Singapore Grand Prix winner Lando Norris admitted he had too many “shut calls” with the obstacles on his option to win by greater than 20 seconds from Max Verstappen.
Norris led each lap of the race from pole place to safe his third victory of the season forward of the championship chief.
Nevertheless, Norris suffered minor entrance wing harm when he locked up and gently clipped the wall at flip 14 whereas main by nearly 25 seconds on lap 29 simply earlier than his first pit cease. He additionally brushed the surface wall on the entry to show ten in his second stint, however escaped with none additional harm.
Norris held on to win comfortably forward of Verstappen, whereas his McLaren workforce mate Oscar Piastri completed third.
“It was a tremendous race,” Norris mentioned. “Just a few too many shut calls.
“I had a few little moments within the center, however it was effectively managed, I feel, in any other case. The automobile was mega, so I might push. We had been flying the entire race and on the finish I might simply chill. So it was good race, nonetheless robust – I’m a bit out of breath – however a really tremendous one.”
Regardless of his too-close-for-comfort brushes with the obstacles, Norris denied that he had been taking pointless dangers regardless of his wholesome lead within the race.
“It’s not that you just’re essentially over-pushing,” he mentioned. “Generally it may be that you just’re simply chilling an excessive amount of. Possibly it’s a little bit of each, I don’t know what it’s. However it’s tough.
“It was nonetheless robust on the market. Straightforward to lock the tyres like I did. I nonetheless pushed. I didn’t need to have a one second lead, I needed to have the largest lead potential. So it was good enjoyable. Most factors. Good to have Oscar right here too on the rostrum, he drove effectively at present. So a superb day for the workforce additionally.”
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