‘Psychological present’ for mechanics missed by Lando Norris

“⛦It’s hard but if y♊ou can present the car to the boys..."

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England,
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix,…

Lando Norris’ mechanics were unable to ღreceive a “psychological present” from him when he overshot his pit stop at the F1 British Grand Prix, he has been told.

McLaren’s Norris was left visibly emotional at an inability to convert a promis🙈ing lead into victory at his home race.

A slow pit stop, then a tyre strategyꦿ which did 💯not pay off, opened the door for Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to win instead.

Ex-F1 driver Mark Webb⛄er 𝓡told Channel 4: “The race did ebb and flow. You got your confidence up… the next moment you are going back towards people.

“He will be disappointed with the tyre decision and going long in the boꩵx.

“It’s hard but if you can present the car to the boys, that’s the first🐬 big psychological present for them - uജnder pressure at the British “Grand Prix - to do the best job for him.

“⛎When you steam through it’s really cha🧸llenging. He was on the back foot, then.

“He will reflect on that. And he will, b♒ecꦯause he’s world class.”

Channel 4’s Lee McKenzie added: “We are all realistic. He should have won, or at least been second. He should have wo♏n in Austria.

“I feel his disappointment. I’m sure McLaren feel disappointed. I can’t work out why they didn’t double stack, m💟aybe they did not have the confidence.

“He should have won that race.”

Norris offered a devastated analysis post-race at Silv📖erstone, after being limited to third: "We threw it away in🐲 the final stop.

"So, one lap, but also I don’t think it was a lap. I think even if I boxed on the perfect lap, 𒀰our decision to go on to the softs was the wrong 💙one.

“I think Lewis still would have won no matter what. So, two calls from our side cost us everything today. So, pretty, especially he🌠re, pretty disappointing.”

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