Lando Norris was unable to catch McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the dying moments of the Belgian Grand Prix after a series of errors halted his progress; watch the Hungarian Grand Prix live on Sky Sports F1 this Friday.
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McLaren's Lando Norris shares his thoughts on 'difficult' Belgian Grand Prix race
Nico Rosberg doubts a driver of Lewis Hamilton's calibre would have made the mistakes Lando Norris made at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Norris started the race from pole position at Spa but lost the lead early in the race to his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri due to rain conditions.
The difference in strategy gave Norris the opportunity to close the gap on Piastri late in the race, but the Briton made three key mistakes and ended up finishing three seconds behind.
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The result has increased Piastri's lead over Norris in the Drivers' Championship to 16 points, with both drivers aiming for a first title.
Discussing his mistakes, Norris told Sky Sports F1: “I had a bit of trouble at Turn 1, I went off at Puona, I had a big wobble. I lost a few seconds there.”
At the same time, Oscar also made some mistakes. The conditions were difficult. I'm sure everyone makes mistakes like that. Especially me, when I was trying to save time, I had to push myself a lot. I couldn't just relax.
“When you play at the limit, mistakes are inevitable. But that's racing, that's life.”
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Anthony Davidson examines how Lando Norris lost out to McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Reacting to Norris' comments, Sky Sports F1 pundit and 2016 world champion Rosberg drew parallels between the McLaren driver and seven-time world champion Hamilton.
He said: “It's fair play. If you believe what Lando says, he was just doing qualifying lap after qualifying lap at the limit and then maybe made a couple of mistakes.
“I just wonder if someone like Hamilton would have made three mistakes, which I'm not sure about.
“The speed in a race like this, when there is a 'neighbouring flow' effect, I'm not sure. I think in such moments there are no three mistakes.”
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