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Why Norris couldn't benefit from Piastri's F1 Azerbaijan GP qualifying crash

McLaren's Lando Norris doesn't see his seventh place on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix grid as a missed opportunity to claw back his Formula 1 deficit to championship-leading team-mate Oscar Piastri.

Piastri crashed out in Q3, which relegated the Australian to ninth on the grid. With Norris having to make up a 31-point gap in the standings, the incident gave the Briton an opportunity to put some distance between himself and his title rival on the grid to gain as many points as possible.

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