Lando Norris suggests earlier braking to Nick de Vries after Miami GP collision

Lando Norris suggested to Nick de Vries that he should try braking a little earlier after the Miami GP collision. The two made contact on the approach to Turn 1. AlphaTauri’s de Vries locked up and rear-ended Lando Norris’ McLaren.

Shortly after, Norris and team-mate Oscar Piatori entered the pits and started on soft tyres, then changed to new tyres. “We did what we thought was best,” said Norris of McLaren’s start on the softest compound. After his pit stop, Norris didn’t have enough pace to fight in the midfield and finished the race in 17th place. Regarding the contact with De Vries on the opening lap, Norris said: “He’s been a little like that lately. You should try braking a little earlier.” He said it wasn’t the reason he didn’t go up. “It didn’t change my day, I don’t know how much damage it did,” Norris said. “There was definitely a little bit, but that’s not why we didn’t pick up the pace. It was very slow today,” Norris said, suggesting there were multiple reasons behind McLaren’s lack of pace on Sunday. At the same time, he stressed that some of the team’s midfield rivals were in better shape by comparison. “There are many reasons why the track doesn’t suit us, the long corners don’t suit us, the temperature doesn’t suit us,” said Norris. “The track doesn’t suit us. There are many different aspects to it. No one was slow this weekend. AlphaTauri may have been the only slow car.” I wouldn’t say it was different, but everyone else has taken a big step and I think a lot of it is due to the character of the car. His mate, Oscar Piastri, took the checkered flag in 19th place, one lap behind the winner, Max Verstappen.