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Lando Norris makes shock McLaren assertion after lacking out on F1 title: ‘We weren’t prepared’
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Lando Norris makes shock McLaren assertion after lacking out on F1 title: ‘We weren’t prepared’

By Miles Cooper November 24, 2024
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believes his workforce have been merely “not prepared” to win an drivers’ championship this 12 months after sealed the title in Las Vegas.

Verstappen completed fifth, a spot above Norris, in Sin Metropolis and now has an unassailable lead within the drivers’ championship with two races left.

Norris has, since his first F1 win in Miami in Could, been armed with the quickest automotive however regardless of two extra victories, the Brit skilled numerous missed alternatives all through what was his first championship problem.

Norris admitted it “harm” to lose out this 12 months, however paid tribute to Verstappen as he joined an elite listing of drivers to win a minimum of 4 titles.

“I’ll begin by saying congrats to Max, as a lot because it hurts,” Norris instructed Sky Sports activities F1.

“He drove an unbelievable season, when he had the quickest automotive he dominated, when he didn’t he was there. He made my life powerful, he drove a greater season so massive congrats to him.

“I didn’t even anticipate to be in a title struggle. I used to be pleased with how calm I used to be and centered I used to be. There’s positively extra stress, extra eyes, extra nerves. You need to drive higher and I really feel like I’ve. Since Zandvoort, I feel I’ve executed near an ideal job, I would like to enhance in fact.

“I don’t assume we as a workforce have been able to struggle towards the large boys. As a lot as I’d wish to imagine we have been prepared, we weren’t. However we have been there preventing Max, nobody else.”

Norris added that he feels the title was misplaced early on within the season, when Verstappen received 4 out of the primary 5 races and constructed up a factors lead which Norris was in the end unable to decrease.

Lando Norris makes shock McLaren assertion after lacking out on F1 title: ‘We weren’t prepared’

“I’m extra proud than the rest, I don’t remorse something,” he added.

“However not one thing I remorse… Max drove too effectively. It was misplaced within the first six races. We by no means clawed it again from there, we put up a great struggle and look ahead to subsequent 12 months, being there from the start.”

As for the race, Norris completed the place he began in sixth on a weekend the place McLaren have been missing pure tempo.

“The race was fairly dangerous, dangerous day,” he mentioned. “A poor weekend for us.”

Norris now has a struggle on his fingers to complete in second place, with simply 21 factors separating him and third-placed Charles Leclerc.

The battle can be on within the constructors’ championship, as McLaren eye a primary groups’ title in 26 years. The papaya are 24 factors forward of Ferrari, forward of subsequent week’s Qatar Grand Prix.

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