Lando Norris walked away feeling “gutted” after not being able to take the win from Kimi Antonelli at the Miami Grand Prix.
The reigning world champion managed to escape any of the drama at the start of the race and put himself in the lead early on in his heavily upgraded McLaren.
The Brit battled back and forth with Antonelli for the lead, but the Mercedes driver extended his advantage in the closing stages, with Norris finishing 3.264 seconds behind.
Norris came on the team radio after he crossed the line and expressed his disappointment. “How did we not win this? We should have won guys,” he said.
Norris came off the back a stellar weekend after finishing in pole for sprint qualifying and then went on to win Saturday’s sprint race with a dominant performance.
“A mixed bag, really,” Norris said after the race. “We just got undercut — no excuses other than that. We got undercut, we should have boxed first. Kimi did a good job. Hat’s off to Merc and Kimi, they drove a good race.
“Easy to make mistakes out there with the big braking zones and with these cars but he didn’t make any big enough for me to capitalise on.
“So I have to be happy, I think as a team I think we have to be happy.
“I’m gutted to miss out on a win here in Miami, I think it was possible today. But not the pace to get past him in the end, so we take it on the chin. But it’s still a positive weekend all together.”
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