Lando Norris complains Oscar Piastri ‘got too close for comfort’ on Lap 1 at Monza

"We both co🃏uld have been out at that corner if I brak🐽ed one metre later."

Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix
Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris was unimpressed with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri's aggressive m🌜anoeuvre on the opening lap of theꦰ F1 Italian Grand Prix.

Norris once again lost the lead when stꦕarting from pole posit🦄ion, losing out to Piastri into Turn 4.

The ♔British driver was caught out by Piastri, who pulled off a bold move on the outside of the corner.

It proved to be a decisive moment in the race as Norris was beaten by Piastri, while both McLarens finished behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc on the one-stop strategy.

Speaking to Sky after the race, Norriꦅs admitted he was a “little bit” surprised by Piastri.

“A li♈ttle bit. I would have just braked later, if I needed to,” Norris said. “There was a 🥀big gap behind us, there was no risk. I feel like he got way too close for comfort. We both could have been out at that corner if I braked one metre later.

“If I could rewind, I’d do stuff 🌜slightly differently. Oscar drove a good race and so did Charles.”

McLaren’s decision to go on a two-stop strategy handed Leclerc the race lead🔴, which he held onto despite a fast-charging Piastri in the closing laps.

Norris believes McLaren wouldn’t 🌄have been able toไ pull off a one-stop strategy like Ferrari due to a “weakness” in front tyre degradation.

“No, 🌃maybe… Charles won by two seconds in the end,” Norris added. “The fact that he got ahead probably 🀅gained him two seconds over the course of the race. Maybe, I don’t know…

“They did something with strategy that we would not be able to achieve today. We thought of the one-stop, we were ready for it,🅠 b🐲ut we could not achieve it. Our degradation was too high from the front tyres. That’s a weakness from us, at the minute.

“At the rear we are stroꦅng, and that’s why we’ve been strong at different races. But today was a question of front deg and we struggled too much. Clearly, Charles and the Ferrari were better than us in that perspective.

“We were ready fꦍor that, for someone else to be better on the tyres, and it turne꧟d out to be the Ferraris.”

Do McLaren take enough risks?

One criticism that has been p♉ut towards McLaren🅺 is that do they take enough risks with strategy?

Monza wasn’t the first time McLaren have th🅺rown away a po🦩tential win due to strategy.

When asked whether McLaren ‘are risk averse’, he said: “Hindsight is a wonderful thin൩g. We always review things. Today was not our day, we did not get things correct. I wouldn’t say we got the💯m wrong today either. I certainly couldn’t have done a one-stop.

“Being the second car is tougher than being the first car 𓄧- that’s racing. Keeping up with Oscar meant I had to use more tyres, and using more tyre meant that I boxed earlier. That’s the price I paid for not being in the clean air. We both suffered more than the Ferrari.

“꧅There was not a lot we could’ve done at the time. If we could go back and review things, change things, we could prepare even more for it. I feel like we maximised today, we just didn’t have what Ferrari had.”

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