Lando Norris chose not to backtrack after calling himself a “f****** idiot” in qualifying for the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The McLaren driver and the leader of the F1 drivers’ championship must start Sunday’s race from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:10th on the grid.

An unexpected crash in qualifying, on his first flying lap of Q3 at Turn 5, caused Norris’ harsh description of himself via team radio.

Title r✃ivals Max Verstappen and Oscaܫr Piastri, his teammate, line up on the front row in Jeddah.

Lando Norris quizzed about radio rant in Saudi Arabia

“Makes sense,” Nor🐭ris told afterwards about his “f***🌼** idiot” outburst.

“Yeah, I mean, I agree with it.

“I should be fight🐲ing for pole and especially on a [first flying] lap, I shouldn't be taking any silly risks like I seem to have done.

“I need to go and review👍 it all. Not a guarantee we would have been on pole, because Max looks like he did a good job.

“Red Bull were quick the whole of qualifying, it wasn't a surprise. So, it would have been n💦ice just to be in that fight.

“Iও was doin💫g well until then and feeling comfortable.

“But I mean, it makes sense, I shunted, you know…

“I'm not going to be proud,🌳 I'm not going to be happy. I've let myself down, I've let the team down and ⭕the guys have got a big job to do now to fix it all.

“It's the way it is. I agree with what I said, but I still 🌠look forward to [Sunday] and have to try and make up for today.”

Norris leads McLaren teammate Piastri by three point🍨s in the dri🌱vers’ standings, with Verstappen a further five behind second-place.

But Norris entered Saudi Arabia surrounded by questions about whether Piastri was tackling their MCL39 more comfortably, after he won the Bahrain Gra😼nd Prix a week ago.

His error in qualifying will have done nothing for his confidence in handling the McLaren, especially with Piastrಌi nine places ahead of him on the s🌟tarting grid.

His brutal description of him▨self is the latest in a long line of downbeat self-assessments, which Martin Brundle has previously suggested could provide ammunition to his rivals.