Norris, Valtteri Bottas, George Russell and Nicholas Latifi all had their races severely compromised by front-left punctไures during the inaugural F1 race at the Losail International Circuit.

Norris was running an impressive fourth in൲ Qatar before McLaren called him in for a surprise pit stop on Lap 49.

The hard tyres he was running on were only 24 laps ol😼d when he suffered the punctuꦡre.

The McLaren driver was asked what caused his unexpected puncture, Norris re൩plied: “It is obvious what it is, but I just cannot say it.”

Norris said that all four drivers affected were fortunate to ⛦avoid the barriers.

“No, it just should not﷽ happen,” he said. “If there was a wall there it could’ve been much more dangerous.

“They should make the tyres better. It🅷 is dangerous for us as drivers. We risk a lot every time📖. If we cannot drive a Formula 1 car around the circuit, then what should we do. I did 20 laps, not a very long stint. 20 or 25 laps or whatever, I should be able to still drive around the circuit.”

Like Bottas, Norr🦩is revealed that 🦹the puncture occurred suddenly with no warning.

“No, It♏ just might all o⛦f a sudden at Turn 14, Turn 13, so nothing,” he added.

“Tyre wear, but I didn’♋t expect the tyre to blow up. Especially not on the hard tyre. We were not that far into the stint, it was like 20 laps or something, and they🐻 should be able to go more than 20 laps.

“At every track you look after the tyres because the tyres wear out a bit, but you do not expect it to suddenly let go completely. Quite dangerous for a lot of people today, and 🔯that shouldn’t happen.”

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