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Lando Norris stands by ‘fool’ rebuke after Saudi Arabian GP qualifying crash and apologises to McLaren
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Lando Norris stands by ‘fool’ rebuke after Saudi Arabian GP qualifying crash and apologises to McLaren

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Lando Norris stood by his description of himself as an “idiot” for crashing in qualifying on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, saying he had let McLaren down and now wanted a “bit of luck” to even salvage a top-five race outcome.

The world championship chief’s hopes of bouncing again from his troublesome weekend in Bahrain final week suffered a pricey blow on Saturday beneath the Jeddah floodlights when he misplaced management of his automobile and hit the limitations 5 corners into his first flying lap of the decisive Q3 part.

The accident leaves Norris tenth on the grid on a wall-lined road circuit the place overtaking is troublesome.

Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri went on to qualify first and second respectively, with Norris’ predicament that means one of many pair is now prone to usurp the Briton on the head of the title race for the primary time this season on Sunday.

After crashing out, a annoyed Norris labelled himself a “******* idiot” over staff radio – a snap verdict he later admitted was justified when he spoke to reporters on his return to the paddock.

“It makes sense,” stated Norris, who certified solely sixth final Saturday earlier than ending third in Bahrain.

“Properly, yeah, I agree with it. I ought to be preventing for pole and particularly on a Q1 [sic] lap I should not be taking any foolish dangers like I appear to have finished. I’ll evaluation all of it, like I stated.

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Lando Norris stands by ‘fool’ rebuke after Saudi Arabian GP qualifying crash and apologises to McLaren

Norris suffered a large crash in his McLaren throughout Q3 on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

“Not a guarantee we would have been on pole because Max looks like he did a good job again. Red Bull were quick the whole of qualifying, it wasn’t a surprise. It would have been nice just to have been in that fight.”

Norris, who had set the tempo within the previous Q2 session, added: “I was doing well until then and feeling comfortable.

“Nevertheless it is sensible [what he said], I shunted. Once more, I am not going to be proud, I am not going to be completely satisfied. I’ve let myself down, I’ve let the staff down and the fellows have gotten an enormous job to do now to repair all of it.

“So, yeah, that’s the way it is. I agree with I said but I still look forward to tomorrow and I have to try and make up for today.”

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Highlights from qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Highlights from qualifying on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

On the incident itself on the Turns four-five chicane, Norris stated: “I don’t know what happened.

“I’ve not had any time to look into it or see. Only a mistake, I assume. I do not know what I may have finished.

“It was pretty comfortable, I was pretty happy until then, the car was strong. So, disappointed, it obviously made my life and everyone’s in the team a lot trickier and a lot harder because the guys have got a big job to try and fix everything.

“However that is life. That occurs on a uncommon event so a troublesome one. However we have to look on the intense aspect and hope that we will have a great race.”

‘We’re going to need a bit of luck’ – Norris plays down top-five hopes

Norris, though, acknowledged that even finishing in the top five from the grid’s fifth row was not going to be straightforward given the nature of the fast 27-corner Jeddah street track.

“I imply I [will] go see my engineers and apologise and see what we will do for [Sunday],” he said.

“Try to put a great plan in place, however we’ll want a little bit of luck. It is so troublesome, it is virtually inconceivable to overhaul round right here so I am not anticipating something magical, however we have now a great automobile.

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Lando Norris was in despondent mood after crashing his McLaren during qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Norris was in despondent temper after crashing his McLaren throughout qualifying

“If we can work our way up to the top five, six, I would say I’ll be happy.

“You understand, our automobile wasn’t on pole, our tempo was clearly not that significantly better than Max, even George [Russell] isn’t that distant. So I feel to get near them isn’t very life like however to try to get to the highest 5 might be our goal.”

Norris’ title lead is just three points over team-mate Piastri, while Verstappen is eight points adrift of the Briton.

Piastri would assume the leadership of the world championship for the first time in his career were he to win Sunday’s race irrespective of where Norris finishes, while reigning champion Verstappen would be ahead for the first time in 2025 if he wins and Norris finishes third or lower.​​

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Look back at some of the most dramatic moments to have taken place at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

Look again at among the most dramatic moments to have taken place on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit

Sunday April 20

  • 1pm: F1 Academy Race 2
  • 2.20pm: F2 Function Race
  • 4.30pm: Saudi Arabian GP build-up: Grand Prix Sunday
  • 6pm: THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX*
  • 8pm: Saudi Arabian GP response: Chequered flag

*Additionally dwell on Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion

Components 1 completes its first triple-header of 2025 in Jeddah with the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend, dwell on Sky Sports activities F1. Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW – No contract, cancel anytime

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