. On one hand Mercedes power unit, with which the car can be MCL35M set the top speeds, on the other hand softer rubber compounds, which Pirelli brought to the second race in Spielberg. “Their speed on the planes was very high. In addition, McLaren was more competitive on softer tires than a week earlier,”He explained Horner. To this it must be added that it is McLaren tested some improvements in Austria. Nevertheless, it will be for McLaren it is difficult for them to repeat this show under normal circumstances, which he also said Andreas Seidl, team boss. “We don’t know what problems Mercedes had.”The next race in Silverston will show how big the lag is actually McLaren za Mercedes.
