2022 Austrian Grand Prix – Sprint "The plan for tomorrow is: race hard, move up further positions, score points with both cars"
Red Bull Ring, Saturday 9 July
Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after the Austrian GP Sprint.
| FP2 | 1m09.519s (+0.909s) | 38 laps | 10th |
| Started | 15th | ||
| Finished | 11th | ||
| Fastest lap | 1m09.909s on lap 8 (+1.588s, 11th) |
“Positive overall, we went forward a good few positions and we should be starting P10 tomorrow, but it wasn’t easy. I had to use the tyres a lot in the first part of the race and they then dropped off a bit halfway through. Apart from that, I'm happy with the result. We did pretty much exactly what we wanted to do.”
| FP2 | 1m09.852s (+1.242s) | 34 laps | 17th |
| Started | 16th | ||
| Finished | 12th | ||
| Fastest lap | 1m09.996s on lap 8 (+1.675s, 12th) |
“There are certainly some positives to take. We moved forward and had a bit more pace than a few of the cars in front as well. It’s been a pretty tricky weekend, so I’d say that was one of our better sessions. We’ll obviously try to get into the points tomorrow. I think with a few more laps today, we would have had a chance to crack into the top 10. So tomorrow with a longer race we might have a bit more of an opportunity. I think the others will try to improve overnight, so we have to still find a bit more in the car, but it was more encouraging, and we look forward to tomorrow.”
“We hit the ground running today, following a lot of hard work overnight to solve the issues that affected us yesterday. The objective for the Sprint was to move up positions and get ourselves into a better spot to start tomorrow’s Austrian Grand Prix. We managed that very well.
“The plan for tomorrow is much as it was for today: race hard, move up further positions, score points with both cars. This is an exciting circuit that produces dramatic races, spurred on by a big crowd that generates a wonderful atmosphere. We’re looking forward to it.”
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