168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris has labelled his United States Grand Prix F1 pole position “the best of my career” after he be💖at title rival Max Verstappen in qualifyꦍing.

Nor💖ris put together a blistering lap to take pole position at the Circ🎀uit of the Americas.

While there was some good fortune for Norris, given 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell’s crash meant t💯hat Verstappen couldn’t improve (he was up on Norris’🌳 time at the time), it was still an impressive effort from the British driver in the context of McLaren’s struggles this weekend relative to Red Bull.

Speaking in the FIA press conference after qualifying in Austin, Norris said: “It was the best o😼f probably my career I think. It was just a very nice lap. I set the bar too high because on my second lap, I was like ‘guys I don't think I am going to improve much here’.

“I got everything out of the car. We changed a good amount from the spri🐲nt into qualifying today. We definitely took a step forward. We were sti𝔍ll struggling a lot.

“I just knew I had to✱ risk a l✅ittle bit more and give it that extra. It just came together perfectly.

“It was definitely not a lap I could have repeated.꧒ I꧋ am very happy because I wasn’t expecting to be here today.”

Explaining further his best Q3 lap, he added: “It was a bit eve⛎rywhere honestly. Of course, the high-speed is a little bit where we struggle a touch compare𒊎d to the Red Bulls. 

“Max has been extremely quick in the first sector, the high-speed๊. So trying to limit that a little bit more was a good start and then just the braking, the final sector. From [Turn] 12 to 16.

“As soon as one part go🌠es wrong it can fall away quite quickly. Again, just hooked everything up, probably the first time this weekend, probably the last. It just came together perfectly. It was𒁏 a very, very good lap. I probably say quite confidently the best of my career.”

Norris is remaini🌺ng cautious over McLaren’s chances in the race because of what happened in the sprint.

Norris finished third in the 19-lap sprint earlier in the day after struggling with tyre degradation which led him to losing out to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz on the final lap.

“I think we’ve improved the ꦿcar quite a bit,” he added. We were definitely not contending anywhere close to pole yesterday. Today, we did. We’re still a bit off. We’re in a good position.

“I think actually our pace relative to Max over yesterday and today is a bit more similar. I probably expected the Ferrari and Mercedes to be a bit quicker today. Maybe🌞 they just got a bit more out of their car earlier in the weekend. We’ve been able to take a bigger step forward betw💟een the sprint and now. It’s going to be a tough race.

“Ferrari were very quick in the race with the degradation. Max is M♓ax. They’re going to be fast. I am excited.ﷺ It’s going to be a good battle - a good one to watch.”