McLaren have been struggling in Qatar, but came away with an unexpected bonus in Saturday's qualifying session with Lando Norris putting the car into sixth place on the grid for tomorrow's race. That's a significant step forward for the team, which had struggled on Friday and failed to get either driver into the top ten in the final practice on Saturday afternoon. Things looked little better in the early rounds of qualifying, with Norris leaving it close to make it out of Q1 and only avoiding elimination at the en dof Q2 with one final push lap. In the circumstances, making it through to the final top ten pole shootout and securing sixth on the grid is a very pleasant surprise for the...
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