Suffering with tonsillitis and a fever, Lando Norris says the Spanish Grand Prix was “one of the hardest races” he ever competed in.
He still scored points.
Norris revealed after Saturday’s qualifying that he was not feeling well, the Briton later said to have tonsillitis.
Despite that he still took his spot on the Barcelona grid, P11, having being give the go-ahead by McLaren’s doctor to race.
66 laps in sweltering heat, the track temperature hovering around the 50’C mark, he finished inside the top ten in eighth place.
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“Today was tough,” he said.
“I was feeling really unwell before the race as I’m suffering with tonsillitis, and that, in combination with the high temperatures, made this one of the hardest races I’ve ever done.
“I’ve been a bit on the backfoot this weekend as most of my energy has been spent fighting off this illness.
“I’ve had to miss a lot of engineering sessions, which has compromised my weekend, and I definitely wasn’t as prepared for the grand prix as I could have been.
“With that in mind, I’m really pleased to have come out of the race with decent points for the team.”
His fourth top-ten showing of the season has the Briton P7 in the Drivers’ Championship with 39 points.
McLaren arrived at the Spanish Grand Prix with a host of updates for their car, 10 to be exact, with Norris praising for their hard work.
“The team have been working really hard to bring performance to the car, so I’m glad we could take something from the weekend,” he said.
“We’ll look at the data over the next few days, see if there’s any additional performance we can extract from the car and make sure we’re ready to go for Monaco.”
McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl applauded Norris’ performance and…
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