F1 | Abu Dhabi GP | Norris labels the race as marked by bad luck: "I feel like I drove a solid race and it was just unfortunate again.”
The Briton looks back at the whole season and he sees that some things – speed, for example – need to be fixed but he gives a positive report to McLaren over the past season.
The 2021 season seemed to have a better result than a fourth-place result for McLaren. The Woking-based team was holding consistently a solid third place in the Constructors’ Championship until Ferrari updated the electric side of the engine and managed to improve so much to “steal” that place to them.
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Nevertheless, when Lando Norris has been called to give a final report to the season, he stated he felt it has been a good season for them. But firstly, he talked about the Abu Dhabi race. He indeed pointed out how bad luck followed him.
"I thought from my side it was a decent race. I lost out a little bit at the start – I maybe just didn’t do the best job or place the car exactly where I should've done – he explained – After that, the race was going very well, I was keeping up with the Ferrari, the pace was pretty strong and then we had a slow puncture, which just took us out of the race and I lost a lot of points and a lot of positions because of that. Just more unlucky times! But the team did a good job today. I feel like I drove a solid race and it was just unfortunate again.”
“There's nothing we could've done, but I think we should still be happy with the way we ended the season. We weren’t quite quick enough at times, but that’s not down to a lack of effort.”
He then thanked his team for the hard work they have been doing throughout the season.
“Thanks to the whole team for all their hard work. They’ve been amazing all season. We still have a couple of days of testing to go before the break, but soon it'll be time for a well-deserved break and a reset before next year."
