Lando Norris admits he still can't believe he finished on the F1 podium in Imola given the pace of McLaren's car. 'It still blows my mind, considering how much quicker a lot of the other cars were.'
Norris had qualified third on Friday in wet conditions, less than two-tenths off pole, and finished the Saturday sprint race fifth behind the Red Bull andLooking back on his season so far in an interview with Motorsport.com, Norris admitted that he still found it hard to believe he managed to finish third given the performance level with the"It still blows my mind, considering how much quicker a lot of the other cars were.
, it was like, half a second a lap quicker than me in the race. If we did a race of just pure pace, I'd probably be like 15th or something! But I finished on the podium. "It makes it that bit better. It was good to see that we made some improvements, we were going in the right direction, and that always gives you more motivation, more hope, and it's something you look forward to in the future.
"That was definitely a good thing, and just good to see that we could turn things around fairly quickly." The result came just three races after both McLarens finished outside of the points in the Bahrain season opener, flaring concerns the team could be in for a long season playing catch-up against its midfield rivals.
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