Norris, Valtteri Bottas, George Russell and Nicholas Latifi all had their races severely compromised by f🧸ront-left punctures during the inaugural F1 race at the Losail International Circuit.

Norris was running an impressive fou🌠rth in Qatar before McLaren called him inꦜ for a surprise pit stop on Lap 49.

The hard tyres he was running on were only 24 laps old when he suffere💧d the puncture.

The McLaren driver was asked what caused his unexpꦛected puncture, Nꦅorris replied: “It is obvious what it is, but I just cannot say it.”

Norris said that all four drivers affected were fortunate to avoid 🔴the barriers.

“No, it ♍just should not happen,” he said. “If the🌠re was a wall there it could’ve been much more dangerous.

“They should make the tyres better. It is dangerous for us as drivers. We risk a lot every time. If we cannot drive a Formula 1 car around the circuit, then what should we do. I did 20 laps, not a very long s🤡tint. 20 or 25 laps or whatever, I should be able to still drive around the circuit𝕴.”

Like B🥀ottas, Norris revealed ♈that the puncture occurred suddenly with no warning.

“No, It just mi🧸ght all of a sudden at Turn 14, Tu☂rn 13, so nothing,” he added.

“Tyre wea🐷r, but I didn’t expect the tyre to blow up. Especially not on the hard tyre. We were not that far into the stint, it was like 20 laps or something, and they should 𝓰be able to go more than 20 laps.

“At every track you look after the tyres because the tyres wear out a bit, but you do not expect it to suddenly let go completely. Quite dangerous for a lot of people today,⛄ and that shouldn’t happen.”

it will conduct an investigation into the꧟ cause of the punctures.