2020 Turkish Grand Prix – Qualifying "Points are distributed tomorrow and not today"
Istanbul Park, Saturday 14 November
Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after Qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix.
CARLOS SAINZ, #55
| FP3 | 1m59.548s (+11.063s) | 7 laps | 12th | |
| Q1 | 2m07.489s (Wets) | 13th | ||
| Q2 | 1m55.410s (Wets) | 13th [subject to three-place grid penalty] |
“Very disappointed with today. We expected a tough quali because we've struggled to warm up the tyres all weekend. However, I think we compromised the session with the Intermediate at the start of Q2 which obviously didn’t work as expected, and by the time we were managing to get the Wets to warm up properly, the session was over and I could only do two timed laps before the chequered flag. It wasn't enough.
“For the race the conditions look to be drier again, so we’ll do our best to recover from today.”
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LANDO NORRIS, #4
| FP3 | 1m53.995s (+5.510s) | 7 laps | 5th | |
| Q1 | 2m07.167s (Wets) | 10th | ||
| Q2 | 1m54.945s (Wets) | 11th |
“A difficult quali. I don’t think we managed to extract enough out of the car to do better today, we just struggled throughout. Maybe we didn't choose the right tyres for the start of Q2, so we were a couple of laps behind the others. At that point I don’t think we managed to get the Wet tyres in the right window to improve enough and make it to Q3. We’ll have to try to fight our way forward tomorrow and take any opportunities that come our way.”
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ANDREAS SEIDL, Team Principal
“It’s been a very tough Saturday for the team. Having neither car in Q3 was definitely not what we had in mind coming to the circuit this morning. Track conditions were difficult during the qualifying session, requiring rapid decision-making. With hindsight, deciding against the full Wet tyre at the start of Q2 potentially cost us the chance to progress as we couldn’t put the Intermediate tyres in the right window.
“Points are distributed tomorrow and not today. It’s important for the team to reset, apply what we've learnt in different conditions so far this weekend and get ourselves into the fight for points tomorrow.”
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