McLaren's 'weatherman' blamed: 'Not the right information'

That Lando Norris missed the victory in Russia, is according to Ralf Schumacher completely due to the McLaren weatherman. The team made a big mistake there according to the former Formula 1 driver.

Norris was leading for much of the Russian Grand Prix, but with the rain in the final few laps things still went wrong. Mercedes brought Lewis Hamilton in, but Norris stayed out on slicks. The Briton didn't want to come in either, but that was due to a lack of information from the team.

Error by McLaren

''The fault lay with the McLaren weatherman. Team boss Seidl said to Sky that they had assumed light rain and that Norris had therefore been left out. There's nothing the driver can do about that. If he had gone against his team, it probably would have been different, but he just didn't have the information that the team has. But his crew just had the wrong information'', says Schumacher in his column for Sky Germany.

''I would have brought him in one lap after Hamilton to at least bring home second place. Even a slightly damp track makes it much harder for the driver to drive. A few splashes don't matter, but when it's wet all over the surface, the slicks lose all grip, it's like driving on soap'', the German concludes.