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The second row of the grid was a pipe dream for McLaren just three years ago, when Zak Brown's team finished second to last in the constructors table, just ahead of Alfa Romeo. However, at the start of the 2020 World Cup, Lando Norris got the fourth time on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, which is the best result in a qualifying session for the Woking team since 2016.

"We never thought we would have the option to beat Racing Point, which had gone extremely fast since the beginning of the weekend," admitted teammate Carlos Sainz , eighth-ranked, just behind Charles Leclerc . And is that the pulse with Ferrari can also mark the future of Sunday at McLaren.

According to Norris prediction, the race pace of Mattia Binotto's cars will be "very strong, like that of Racing Point". "They have a good car, a lot of aerodynamic load and they can take care of their tires a little better than we do. It will be difficult, so if I can keep fourth place I will be happy," said the Briton, just 20 years old.

Four tenths less

Norris, after sneaking between the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon , signed his best position on the grid after 22 races. Confirmation of the brilliant start-up of his team, which did not reach the fourth place on the grid since Jenson Button at the 2016 Austrian GP.

"When we unloaded fuel, the car revived and was much better," Norris confessed after filing almost four tenths of his time in 2019 and stopping the clock at 1: 03.626. A sign of his maturity behind the wheel, given that on the first attempt in Q3 he had been frustrated by a failure in the third sector.

"The whole team can be very satisfied today," said Andreas Seidl , head of McLaren, despite regretting that Sainz was unable to complete his last attempt properly. "He had the rhythm to be better than eighth," admitted the German, always ambitious regarding the future of his team. "We still have a long way to go to get back where we want," he concluded.

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