Norris made an excellent begin from sixth place on the grid in damp situations to maneuver forward of Bottas on the run all the way down to Flip 1 after your entire area began on intermediate tyres.
However a mistake by Bottas meant the Finn careered into the again of Norris’s McLaren, sending the orange automobile into the trail of Max Verstappen within the Purple Bull.
The incident eradicated Bottas at Flip 1, and whereas Norris was in a position to haul his McLaren automobile again to the pits, it was discovered to have terminal injury that pressured him to retire from the race.
Requested by Autosport within the paddock on the Hungaroring how laborious it was to evaluate the braking level within the damp situations, Norris stated that whereas it was “not simple”, he anticipated higher from main F1 drivers.
“All of us are in System 1 for a motive, as a result of we’re good drivers and we all know the place to brake, the place to evaluate braking zones and so forth, particularly when it is moist, particularly on the primary lap of the race,” Norris stated.
“However clearly some misjudged it utterly. That is the annoying factor, you count on slightly bit extra from whenever you’re racing these prime guys on the entrance of the sector.
“But additionally they do not race that always, they’re fairly on their very own, and never within the pack getting in soiled air and issues as a lot as we’re.
“So possibly they only do not expertise it, and they should study that slightly bit extra.”
Flip 1 incidents on the 2021 Hungarian GP
Norris revealed that Bottas had apologised to him for the incident, however was assured the Mercedes driver would obtain a penalty. The stewards have already introduced they may examine the Flip 1 collisions.
“He stated sorry,” Norris stated.
“In fact it does not change something now, which is the unhealthy little bit of it. However in fact he ought to get a penalty.
“I acquired a penalty in opposition to Perez [in Austria] when a little bit of air pushed him off the monitor, and I get utterly taken out of the race, crash into Max, it is a massive incident.
“It is much more harmful than some man going into some gravel. And naturally, it is much more harmful driving doing that than what I’ve executed.
“Yeah, he deserves certainly one of course.”