Lando Norris feels an untidy lap𝔍 cost him a shot at beating McLaren Formula 1 teammate Oscar Piastri for pole position in the Spanish Grand Prix.

Norris held a narrow buffer of 0.017s over Piastri after the first runs in qualifying, but the advantage swung the other way aro🌺und as the session drew 🏅to an end.

While the championship leader delivered a three-tenth improvement on his final flying lap, Norris found little time an📖d eventually f🔜inished two tenths down on his teammate in second.

Speaking afterwards, Norris stressed that the “pace was there” to grab back-to-back pole position in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Formula 1, but ulti🎉mately a series of unforced errors early in the lap left him with too much time to recover.

“Just a couple of little, little mistakes,” he lamented. “Turn one, kind of the first place you don't want to make a mistakꦑe just because it harms the rest of the lap with the tyres and things.

“So just a couple little squiggles there and then the exit of turn 4 as well. So, just not a perfect lap, not the cleanest lap. But I still impro❀ved surprisi💫ngly.

“So the pace was easily there, justಌ a couple too many mistakes.”

Lando Norris admits he overdrove in qualifying

Norris blamed the errors on “trying a li♔ttle bit too much”, but feels second on the grid is “not the๊ end of the world” for him.

“The speed was easily there todaꦅy. Sometimes you don't put the laps in,” he ex♊plained.

“But todayღ it was good. I think I was a little bit behind [in the pitlane queue] at the start of qualifying and I ✨caught up nicely.

“I know where I lost that time on t🐓he final lap. It was just trying a little bit too much and just not being quite tidy enough.

“Especially around a lap like Barcelona, one little oversteer in Turn 1ജ, Turn 2, you kind of already know it's going to be ﷽a tricky rest of the lap.

“It was good. I still feel fine. I'm so happy with the second, especial𒁃ly in ꩲBarcelona. It's not, not the end of the world. So a positive weekend.”

Both the ambient and track temperatures have been quite high in Barcelona this weekend, which in theory should suit the McLarens.
However, the mercury levels do lead to excessive tyre wear, especially on a high degradation ci🥃rcuit like Barcelona.

“We've been, we've been good in all conditi�🎃�ons so far,” said Norris. “It's obviously very hot, Just a bit of a struggle for everyone.

“It's a struggle in qualifying to look after the tyres for one lap, so the race i🌺s then much trickier.

“But the car's been good the whole weekend, as we have shown today. That's always reassuring before Sunday.”