Norris says he felt like he let down the tons of of individuals in his McLaren crew who had been counting on him to get the job finished.
With out a banker lap, Norris had one shot at a time in Q1 in Mexico, however he ran huge and needed to abort, leaving him in seventeenth on the ultimate grid.
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The mishap got here simply a few races after Norris had a fraught time on the Qatar dash weekend, when he made pricey errors in each qualifying and the shootout.
From his lowly grid spot, Norris loved an excellent race in Mexico, finally ending fifth regardless of dropping locations on the restart following the pink flag for Kevin Magnussen’s crash.
Nonetheless he was satisfied that he ought to have been on the rostrum.
When requested by Autosport if he had ideas about what may need been, Norris mentioned: “After all, in fact.
“I do know folks complain at why I am so disenchanted at occasions. And it is due to days like at present. After all, I will be disenchanted, proper?
“Like there’s an opportunity to complete on the rostrum and get one other trophy, rating extra factors. Why would I ever be joyful a couple of day like Saturday?
“I moved on in a short time, I moved on higher than I did in Qatar. And we put loads of give attention to Sunday. And I feel that was evident, after which it paid off. However yeah, I am by no means going to be joyful after a day like Saturday, proper? As a result of I do know what we’re able to doing.
“And when you may have a day like at present [Sunday], you then consider the ‘what might have beens’? And yeah, there’s too many what might have beens on the minute. I simply have to tidy some issues up, after which issues can begin to roll.”
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Lando Norris, McLaren
Norris acknowledged that his Qatar errors had been much more disappointing,
“Once more, the same factor, however that was for larger positions, proper?,” he mentioned.
“And that was twice. It will be the identical for anybody. If anybody was in my place, perhaps some persons are higher than others, however you are by no means going to be joyful if you’ve tousled, and also you let the crew down.
“There’s 700-800 people who find themselves counting on me to do job. So when you do not, how can I put a smile on my face?
“I feel that I handled it so much higher than I did final time. Primarily as a result of it wasn’t for a pole or for a win. However on the identical time I moved on, and acquired my head down onto at present. And all of it paid off. So I am proud of that.”
Regardless of his frustrations Norris insisted that had loved the Mexican race.
“I loved the entire thing, aside from my restart,” he mentioned. “I do not know if you happen to noticed it, however I most likely needed to keep away from a really massive crash, simply folks coming throughout, most likely not realising that individuals might be three abreast.
“So I averted two extraordinarily massive crashes, which might have been very nasty. So a bit extra self-awareness of some drivers could be nice.”