Lando Norris blames “silly” mistakes for latest F1 qualifying blunder in Miami

Lando Noꦐrris failed to capitalise on McLaren's strong pace with a number of "silly mistakes" in sprint qualifying.

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 6, Miami Grand Prix, Miami, Florida, USA, Sprint
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 6, Miami Grand Prix, Miami,…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris explained that his "silly"ꦍ mistakes in sprint qualifying at🅷 the Miami Grand Prix were a result of pushing "too hard".

Heading into SဣQ3, Norris was the heavy favourite to take pol🌄e position as he showed outstanding pace in the upgraded McLaren.

On his only soft tyre run, Norris made a number of mistakes in the opening part of the lap, losing out to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen by approximately eight-tent꧟hs iꦡn sector one alone.

This meant Norris could only qualify ninth for the Saturday sprint race, when he had the pace to take po♓le position.

It ♌continues a long catalogue of errors from Norris, particularly in qualifying sessions since the start of last year. 

Norris was on course to take pole💙 for the Qataಌr sprint before running wide at the final corner.

This allowed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri to take his first F1 win - somethꦰing Norris is yet to do.

Reflecting on his latest difficult qualifying 🐭session, Norris explained: “I just pushed too 🅷hard, as simple as that.

“The car was feeling very good. Ju𓆏st silly to be honest, a couple 🔯of mistakes in Turn 1 and a big spiral from there.

“It's a shame, the team has done a good job, the upgr📖ades are working, so I'm happy with everything, just not with one thing.”

Unsurprisingly, Norris felt he was “one of the quickest”ꦜ out on trac♚k in Miami.

“The pace was very good,” he added. “Probably one of the quicke꧑st So, disappointed with today but 💦I will do my best tomorrow.”

Piastri managed to qualify sixth, but like N🌱o♓rris, didn’t quite manage to extract the maximum from his car.

Explaining his session, he said: “I think it was a really tricky for everybody. I don’t know if the track changed❀ or we all thought the soft was going to be a lot better but my lap felt pretty terrible and it was P6 so I think everyone must have had a bad run.

“I think Lando did ꧃the quickest lap on the whole in SQ2, so a bit strange but I'll take P6. It's gonna be tough for everybody I think, but the tyres seem to be surviving ok, they are just very hot.

“Not too concerned, bu🍨t it could be an exciting sprint. A few cars out of position. Nobody has really had much consistency so it will be exciting tomorrow.”

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