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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

Frustrated Lando Norris blames McLaren team for missed chance

Lando Norris in the McLaren pursues Max Verstappen’s Red Bull.
Lando Norris in the McLaren pursues Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. Photograph: David Kirouac/USA Today Sports

Lando Norris has insisted he could have won the Canadian Grand Prix had his McLaren team called a crucial pit stop call more decisively, with the British driver emphatic that second place is no longer good enough for him or the team and that they must perform better.

Max Verstappen took the win for Red Bull in Montreal after a race of changing, wet and dry conditions, where Norris had taken the lead early on with some fearsome pace. However when a safety car was called McLaren did not pit him immediately and he lost time, dropping from first to third, losing an advantage he was unable to make back, before finishing in second.

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