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McLaren had pace for "second or third" on tight Bahrain F1 grid

Norris and Piastri showed strong one-lap pace amid an extremely tight qualifying battle behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

But both drivers struggled to get their best laps together in Q3, which shuffled them down to seventh and eighth respectively. With such slim margins as the 2024 season gets underway, any such qualifying mistakes are proving extra costly.

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