Lando Norris fires shot at Nyck de Vries after incident: “He’s done that a bit lately”
De Vries ran into the back of Norris’ McLaren on the run to Turn 1 on Lap💫 1 of Sunday’s race.
Norris’ race was ruined as a result, dropping down to 19th while sustain✱ing damage which cost him approximately 0.2s to 0.3s per lap.
It capped off a miserable weekend for McLaren, who saw both of t𝓀heir cars knocked out in 𝕴Q1.
Reflecting on his day in Miami, Norris was critical of de Vries, with the AlphaTauri under fire recently for his poor start to F1 2023.
"He's done that a bit lately, [he] needs to try braking a little bit e🌜arlier,” Norris said.
"I guess frustrating, it was just a long race🍌, not enough spe😼ed to battle anyone and way out of the points.
"It is tough but I did what I could.
"꧑[We] just need to keep trying to do what we are doing. We didn't do anything wrong, we just have a car that isn't quick enough at the minute, so [we need to] ju🅘st keep working hard."
McLaren’s struggles were a surprise 🅺given how well they performed in Baku with their new upgrade package.
Team principal Andrea Stella revealed that both cars were managin⛦g issues during the race in Miami.
"Given our grid positions, we needed a good start, an eventful race and high tyre degradation in order to climb in💟to the points,” Stella explained.
“Unfortunately, none of these conditions materialised and the race was a🎃 bit of a procession at the back for us. At the first corner, Lando was hit 𓃲from behind after he had gained some positions, resulting in damage costing 2-3 tenths per lap, as well as relegating him to the back.
“Oscar had a race-long br🔴ake-by-wire problem and did an incredible job to cope with that through a minimising the consequences and keeping decent pace.
“Our main takeaway from Miami is that we were not quick enough this weekend. After scoring points in Baku, this weekend serves as a reality check on how much work we have ahead of us. The plan doesn’t change: we have good developments coming, we keep our heads down, regroup and🤪 go again in Imola."
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