“The Brit believes that even without a mistake in the first turn, there was no chance of victory”, — write: sport.ua
The McLaren driver braked too late in the first corner, letting Max Verstappen and George Russell go ahead. Although he was later able to regain position from Mercedes, he was unable to catch up with the Dutchman, who took his 69th victory. In the end, Norris’ efforts proved futile as he and team-mate Oscar Piastre were disqualified for a worn bottom bar, which could have significant implications for the F1 title race.
However, even before the FIA’s verdict was announced, the British driver, for whom it was his 150th start in F1, insisted that victory was not possible for him regardless of the mistake. However, he was extremely dissatisfied with his own performance.
“It’s quite a shame. I just braked too late”
“I’m here to win races. Second place is still a great result. I feel spoiled by how well we’ve performed in recent weekends.”
“I pushed hard in the first corner and it cost me the chance to lead the race. It didn’t cost us the victory today. What cost us the win today was just a lack of performance, not enough speed and a lot of problems with the car [що були пов’язані з пізнішою дискваліфікацією]»
“I need to learn from the mistake in the first corner and try to do a better job than I have done recently. We didn’t perform well enough here.”
“I know we won in Brazil, but we weren’t fast enough compared to Max. They look very good. Max is doing great. The Red Bull car seems very fast and they are beating us. I just hate losing, it’s that simple. I hate that they are faster at this point and we have to try to add”
