{"id":293480,"date":"2023-10-30T11:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T11:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293480"},"modified":"2023-10-30T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T11:25:04","slug":"lando-norris-furious-with-behaviour-of-f1-drivers-at-mexican-gp-very-nasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/lando-norris-furious-with-behaviour-of-f1-drivers-at-mexican-gp-very-nasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Lando Norris furious with behaviour of F1 drivers at Mexican GP – ‘Very nasty’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lando Norris surged from 17th on the grid to finish 5th at the Mexican Grand Prix with one of the drives of the season, but the McLaren star was left furious with some of his rivals, accusing them of poorly calculated moves at the race starts.<\/p>\n

The British driver endured a miserable qualifying session on Saturday, ending the session in P19 with only Logan Sargeant – who failed to set a valid lap time – behind him. However, Norris flexed his muscles on Sunday, carving through the field to beat the likes of George Russell and team-mate Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n

However, Norris was frustrated with some of his rivals\u2019 conduct at the two race starts. The second of these went by without major drama, but at the first Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc came together, ending the home hero\u2019s race prematurely.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I had to avoid a very big crash because people were coming across and not realising they can be three-abreast,” Norris said after crossing the line to secure a P5 finish at the Mexican GP.<\/p>\n

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“I avoided two extremely big crashes, one would have been very nasty. I think more self-awareness in some drivers would be great. That’s not why I lost out, I lost out because of a bad start.<\/p>\n

“When I came over the line for the first time, I got told to cool the engine, so I couldn’t maybe push as much as I wanted to at times. But in then the times I could, which was a lot of the second stint, I would have better pace in almost everyone apart from Hamilton and that was very encouraging for us.”<\/p>\n

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