Lando Norris was disenchanted to not beat his teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri to pole place on the Qatar Grand Prix after making a mistake on his closing qualifying lap.
Norris will begin the race in second place behind Piastri after aborting his closing lap as he began to run vast in Flip 2.
Victory in Sunday’s race would safe Norris his first world title no matter the place his rivals end, but when he crosses then end line behind Piastri the championship battle will go all the way down to the ultimate race in Abu Dhabi.
Norris mentioned his error was all of the extra irritating figuring out he that he had improved his efficiency following dash qualifying on Friday night.
“[I’m] fairly disenchanted,” he instructed Sky Sports activities. “Yesterday [in sprint qualifying] I did not really feel like I had the tempo for pole however at the moment I felt much more comfy.
“I used to be satisfied I’d have been on pole however I am not now, so fairly disenchanted with myself due to that, particularly as my qualis recently have been fairly sturdy.
“I assume I am unable to at all times be nice and at all times be on pole, however a missed alternative at the moment from my facet. However the focus is on tomorrow.”
After the highest three drivers completed Saturday’s dash race the place they began, Norris mentioned he was not optimistic about his probabilities of overtaking Piastri on Sunday.
“I am second, so there’s not a whole lot of likelihood for me to win on the minute,” he mentioned. “However yeah, I simply give attention to attempting to get begin.
“There is a future down to show one is an efficient alternative for anybody to achieve or lose positions.
“In any other case, aside from that, I feel it is going to be a reasonably boring and easy race.”
Requested how he would sleep figuring out he has a shot at securing his first F1 title on Sunday, Norris joked: “Hopefully unhealthy, as a result of usually often the more serious I sleep the higher I do!”