Lando Norris chose not to backtrack after calling himself a “f****** idiot” in qualifying for the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The McLaren driver and the leader of the F1 drivers’ championship must start Sunday’s race from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:10th on the grid.

An unexpected crash in qualifying, on his first flying lap of Q3 at Turn 5, caused Norris’ harsh description of himself via team radio.

Title rivals Max Verstappen and Oscar Pꦐiastri, his teammate, line up on the fr❀ont row in Jeddah.

Lando Norris quizzed about radio rant in Saudi Arabia

“Makes sense,” Norris told&n🍨bsp;afterwards about his “f***** idiot” outburst.

“Yeah, I mean, I agree with it.

“I sh✱ould be fighting for pole and especially on a [first flyiꦆng] lap, I shouldn't be taking any silly risks like I seem to have done.

“I need to go and review it all. Not a guarantee we would have been on pole, because Max looks like he did a good job꧋.

“Red Bull were quick the whole of qualifying, it wasn't a surprise. So, it would have been nice just to be in 𓃲that fight.

“I was doing well until then and feeling comfortabꦛle.

“But I mean, it makes sense, I shunted, you know…

“I'm not going to be proud, I'm not going to be h꧟appy. I've let myself down, I've let the team down and the guys hav෴e got a big job to do now to fix it all.

“It's the way it is. I agree with what I said, but I st𒅌ill look forward to [Sunday] and🐻 have to try and make up for today.”

Norris leads McLaren teammate Piastri by three points in the drivers’ standings, w🥀ith Verstappen a further five behind🌌 second-place.

But Norris entered Saudi Arabia surrounded by questions about whether Piaﷺstri was tackling their MCL39 more comfortably, after he won the Bahrain Grand Prix a week ago.

His error in qualifying will have done nothing for his confidence in handling the McLaren, especially with Piaജstri nine places ahead of him on the starting grid.

His brutal description of himself is the latest in a long line of downbeat꧟ self-assessments, which Martin Brundle has previously suggested could provide ammunition to his rivals.