Having confirmed he was “okay” over the radio, Norris adopted it up with “fool” because the session was place beneath a crimson flag, with Max Verstappen finally taking a sensational pole from Piastri on the chequered flag.
“[The team] have gotten lots of work to do sadly,” stated Norris when requested how he’ll bounce again from one other setback.
“It’s been such a clean, optimistic weekend to this point, so we’re dissatisfied to have such a giant setback however I’ve obtained to take it on the chin. I apologised to the crew, to my mechanics and the engineers and try to go once more tomorrow. The automobiles fast, the automobiles been good all weekend so should assume laborious to overhaul the automobiles tomorrow.”
Norris’ crash underlines one other tough weekend that has positioned the McLaren driver beneath additional scrutiny, having solely certified sixth in Bahrain, making a beginning process error that led to a five-second penalty earlier than finally salvaging third.
When requested whether or not his sturdy type throughout the observe periods in Jeddah supplied a lot encouragement for the race, Norris stated: “I feel an excellent quantity however as Oscar confirmed we’re not head and shoulders above the remainder.
“George [Russell] is barely a tenth off and Max [Verstappen] is on pole so I don’t count on to get to the highest few however there’s positively a number of automobiles forward that we have to end forward of so if we are able to goal for a prime 5 or one thing then I’ll be pleased.”
