McLaren’s Lando Norris has admitted he did not handle well the team orders controversy that marred Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix
Lando Norris said he did not handle team orders well in Hungary. ‘The fact I clouded over Oscar’s first race win in F1, I’ve not felt proud about.’Lando Norris said he did not handle team orders well in Hungary. ‘The fact I clouded over Oscar’s first race win in F1, I’ve not felt proud about.’last week well, admitting that he was not proud of himself and that he would behave differently if the situation arose again.
Speaking before this weekend’s Belgian GP, the 24-year-old confirmed he felt he had not dealt with the situation well.“It’s the things that I could have done, the fact that I kind of clouded over Oscar’s first race win in F1 is something I’ve not felt too proud about,” he said. “Could it have been handled slightly differently from a team side and from a personal side? Yeah, absolutely,” he said. “I think we would not be having this conversation now in some ways.
Norris is attempting to close the gap on the championship leader, Max Verstappen, whom he trails by 76 points, and noted that with a wiser head at the time he would have been better served by immediately conceding the place and then trying to pass Piastri on track. Verstappen is expected to incur a 10-place grid penalty at this weekend’s race, when his Red Bull team take a new engine, his fifth this season, one over the four allowed under the regulations.
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