‘Psychological present’ for mechanics missed by Lando Norris

“It꧋’s hard but if you can present the car to the boys..."

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England,
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix,…

Lando Norris’ mechanics were unable to receive a “psychological present” from him when he overshot his pit stop at the F1 British Grand Prix, he has b൲⛦een told.

McLaren’s Norris was left visibly emotional at an inability to convert a promisi♌ng lead into v💛ictory at his home race.

A slo𒐪🌜w pit stop, then a tyre strategy which did not pay off, opened the door for Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to win instead.

Ex-F1 driver Mark Webber told Channel 4: “The race did ebb and flow. You got 🌺your confidence up…💙 the next moment you are going back towards people.

“He will be disappointed with the tyre decision and going🍒 long in the box.

“It🐻’s hard but if you can present the car to the boys, that’s the first big psychological present for them - under pressure at th🍸e British “Grand Prix - to do the best job for him.

“When you steam through it’s really challe💃nging. He was on the back foot, then.

“He will reflect on that. And he will, because he’s worl✨d 🍌class.”

Channel 4’s Lee McKenzie added: “We are all realistic. He shoul⛎d have won, or at least been se🎃cond. He should have won in Austria.

“I feel his disappointment. I’m sure McLaren feel disappointed. I can’t work out why ﷽they didn’t double♕ stack, maybe they did not have the confidence.

“He should have won that race.”

Norris offered a devastated analysis post-race at Silverstone, after being limited to third: "We threw it away in the fin🦄al stop.

"So, one lap, but also I don’t think it was a lap. I 💯think even if I boxed on the perfect lap, our decision to go on to the softs 🐭was the wrong one.

“I think Lewis still would have won no matter what. So, t𒆙wo calls from our side cost us everything today. So, pretty, especially here, pretty disappointi🎶ng.”

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