Norris thanks Piastri for dash race victory he is "not proud" of · RaceFans

Lando Norris admitted he wasn’t pleased with taking victory within the Interlagos dash race after his group mate let him by.

Oscar Piastri led a lot of the 24-lap encounter from pole place however let Norris by when he was ordered to by McLaren in the direction of the tip of the race. McLaren determined to swap the operating order of their drivers after Nico Hulkenberg got here to a cease on the observe and the group feared the Security Automotive could be deployed.

Norris gained an additional level on his championship rival Max Verstappen because of Piastri’s help. However afterwards he stated that was not the best way he desires to win races.

“I’m not proud about it, however we labored nicely as a group collectively, so I thank Oscar,” stated Norris. “However we’ve carried out an excellent job as a group.

“In the present day was the outcome that we needed. Oscar deserved it, however we’re doing what we now have to do. So I thank him and the group. We had nice tempo so I’m trying ahead to qualifying and the race tomorrow.”

The McLaren drivers appeared to handle their tempo on the entrance of the sphere for a lot of the race, Piastri conserving Norris inside DRS vary to guard him from Charles Leclerc and Verstappen behind. Norris fell out of vary at instances however was capable of catch again as much as his group mate, and he’s assured the group have been fast sufficient to beat their rivals.

“It was simply type of like yo-yoing a little bit bit,” he stated. “I’d catch up after which drop again and catch up. It’s simply the soiled air prices you a variety of lap time.

“I felt [I was] a bit faster, however I couldn’t cross on the time. However I felt good.

“I feel we have been clearly faster than the blokes behind. It’s simply troublesome in a dash race like this to understand how a lot to handle and push, that type of factor. However we executed it nicely.”

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