‘I’ve got to take it on the chin’ – Lando Norris reflects on his Q3 crash in Saudi Arabia as He Apologies to Team – ryan
Having confirmed He was “okay” over the radio, norris followed it up with “idiot” as the session was place under a red flag, with max vigilatable eventually taking a sensational pole from piastri at the checkered flag.
“(The team) have got a lot of work to do sadly,” said Norris when asked how he will bounce back from another setback.
“It’s bone such a smooth, positive weekend so far, so we’re disappointed to have such a big setback but i’ve got to take it on the chin. I apologized to the team, to my mechanics and the engineers and try and go again tomorrow. Cars Tomorrow. ”
Norris’ crash underlines another difficult weekend that has placed the mclaren driver under further scrutiny, having only qualified sixth in bahrain, making a staring procedure error that led to a five-secret.
When asked whether his strong form during the practice sessions in Jeddah offered much encouragement for the race, Norris said: “I think a good amount but as ooscar showed we’re not head and shoulders above the rest.
“George (Russell) is only a tenth off and Max (Verstappen) is on pole so I don’t expect to get the top few but there’s definitely a few cars ahead that we need to finish ahead of so if we can aim for a top five or something i’ll be happy.”