Ex-F1 driver Jolyon Palmer has accused 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris of “second-guessing himself” followi🍸ng a scrappy Bahrain Grand Prix.

Bahrain was difficult for Norris as McLaren teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri won the race.

Norris could only qualify sixth on the grid in Bahrain after maki🍒ng a mistake at Turn 1 on his final lap in Q3.

He was then hit with a five-second time penalty for misjudging his positꦜion on t💎he starting grid.

This effectively cost him second place to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell after Norris struggled to overtake 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc late on.

Norris’ race craft was also disapp🐬ointing, spending over a dozen laps stuck behind Leclerc, who struggled on the hard tyres.

Assessing Norris’ performance in Bahrain, Palmer was puzzled by tꦫhe number of errors the McLaren driver made.

“When it’s hooked up, he’s still got the pace,” Pal✤mer said on the offic🍃ial F1 website.

“But h🌃e has to find a way to balance his natural attacking style with a car that is more on a kniജfe-edge.

“If he qualifies at the front, then we know he can soak up the pressure as he’s done for his past two🍌 wins – in Abu Dhabi last year with the teams’ championship on the line an꧃d in Melbourne this year.

“From further back in Bahrain, though, it seemed like he was second-guessing himself a lot and it culminated 🦋in a messy evening foಌr him and a potential three points lost as he failed to recover to make it a McLaren 1-2. Even the way Lando lined up on the grid was strange.

“Lando initially lined up acceptably but twice released the clutch tꦉo trickle forward. The first movement forward probably put him in the perfect place to start the race. But as he sought to shuffle up even more, he must have lost his reference and simply overshot his marks.”

D🍸espite a scrappy race, Norris remains at the top of the F1 drivers’ standings after four rounds.

Norris is three points ahead of Piastri going into Saudi Arabia♊.

However, Piastri𝓀 beat Norr🌊is in the previous two races in Jeddah.

Norris wꦐill have to up his game this ꦇweekend to retain the championship lead.

One issue he’s continued to face throughout 2025 is how tricky the MCL39 is to drive compared to its ꦫpredecessor.