McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris has explained the reasons behind his Dutch Grand Prix anger, which he says made him 'look like an idiot'.
As the circuit got wetter, Norris responded furiously to his race engineer's call to stay out, saying:"What the f***, are you stupid?"
Norris then overruled the call to stay out by pitting at the end of lap thee, by which time the damage was done and the Briton - who had started on the front row - had lost any podium chances. Norris felt outbursts, such as he made in Zandvoort, made him"look like an idiot" but says he only realises afterwards that his radio messages don't always come across as intended.
"We just spoke about it a bit now," he said when asked by Motorsport.com if he and the team had reviewed the exchanges."But the people I speak to know that I would never mean something like that, of course."We made some mistakes with our calls and the strategy. A bit of it is just emotions at the time."I feel like I'm really relaxed and chilled in the car but then I'm always the opposite when I listen to myself after...
"There are always discussions but a couple of times the information was not to the level it should have been and then it gets a bit frustrating at times. It's stuff we reviewed and definitely won't happen again."
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