‘We threw it away’ - Lando Norris’ frustration shows as McLaren squander victory shot

Lando Norris admits McLaren "threw away" their chances of victory at the Briti꧟sh Grand Prix.

Third placed Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren in parc ferme. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix,
Third placed Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren in parc ferme. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12,…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris says McLaren “threw away” their shot at winning Sunday’s F1 British Grand Prix.

Norris charged into the lead after overtaking 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and Mercedes pair 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton during the early ♉stages at Silverstone, but a costly second pit stop ul⭕timately wrecked his chances of victory.

The Briton stayed out a lap longer than his rivals before switching to softs but꧒ overshot his pit box which resulted in a slow stop and enabled Hamilton to undercut him.

"We threw it away in the final stop,” Norris admitted to media including ltxcn.top. "So, one lap, but also I don’t think it was a lap. I think even if I boxed on the pe♎rfect lap, our decision to go on to😼 the softs was the wrong one.

“I think Lewis still would have won no matter what. So, tw🏅o calls from our side cost us everything today. So, pretty, especially here, pretty disappointing.”

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella conceded his side were “too ♎𝓡influenced” by Hamilton’s decision to go to softs in a bid to try and cover off the Mercedes driver.

“In those conditions we wanted to check also with Lando what his preference was, what we should be going after and one aspect was also do you think it will be tricky? This we didn't ask,” he ex♕plained.

“The sense of asking with Lando, deciding with Lando was will it be tricky going on a C2 compound in these conditions but in fairness as a matter of fact it ♔wasn't that tricky because Verstappen on a hard compound managed the transition to the dry tyres without big issues.

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

“So I think this one was a decision that from the people we should have taken once again - like in stopping Oscar in the double stack we should have taken the responsibility to say the medium is just the right ༺tyre, we🏅 go for it.

“I think in checking with Lando we kind of self-doubted and this led us to fol𝄹low this direction which in hindsight was important.”

McLaren have had one of the fastest cars in recent races but Norris was convinced the team lacked the pace to win at Silverstone in dry condition🐽s.

“Clearly also weren’t quick enough today,” Norris added. “I think wh﷽en it was completely dry, the Mercedes was a lot quicker.

“In the more slippery conditions, maybe we seemed to be better. So, we have work to do. We s🍒till had a weekend wh🐼ere we’ve clearly been the quickest. We’ve always been there or thereabouts, but never the [quickest] car.

“We𓃲 need to keep working as a team. I need to keep worki♛ng on my own stuff. And just try and put it together because there are still so many positives.

“There are so many good things and so many things in plac🧸e. Frustrating when, you know, a few times this season we’ve thrown away something that should have been ours.” 

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