'It's clear we're a step behind' - Norris reflects on qualifying in China

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Hachar, P4 with the gap to Mercedes closing compared to last week in Australia.
Do you take quite a few positives out of that?
Yeah, I'm not super happy about it because the P4 is not a great result.
However, I have to say that I'm just not good on this track.
And this has always been the case.
I put a lot of effort into trying to turn the situation around but for now,
yeah, it's not one of my best tracks and that's it.
But it's okay.
Honestly, with those cars starting P2, P3, P1, P4,
after three laps, everything is quite chaotic and we'll be there.
So yeah, I'm happy with where I start and two more in the race.
I normally feel a little bit better here so I'm looking forward to that.
We saw what you and Lewis did at the start in the sprint, of course.
Can we expect more of the same tomorrow?
I really hope so but I don't know.
I think when Mercedes are in their good window, they perform well
and I expect them to be in their good window tomorrow for the start.
But if not, I hope we can be there to take the opportunity.
