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What does Norris need to defeat Verstappen? Tiny things Austrian GP

Does Norris get frustrated? 'We're saying this every weekend now..:'

29 June at 13:30
  • Kada Sarkozi
  • Editor

Once again, Lando Norris missed out on finishing in first position, as he was yet again defeated by Max Verstappen. The British driver talked about what he needs to get the better of the defending champion, and talked about whether he is frustrated about the situation or not.

"No, not much. It's tiny, tiny things, but I think as a race car, we're still missing a tiny bit, but that's not my excuse. For today, I think nothing more than Turn 4, I think if I just defended and didn't leave the door open, a different story would have happened. But yes, that might have been just one corner and Max probably would have attacked me in the next lap," Norris began to explain what he needs to do better to outperform Verstappen.

Norris added: "I don't know, there's nothing in particular. I mean, I'm not feeling great. Still, there are little opportunities that I feel like I just miss out on. In hindsight, I think, 'Well, how stupid was I to do some of the things that I've done.' But at the same time, I'm doing the best I can when I want the track."

Norris underlined that he himself understands perfectly that these mistakes cost him. "I don't necessarily think from what people are thinking on the outside. I know I've done things that aren't good enough and things that aren't at the level that they need to be. And I'm doing my best to improve on them. That's all I can do for now."

Does Norris get frustrated?

"I mean, we're saying this - (ed. that Norris' gets frustrated) - every weekend now, so I'm not going to say it again, but I could have just, I should have done, I'm not going to say should have done, but I needed to do a better job. And I just did something pretty stupid and silly, which was not very smart of me," explained the one-time race winner. "So, no, I think a good amount of points, it could have been a lot worse. And for the team, it was a good result, the result we wanted. So I'm happy. But yeah, I need to do things better."