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Norris ‘gave everything’ but Ferrari, Red Bull ‘so much faster’

McLaren’s Lando Norris has admitted that the two front running teams of Ferrari and Red Bull are in a different league to them, so much so that “it’s not even a race against them”.

The 22-year-old was able to start P3 ahead of the Emilia Romagna sprint after out-qualifying Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in a chaotic wet-dry session on Friday.

However, both drivers ended up in front of Norris with the Briton eventually crossing the line down in fifth place on Saturday.

Norris explained that he was pleased with his performance, but admits that he doesn’t even have a chance of racing Red Bull and Ferrari in his McLaren.

That's P5 for Lando and P6 for Daniel! A good result for the first #F1Sprint of the season. We'll build on this tomorrow. #ImolaGP pic.twitter.com/Mj29NemzPW

— McLaren (@McLarenF1) April 23, 2022

“I’m as happy as I can be,” Norris said to Sky Sports F1. “No matter if I was the best driver in the world, I don’t think I could’ve achieved anything more today.

“We did the best job we can, we beat the people we actually have a chance of racing, but Ferrari and Red bull are so much faster it’s not even a race against them.

“I tried at least, I gave everything I could but then destroyed the tyres and I was like one and a half seconds off [the pace].”

McLaren had a difficult FP2 session when brake system issues kept Norris in the garage for much of the morning. When asked whether the lack of running had an impact on his sprint, Norris explained that he still had learning to do on track.

“It definitely made our lives a lot tougher to judge what tyres were going to be best – a few people started on the mediums.

“I think we made the correct decision, but it’s more of a guessing game at some points

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