Lando Norris didn’t cover his disappointment at lacking one other likelihood to win a race this yr after main his residence grand prix previous to his ultimate pit cease.
The McLaren driver overtook Max Verstappen and the 2 Mercedes to take the lead of in the present day’s race. He stored the lead as a mid-race bathe prompted drivers to modify to intermediate tyres.
However because the monitor dried out, Norris waited a lap longer than his two closest rivals to modify to slick tyres. Lewis Hamilton opted for softs and took the lead, whereas Verstappen switched to hards and closed on Norris, finally passing him for second.
Norris scored his first grand prix victory in Miami, however has missed different potential alternatives for victory on the Crimson Bull Ring, Montreal and Imola. Requested in in the present day’s press convention whether or not this was a win that acquired away, Norris stated: “I’ve had that quite a bit currently, so I hate saying it once more.
“However so many issues have been going effectively and we threw it away within the ultimate cease. One lap [later], but in addition I didn’t assume it was the [choice of] lap. I feel even when I boxed on the right lap, our resolution to go onto the softs was the fallacious one.
“I feel Lewis nonetheless would have gained it doesn’t matter what. So two calls from our aspect price us every part in the present day. So, particularly right here, fairly disappointing.”
However regardless of his frustration at lacking so many probabilities to win, Norris doesn’t consider McLaren have had the quickest automobile at any race but.
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“When it was fully dry the Mercedes was quite a bit faster. Within the extra slippery circumstances, perhaps we appeared a bit higher. So we’ve got work to do.
“I don’t assume we’ve nonetheless had the weekend the place we’ve clearly been the quickest. We’ve all the time been there or thereabouts, however by no means ‘the’ automobile.
“I feel we have to preserve working as a staff. I have to preserve working alone stuff and simply attempt to put it collectively as a result of there are nonetheless so many positives. There are such a lot of good issues and so many issues in place.
“But it surely’s irritating when, just a few instances this season, we’ve thrown away one thing that ought to have been ours.”
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