In the round-up: Lando Norris admitted he made multiple errors in his final flying lap in qualifying for today’s sprint race.
In brief
Norris disappointed by “silly” errors
McLaren’s Lando Norris branded his errors on his final push lap in SQ3 as “silly” as he fell from a pole contender to ninth on the grid for today’s sprint race.
“I just pushed too hard, simple as that,” said Norris, whose session-topping time from SQ2 stood as the quickest lap of qualifying.
“The car was feeling very good,” he told the official F1 channel. “It’s just silly to be honest. A couple of mistakes in turn one and just a big spiral from there. It’s a shame, because the team has done a good job, the upgrades are working, so I’m happy with everything. Just not with one thing.
“The pace was very good. Probably one of the quickest. So disappointing with today, but I’ll do my best tomorrow.”
Alonso’s penalties due to being ‘defensive’
Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack believes Fernando Alonso’s recent penalties are a result of him having to race defensively as he often qualifies higher up the grid than the relative performance of his car.
Alonso was hit with a post-race penalty in Melbourne after stewards believed he had driven ‘potentially dangerously’ when defending from George Russell, before a second penalty in Shanghai for contact with Carlos Sainz Jnr in the sprint race.
“I think it comes as a result of being defensive,” Krack said. “You have to race really hard to defend against a quicker car. And I think it has been done really well so far because we came with more points than actually our race performance deserves. So I think that is a big achievement. But unfortunately, it means also at times that you are in the stewards’ room.”
F1 Academy gets Netflix series
F1 Academy have announced a documentary series about the championship, similar to Drive to Survive, in under production and will be broadcast on Netflix next year.
Produced by Hello Sunshine, the company founded by Hollywood actor Reese Witherspoon, the series will follow the current season as it progresses.
“We want to be the rocket fuel that drives female participation in our sport, both on and off the track,” said F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff. To have the F1 Academy docuseries launch globally with Netflix is not just a huge step forward for visibility for our mission, but also a resounding statement about the momentum and demand for women’s…
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