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• Norris 'not comfortable' despite setting pace in Belgium practice

  Lando Norris admitted he was "not comfortable" despite being fastest in the Belgian Grand Prix second practice.

  McLaren finished first and second on Friday, with Norris finishing just 0.215 seconds ahead of team-mate Oscar Piastri.

  Max Verstappen finished third, but despite an impressive performance, his 10-place grid penalty will affect his result.

  Norris finished second in the Hungarian Grand Prix last week, behind Piastri, in a race overshadowed by a radio spat between the Brit and the pit wall.

  Having put that behind him, even after a confident practice session on Friday, Norris is not willing to rest on his laurels with Red Bull showing their threat.

  "Red Bull are very quick at the minute," Norris said. "So, tricky, but I've just not felt very comfortable today with the car.

  "So hopefully I just wake up [on Saturday] and feel a bit more comfortable with it. But we'll try and improve a few things and see again.

  "I know it looked good on the timesheets, but I've not felt super comfortable in just going out and doing it. So, hopefully, I can just get in a bit more of a rhythm and feel a bit better out there."

  Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton finished in 10th after struggling to match the pace set in the second session.

  Mercedes have been credited for their improvement in recent weeks, with Hamilton winning at Silverstone before finishing third at Hungaroring last Sunday.

  However, he was also left disappointed on Friday and said he was hoping for the forecast rain over the rest of the weekend to give the team more of an edge.

  "It was a pretty bad day," Hamilton said.

  "I don't really know what to say! Obviously, it's been feeling great in the past couple of races, but it just felt completely different today.

  "We worked on it. The first session was not great, but then in the second session we made some changes, and it started off great, and then when I got to the soft tyre I just couldn't improve and there were a bunch of balance issues we had through the lap.

  "It was better through this session, but everyone else went even better. So, to be 1.2s behind is not great.

  "If it rains, then that opens it up a little bit and, hopefully, we can do a better job. I think the car should be better in the wet than it is in the dry."

• Perez '100% certain' of Red Bull stay after Belgian Grand Prix

  Sergio Perez is confident he will still be at Red Bull after this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix regardless of the result.

  There has been a lot of speculation over the Mexican's future in recent weeks following a series of poor results at recent races, despite him signing a two-year extension with the team just last month.

  Since coming fourth at the Miami Grand Prix in May, Perez's best finish has been seventh, both in Austria and Hungary, and he failed to advance beyond Q1 in four of the last six races.

  His drop in form has allowed McLaren to close the gap to Red Bull in the constructors' championship to just 51 points.

  With the four-week break soon approaching, both RB driver Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull's reserve driver Liam Lawson have been linked with Perez's seat.

  However, the 34-year-old is certain he will still be competing alongside Max Verstappen when the season resumes.

  "I am 100% sure," Perez said.

  "Because I know basically what's in my contract and I know what the team trusts in me. And I know where is the main focus, which is on delivering on the track.

  "It's no different to what it was in Hungary or [at the first race] in Bahrain or how it will be in Zandvoort or the rest of the year," Perez said.

  "Every single weekend we've got to deliver the maximum, especially now that, with McLaren catching up in the constructors, it's really important to put everything together if we can achieve it.

  "I'm not worried about it. Like I said, I know where I stand. That's not my concern. My only concern I have is to get my season back on track. The rest, I'm pretty chilled about."

• Eriksen in 'no rush' to decide Man Utd future

  Christian Eriksen says he is in "no rush" to decide his future despite going into the final year of his contract at Manchester United.

  Eriksen joined the Red Devils in 2022, making 28 appearances in the Premier League in his first season, though an injury in January 2023 put a halt to his impressive start to life at Old Trafford.

  Following Kobbie Mainoo's breakout season last year, Eriksen dropped down the pecking order at United as he made just 12 starts in his 22 league appearances, scoring just once and assisting two goals.

  Some reports suggest Eriksen could be heading out on loan to former club Ajax for the final year of his contract, but he insisted he is satisfied in Manchester.

  "I am really happy at United," he said. "I have had two very good years and am going into my third.

  "It is a special club and a special place. Also, my family is settled in Manchester, so I am in no rush.

  "Obviously, I want to play as much as possible and do everything I can. But that is nothing to do with the club - it is up to you and the manager.

  "But in terms of how I feel, I feel very good at United."