The session was not a completely clean one, given the continued menace of rain all through, however Norris acknowledges that the challenges are a part of the attraction of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
“That’s Montreal, that’s why we like it right here,” he defined. “It’s top-of-the-line locations to return to yearly. I like it. It’s why we’re all smiling, we’re having a great time.
“It’s tough… Lots of the time you’re considering you’re going to crash half of it, however once you put a pleasant lap in and you find yourself within the prime three, it’s all the time a pleasant feeling.”
Requested about the potential of overtaking the 2 automobiles forward come race day, Norris joked: “Yeah, two overtakes tomorrow! Simple, mild work! No, I’m excited to see what we will do.
“The automobile has been nice all season, particularly the final three or 4 races we’ve been on a great roll, however two very quick drivers forward, loads of quick drivers behind, so we’ll placed on a great present tomorrow.”
It was additionally a stable session for Oscar Piastri, who was lower than one tenth adrift from staff mate Norris in P4. Requested if he had felt that pole might be on the playing cards given the marginal gaps, the Australian responded: “Yeah, [there were] positively a number of locations the place I do know there was time sadly.
“I feel in these sorts of circumstances everyone in all probability has the identical – you have a look at George, going three tenths slower from Q2 to Q3, clearly it wasn’t very simple to get the lap collectively. [I’m] fairly proud of the place.
