McLaren F1 boss Andrea Stella believes the FIA made a mistake with the yellow flag which ruined 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris’ qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Norris was forced to abandon his final lap in Q1 due to a slow-moving 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon.

Ocon had a puncture, and🤪 was driving around slowly as he recovered back into the pit lane.

On the ap﷽proach to Turn 16, on hi𝓡s final effort in Q1, the yellow flag briefly appeared.

Norris was forced to lift off,🦩 ruining his lap, before running wide.

🍨Unable to improve, Norris was eliminated in Q2, leaving him 17th on the grid for Sunday’s race in B🌱aku.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the session, Stella explained his𝕴 frustr🐭ation with the flag situation.

“The bitter elem🐷ent is that the other car is at the back of the grid tomorrow,” Stella said. “We will do our best to get back into the points, minimise the impact, but obviously tha🎐t was a very unfortunate moment for Lando today.

“We were discussing 🤡now with the FIA as to why a yellow flag was displayed at that moment in time, which was extremely costly.”

꧒Stella thinks the yellow flꦜag which disrupted Norris’ lap wasn’t “necessary”.

“The team didn't say it because it was displayed last minutꦓe and we checked right now in our tools and it is actually displayed as a yellow, so we were in conversations with the FIA as to why that happened because the yellow flag isn't necessary when there's a car is just a slow car, it is not on a flying lap,” Stella explained.

"Everyone tried their best I'm sure, tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhis time there was a situation ꦅthat ideally, and I think by the regulations, shouldn't have happened. We paid the price but we don't give up.

"We movℱe on, we will do our best tomorrow to get some good points."

The good news for McLaren is that their car is quick, confirmed by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri’s qualifying display.

Piastri secured second behind Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.