McLaren End Their 900th Grand Prix With Two Points

The McLaren Racing Formula One Team celebrated their 900th Grand Prix with a ninth place finish for Lando Norris.

The Englishman, who started the race from fourth place on the grid and came home in ninth place while Daniel Ricciardo was 12th.

The team remain in fourth place in the Constructors championship however, Andreas Seidl told Paddock Eye during his post race debrief that the team are competitive as our their drivers and it’s on to Saudi Arabia.

The team has also been disappointed having come away with just four points from the last three races.

Seidl is hopeful that the Saudi Arabia race track will suit their car and help them to close the gap to Ferrari.

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown tweeted:

When it rains it pours… our streak of poor runs and bad luck continued in Qatar today. Disappointing result with Lando in P9 and Daniel in P12 but we’ll push hard right to the end. pic.twitter.com/jEgAylLVe9

— Zak Brown (@ZBrownCEO) November 21, 2021

Speaking about his race, Lando Norris said:

Disappointing result, but the pace was there. 👊

Hear from @LandoNorris after the #QatarGP. 🇶🇦 pic.twitter.com/uUd7lo4UYO

— McLaren (@McLarenF1) November 21, 2021