Lando Norris: The car is unstable in corners

      McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris lost less than two tenths to the leader of the second session of free races in Melbourne, Charles Leclair. Nevertheless, the mood in the team is different – if Piastri is happy, then his partner still has questions about the MCL39 car.

      Oscar Piastri (2nd): "The first day turned out to be quite encouraging. We have a good pace, but we still have to work on some areas to make the car a little better. However, the base rate is quite high.

      I am satisfied with the work done. I think the weather will change in the next two days of the weekend, so it's hard to say how important today is. But it feels good."

      Lando Norris (3rd): "So-so. The start of the weekend turned out to be quite good, and we have a good basis for further work. However, we are unhappy because we have not been able to find the optimal balance and the car lacks cornering stability, especially with an empty tank.

      For a long series of laps, I'm happy with the car. But with an empty tank, the car is too unstable, there are too many problems with it, so we can say that we have some problems."

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