Lando Norris’ poor begin within the Hungarian Grand Prix, which he blamed for his defeat within the race, was affected by a “small glitch”, his group have confirmed.
The McLaren driver misplaced his lead from pole place to group mate Oscar Piastri, who went on to win. Max Verstappen additionally used the chance to overhaul Norris, although he went off the observe in doing so and handed the place again when suggested to by his group three laps later.
McLaren confirmed after the race Norris “skilled a small glitch discovering second gear throughout his acceleration from pole.”
Norris completed second behind Piastri after letting his group mate via with two laps to go in response to repeated directions from the pit wall. He took the lead after gaining the good thing about an earlier pit cease than Piastri when the pair got here in for the second time.
After the race Norris blamed his sluggish begin, slightly than his group’s ways, for his defeat. “I didn’t lose the win there, I misplaced the win off the road,” he mentioned. “I had – not even a horrible start- only a dangerous begin. One thing occurred on my second shift and I misplaced all my momentum. Oscar received to the within and that was it.”
Norris has didn’t preserve his lead on all 5 events he has began a Formulation 1 race from pole place. These embrace his first pole place on the 2021 Russian Grand Prix and this 12 months’s race in Spain, the place he blamed his subsequent defeat on a poor begin. He additionally misplaced the lead from pole on this 12 months’s dash race at Shanghai and final 12 months’s at Interlagos.
Piastri mentioned getting forward of Norris at the beginning was key to his victory because it allowed him to spend a lot of the race in free air. “Observe place made a really large distinction at this time and I feel that’s why having the beginning I did was so essential,” he mentioned. “Finally I didn’t fairly have the tempo that I needed within the final stint and I nonetheless must go and assess why that was the case.”
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