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Norris: McLaren straight-line speed still 'pretty shocking'

Lando Norris says McLaren's depressed straight-line speed was even more of a handicap than usual in Baku where overtaking in Sunday's race proved nearly impossible for the Briton. McLaren introduced in Azerbaijan several updates for its MCL60 that delivered a slight performance boost to its car and allowed Norris to qualify P7 on Friday, just behind F1's established front-runners. However, race day was a long drawn-out affair for the Briton who was pretty much on his own for most of the afternoon. Norris lost a spot at the start and was then was pushed out of the top-ten when a safety car mitigated his early pitstop. Read also: Baku Speed Trap: Who is the fastest of them all? He eventually...
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