Norris thanks Piastri for sprint race victory he’s „not proud“ of · RaceFans

November 2, 2024

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Lando Norris admitted he wasn’t happy with taking victory within the Interlagos dash race after his crew mate let him by.

Oscar Piastri led many of the 24-lap encounter from pole place however let Norris via when he was ordered to by McLaren in direction of the tip of the race. McLaren determined to swap the operating order of their drivers after Nico Hulkenberg got here to a cease on the observe and the crew feared the Security Automobile can be deployed.

Norris gained an additional level on his championship rival Max Verstappen because of Piastri’s help. However afterwards he mentioned that was not the way in which he desires to win races.

“I’m not proud about it, however we labored nicely as a crew collectively, so I thank Oscar,” mentioned Norris. “However we’ve performed a terrific job as a crew.

“As we speak was the end result that we wished. Oscar deserved it, however we’re doing what we’ve got to do. So I thank him and the crew. We had nice tempo so I’m wanting ahead to qualifying and the race tomorrow.”

The McLaren drivers appeared to handle their tempo on the entrance of the sector for a lot of the race, Piastri conserving Norris inside DRS vary to guard him from Charles Leclerc and Verstappen behind. Norris fell out of vary at instances however was in a position to catch again as much as his crew mate, and he’s assured the crew have been fast sufficient to beat their rivals.

“It was simply type of like yo-yoing a bit of bit,” he mentioned. “I’d catch up after which drop again and catch up. It’s simply the soiled air prices you quite a lot of lap time.

“I felt [I was] a bit faster, however I couldn’t cross on the time. However I felt good.

“I feel we have been clearly faster than the blokes behind. It’s simply troublesome in a dash race like this to understand how a lot to handle and push, that type of factor. However we executed it nicely.”

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