“It’s on me” - Lando Norris takes blame for shock Q1 exit despite McLaren pit call
Norris was a surprise early exit in quali🧸fying as he w꧂as knocked out in the first segment.
McLaren were one of three teams to send their driveᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrs out on the medium tyres in Q1.
Unlike Ferrari and Mercedes, McLaren called Norris and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri in early to pit for a new set of tyres withoutℱ a lap time on the board.
With four minutes to go, McLaren sent their drivers back out with enough time to com𓃲plete two flying laps.
Norris made a mistake on his first soft lap in the middle sector, while yellow flags caused by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso ruined his second attempt.
Despite the untimely McLaren pit call, Norris ci🎀ted “some mi🐻stakes” for his premature exit.
“I got told to box for some reason, [but] the pace was good," Norris said. “Something obv𒁃iously wasn't right, but that𒁃 wasn't a problem.
“I just made some mistakes on my one lap that I had. Obviously there was a yellow in the end from Ferna🔯ndo. So yeah, that one opportunity, that one lap that I was given, I didn't put it together. 💜It went off and that was it. We turned around and went straight back out
“We will speak about it afte🌺r, but I had one lap and I didn't do it. So it is on me.”
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