Sport picks Lando Norris: Red Bull has no problems. The others just got closer
Norris assessed the results predicted by payment for sport prediction of the Monaco Grand Prix. The McLaren driver believes that Red Bull did not lose speed - it was just that the other teams caught up with the leader in pace.
I don`t think Red Bull had any serious difficulties. They weren`t in contention to win, but Max [Verstappen] was within two-tenths or two-and-a-half-tenths of a second of pole. All in all, he didn`t have a bad weekend. It`s just that Ferrari was very fast, and we were between them - just like in the previous two races.
Red Bull has no problem. It`s just that the others have gotten closer, so it feels like they`re having difficulty. But the fact is that we and Ferrari are faster than them, and they are just not as fast as they used to be.
Even without the team`s problems, Max is still not on the podium - and this hasn`t happened in the last couple of years. I know it`s amazing, it`s great to see different people on the podium, as harsh as that may sound.
It`s also nice for people to see [the different drivers on the podium] and it`s nice for the other pilots to know that they have opportunities. I think this is all great for the championship, " Norris said.
Lando also expressed dissatisfaction with the judges` decision to return Carlos Sainz to third place before the restart.
Carlos was lucky with the red flags because he was almost eliminated or was last. It`s his own fault. But his return irritated me, because it dropped me to fourth place. In a red flag situation, you either win or lose. Sometimes it helps you, and sometimes it hurts you.
He drove into Oscar [Piastri] and got a puncture. I don`t think it was done in the most fair way, but I`m sure there were times in the past when I might have benefited from similar situations - when you might get your car fixed or something like that.
When you think about it directly, it`s frustrating and seems unfair because someone makes a mistake and because of a certain number of cars - or whatever the rule is - that didn`t cross the line before the red flags and blah blah. It`s as if his mistake never happened and he gets a free pit stop. This is unfair.
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