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Lando Norris and Max Versaben expressed their concerns about the performance of their car after running on Friday in the Australian Grand Prix.

Norris topped the first practice in 2025 and was in third place behind Charles Licerirk and Oscar Baysri, in the second most representative training session.

McLaren installed Ferrari to the facility championship last year and it seems that the two teams are leading the attackers in the qualifiers on Saturday at 5 am Sky SPORTS F1.

Norris and PiaSSTRI were within two standard time for Leclerc in the second practice, but the British driver was not completely satisfied.

“It was a good start for the weekend, and we have a good foundation but certainly not happy, like lack of death from the car in terms of finding the best balance and compatible enough, especially on low fuel,” he said.

“High fuel, I felt satisfied. Low fuel was still similar to Bahrain, many contradictions, and many problems, so little conflict.”

McLaren’s strong pace in the long term was also clear during the pre -season test in Bahrain, where Norris raised the eyebrows with an excellent race.

The NORSIS teammate in the PiaSSTRI team enters the third F1 season and will look forward to making history by becoming the first Australian to win the Grand Prix since it became an event in the World Championship.

“The inherent pace of the car looks strong but Ferrari looks fast, Mercedes is also at points. Things look good but we don’t just want the platform, but we want to aim for the upper step,” Pestry said.

“There are still some things that should make the car feel a little more beautiful, but the basic pace was strong.

“I am happy to do today. I think the conditions will be different in the next two days, so the extent of today means that I do not know – but it is a good feeling.”

VerstapPen: Red Bull Performance may be difficult to fix

Red Bull on the back foot where Verstapen was 0.624s behind Leclerc in seventh place and clearly struggled with the bottom.

Since the middle of last year, Red Paul has been repaired by their competitors and it appears that it has not improved enough during the winter.

“Red Bull” definitely lacks somewhat to fight at the forefront. “

“The balance was not completely out, like the lack of huge or big problems, but somehow the grip of the grip was not alive and only struggled with all four tires, in one sector and another sector,” he said.

“This means, of course, that we are not really there at the present time.”

When asked whether it is easy to solve problems, Verstapen said: “The problem is that it is not like that I have great balance problems, so I think it will be difficult to fix.

“But this is nothing I did not expect when I got here, so I am not surprised positively or negatively with the speed we show.”

Liam Lawson fought more than his first appearance in Red Bull training when he finished sixteenth and seventeenth in the training sessions Friday.

“I am comfortable but very slow. We have a lot of work to do it overnight,” he said.

“The first day on a new path we expected to have some works to be done, but perhaps this is not much. We will work on it overnight and try to improve tomorrow.”

The New Zealand faces the difficult challenge of being a teammate for the Versappen team, after the Dutch defeated Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon and Sergio Perez comfortably over the past six seasons in Red Bull.

Lawson, who only started 11 Grands Prix, can fight for the exit from the first quarter if the practice is anything that must be passed.

“I think if we know that we will know how to fix it too,” Lawson said about whether Red Bull could solve his problems.

“In general, just a fist, when we need to use it in the short term, but in general our long -term pace was slow as well. We will work clearly.”

Russell: A day up and down to the Mercedes

George Russell led Mercedes on Friday, but he finished only tenth in the second practice, with his teammate Kimi Antonelli in the sixteenth.

At one point, Russell went faster on hard tires early in the session but Mercedes struggled on the sofa.

“It was one day up and down because every time we had the means or a solid frame, we were at the top of two timelines and each roll felt satisfied. Then we put the soft and we did not go faster,” he said.

“It is clear that there is little speed in the car and it is just getting the maximum benefit from the tires, so we need to understand the reason for this. Let’s see what we can achieve overnight.”

Sky SPORTS F1’s Live Australian GP

Saturday 15 March

• 12.10 AM: F3 Sprint*
• 1.10 am: Australian practice GP Three (the session begins at 1.30) **
• 3.10 AM: F2 SPRINT*
• 4.15 in the morning: Australian rehabilitation accumulation GP*
• 5 am: Australian GP qualification*
• 7 in the morning: TED booklet*
• 7.30 am: Australian GP Rehabilitation* (9 am on Sky Showcase)
• 9.55 pm: F3 Features*

Sunday March 16

• 12.25 in the morning: F2* Features Race
• 2.30 AM: Australian GP accumulation: Grand Prix Sunday*
• 4 am: Australian Grand Prix*
• 6 am: Australian GP reaction: the volatile flag*
• 7 in the morning: Ted Book*
• 7.55 in the morning: Restart the Australian GP race
• 10 am: The most prominent Australia GP (also on Sky Showcase)
• 7 pm: Villeneuve pryoni – The indescribable Racing tragedy

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