F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Lando Norris reveals how illness hampered race - “I didn’t eat for two days, I lost 3.5kg”

The McLaren driver didn’t turn up to Thursday’s media day due to food poisoning but drove well on Friday and Saturday. His race on Sunday saw him punished with a five-second penalty for colliding with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc, before he retired with an electrical problem.
Norris detailed how awful he ꧙felt:“I was in a bad way. I’m a bit better [on Sunday].
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“I didn♌’t eat for two days, I didn’t drink for two days. I lost 3.5k🔯g. I really struggled a lot.
“Everyone thought I was fine after Friday because I ju😼st did a good job but it was quite the oppos꧋ite.”
Norri🦋s explained drivi🌺ng in the grand prix while ill: “I did start to struggle a bit physically, but then my race was over.
“I’m OK, I’m getting better every day, it’s just the last day took its toll oꦗ🌠n me.

“I could have a bit of food in me befo൩re the race, I could ge🍬t some fluids in me which is probably the most important thing on such a hot day,
“I’m sure if I didn’t break down and I made the end of the race I’d be in quite a bad conditio🔯n.
“There wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas just so much going on in my brain [on Fridꦓay]. I wasn’t getting out of the way for people very well.
ꦰ“Just small things. I don’t think it cost me anything today, we were just very, very slo♉w.
“Maybe on Friday in qualifying there were some little mistakes and just judgemenܫts, but I always felt when I was in the car and on my lap, especially a qualifying lap, I could do what I needed to do.
“But longevity [was difficult] by the end 🔯of the sprint race, I was in very bad condition.”
Norris is seventh in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings with one race remaining in 2022.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footba🔯ll, to F1.