MELBOURNE, Australia — McLaren still has plenty of “hard work” to do, says Lando Norris, despite both he and teammate Daniel Ricciardo qualifying inside the top seven for the Australian Grand Prix.
The team enjoyed its best Saturday of the season at Albert Park, with Norris taking P4, behind only pole winner Charles Leclerc and the Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Meanwhile, Ricciardo set the seventh quickest time of Q3 and will head up the fourth row of the grid for his home race.
But those results may have flattered McLaren. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who appeared to be in the mix for pole position, was unable to hook up a competitive lap in the final stages of qualifying, and had to settle for ninth.
Earlier, Fernando Alonso suffered a hydraulic failure, an issue which he believed prevented him from setting the session’s best time.
Lando Norris qualified P4 for the Australian Grand Prix. Steven Markham/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
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