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“I feel like there’s not a lot we can change, honestly, but just trying to perfect a little bit, try and iron out a couple of little things and push it in a slightly quicker direction. It’s all we can do.”
Norris and Leclerc looked to be some way ahead of their rivals in FP2, with closest challenger Carlos Sainz being over half a second away. When quizzed on whether this had come as a surprise, Norris acknowledged Leclerc’s tendency to perform well at venues like Singapore.
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“Charles is very good at street circuits – we’ve seen in Baku, we’ve seen in Monaco what he’s capable of doing,” the McLaren driver said. “I’m sure he’s probably quite happy with his lap. If he wasn’t happy with his lap, I’m quite worried for tomorrow!
“It was a nice lap from me, not a lot more in it, honestly, so I felt like I got a lot out of Friday. But normally I prefer not being so good and then always having a bit extra going into Saturday! A good start to the weekend, I think we’re in a good place, and if we can keep it up then I’ll be happy.”
On the other side of the garage, Oscar Piasti had a less-than-ideal start to his Friday after a rear-left tyre seemingly became stuck on his car during a pit stop practice earlier in the day, meaning that he faced a delayed start in FP1 as mechanics worked to fix the issue. He finished that session in P6 before going one place better in FP2.
In terms of how much of an impact the incident had on his ability to find a rhythm, Piastri commented: “It wasn’t an ideal start to the day, but I don’t think it’s really impacted much. It’s been a difficult day, definitely, but I don’t think it was down to that.
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