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admits he was fortunate to complete the Chinese language Grand Prix, having taken second place regardless of a worsening brake situation to stay on the high of the System 1 drivers’ championship.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lando Norris, McLaren, George Russell, Mercedes
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“I used to be fortunate to complete the race right now which isn’t one thing you wish to be saying. I imply, brakes are one thing you hate however one thing you actually do want, they usually can prevent, save your life.
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“So a sketchy final couple of laps, as a result of the brakes have been getting worse and worse each lap, and the final couple of laps I am three or 4 seconds off, so fairly nervous.
“I feel the workforce knew about the issue a lot earlier than they instructed me about it, so that they needed to maintain me calm.
“So not good in any respect from that facet as a result of we’re fortunate to have completed the race, however to complete with a one-two makes us very blissful. It is what we needed to return into the weekend with, and it is what we achieved, so yeah, an excellent day for the workforce.”
Having admitted to creating errors in dash qualifying, the dash race and qualifying for the grand prix itself, Norris put in a greater efficiency on Sunday.
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He acquired previous Russell into the primary nook to take second place, and once more after the undercut labored in favour of the Mercedes man following the one and solely spherical of stops for the leaders.
Requested if he may have challenged Piastri for the win with out the brake complication, Norris replied: “It does not actually matter, does it? I might have cherished to have challenged Oscar right now, however he drove effectively. I had the tempo for certain particularly as a result of in soiled air it is much more tough like we have seen all weekend, however I do assume the tempo was there.
“However Oscar deserved it utterly. He took pole yesterday after which a win right now, so he is pushed very effectively. A disgrace about my brakes ultimately, however that is life. We’ll take it on the chin and transfer on.”
Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren
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Each McLaren drivers now have a grand prix win to their identify in 2025 and, heading to Japan in a fortnight, Norris was a lot happier than when he first took to the monitor in Shanghai.
“I imply it’ll be thrilling, it is thrilling for all of us,” he added.
“It is robust however I am nonetheless feeling good. With how dangerous the automotive had been yesterday and the day earlier than I actually felt like a great few steps behind all weekend.
“By way of driving personally and simply with the automotive steadiness right now issues got here in direction of me much more and the tempo distinction from right now to yesterday confirmed simply how a lot having a automotive that fits you versus a automotive that does not swimsuit you can also make, as a result of I felt like I in all probability had the very best tempo on the market right now.
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“It doesn’t suggest I’ll win with the very best tempo, however I felt, like, very assured right now, and I felt the exact opposite yesterday, so a constructive when it comes to learnings and takeaways for the following few weekends.
“Regardless that I have been driving a McLaren for six, seven years, this weekend was a whole new one for me and I needed to change a number of issues in my driving, so glad that I acquired some solutions.”
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