Lando Norris went against McLaren to "return the favour" to Oscar Piastri in Qatar sprint

Lando Norris explains his decision to hand Oscar Piast𓃲ri t💞he sprint race victory in Qatar.

Oscar Piastri, Zak Brown and Lando Norris
Oscar Piastri, Zak Brown and Lando Norris

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris has revealed he rejected instructions from McLaren as he let 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri take the sprint race victory at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix.

Norris controlled the sprint race at the Qat🌼ar Grand Prix from pole position.

The McLaren driver compromised his own race by lifting off to give his teammate DRS to defend from the fast-charging 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell in third.

N🍌orris looked on course to take the spr🍸int race win in Qatar - as he did in Brazil - up until the final corner.

On the approach to the finish line, Norris lifted off ওan🅠d allowed Piastri to overtake, giving the Australian an unlikely victory.

It seems Norris’ decision to hand Piastri the win stems from a similar situ♛ation in the Brazil sprint race.

In Brazil, Piastri moved over for Norris to aid his hope♔s in the F1 drive🅠rs’ championship.

Speaking after the spr𒆙int race in Qatar, Norris explained that he ignored calls from McLaren to r✃emain in the lead to "return the favour" to Piastri.

“It 🍌was probably a bit closer than♕ what I was wanting, but I planned to do it since Brazil, yeah, just what I thought was best, probably a bit sketchy,” Norris explained.

“The team told me not to do it, but🍎 I thought I could get away with it and we did, so honestly I don’t mind, I’m not here to win sprint races, I’m here to win races and a championship – but that’s not gone to plan you know, so I did the best we could and I look forward to tomorrow.”

McLaren one step closer to F1 title

McLaren’s 1-2 finish in the sprint race at the Lusail Internation🐎al Circuit means they are one step closer to their first F1 constr🅺uctors’ title since 1998.

McLaren are noꦏw 30 points ahead of Ferrari going into tomorrow’s Qatar Grand Prix.

If McLaren outscore Ferrari by 15 points on Sunday,♐ they will be crowned 2024 F1 constructors’ champions.

McLaren haven’t won the construct🐎ors’ title since 1998 with Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard.

Had McLaren not been disqualified from the 2007 constructors’ championship amid spygate, they would have won that title with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari’s wait for a constructors’ title stretches back to 2008 should they not be able to overcome McLaren this year.&nb😼sp;

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