Lando Norris: "Other people are in worse situations than I am"

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10:43, 02 Sep 2019

Lando Norris was on course for a career best 5th position until disaster struck on the final lap and his engine failed. The McLaren driver has tried to remain positive and knows that there are people in a worse position after events from the weekend.

"I just lost power," Norris said to Sky Sports. "It's as simple as that! An engine failure or something so not our fault as a team. It's just annoying. It's happened quite a few times now this year, especially when we've had some good results.

"This was going to be a P5, my best result, from P11 on a weekend where we felt like we struggled quite a bit. Other people are in worse situations than I am so I can't be too disappointed with what happened."

There were some positives that Norris took from the weekend.

"I've not been so good on the first few laps so far this year and that was one of the things I was trying to improve on, my lap ones and first turns. I overtook 6 cars into turn 1 so it went well."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	68
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
9	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	34
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	16
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	13
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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