Lando Norris says he can’t “put a smile on my face” after a mistake in qualifying for the Formula 1 Mexico City GP cost him a shot at a podium in Sunday’s race.
Norris says he felt like he let down the hundreds of people in his McLaren team who were relying on him to get the job done. Without a banker lap Norris had one shot at a time in Q1 in Mexico, but he ran wide and had to abort, leaving him in 17th on the final grid. The mishap came just a couple of races after Norris had a fraught time at the Qatar sprint weekend, when he made costly mistakes in both qualifying and the shootout.
If anyone was in my position, maybe some people are better than others, but you're never going to be happy when you've messed up, and you let the team down. “There's 700-800 people who are relying on me to do a good job. So when you don't, how can I put a smile on my face? “I think that I dealt with it a lot better than I did last time. Mainly because it wasn't for a pole or for a win. But at the same time I moved on, and got my head down onto today. And it all paid off.
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