Lando Norris is trying to “release pressure” from himself by downplaying his McLaren’s speed.

Norris recovered from a crash in qualifying, which left him 10th on the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Pri💟x starting gr🔜id, to finish P4 last weekend.

He then complained at 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:p♓eople ‘coming out with all this c**p’ about the pace advantage of his McLaren.

But Sky Sports analyꦬst Jamie Chadwick has spotted some reverse-ps🍌ychology at play.

“He’s doing it to release pressure from hi⛎mself,” she said.

“When everyone is saying ‘you have got the fastest car, you should🅰 be winning every race’ it’s probably not the best feeling as a driver.

“If I was him, I’d harness that, and think: ‘Maybe I do have the fastest car, maybe it does mean I shoulᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd out-perfoꦯrm expectation every weekend’.

“From my point of view, I think it’s closer.

“I think if Oscar Pi🌳astri started fr♈om pole, and led from the first lap, it would have been an easier race for him.

“But the way that Lando downplays the car is him just not letting oꦍn that, actually, the༒y should be dominating more.”

Ferrari praised for denying Lando Norris

Chadwick added about🀅 Norris: “His pace [last] weekend was good. He was good in pract💝ice.

“If he didn’t make the mistake in qualifyinꦐg, “I’m sure he would have pushed Oscar or Maxꦉ hard for pole.

“I don’t think the pace is the pro🤪blem. It’s the execution, and getting everything right throughout a whole weekend.”

Norris chased down Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc but could not claim a podiꦇum finish from him.

Teammate Piastri won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, ahead of Red Bull’s Verstappen who was hit with a time penaltyಞ.

Piastri now leads Norris by 10 points at the top of the drivers’ cha🦄mpionship.

But Norris, who will want to forget about Sa♕udi Arabia swiftly, was only denied a podium by Ferrari’s smart thinking, it was claimed.

Ex-F1 race strategist Bernie C♉ollins said about Norris: “He did better in the race than I expected, he was closing in on Charles.

“Ferrari did a good strategy with Leclerc. “They saw the risk was Norris so they extended Lec💖lerc’s first stint beyond anyone else on the medium.

“The hardꦅ tyres were in a much better condition and ga🅘ve Leclerc the best chance of holding Norris off.

“In the next few laps, I don’t think Norris could have got him because the gap between them, in lap ti🏅me, did🗹n’t seem significant enough.”