Lando Norris sounded despondent over the team radio after a moment of understeer resulted in him failing to set a final flying lap.

After Oscar Piastri had won from pole in the sprint, Norris was hoping for a fightback in qualifying for the main race but instead was unable to have one last go at the quickest lap.

Lando Norris rues crucial Qatar GP quali mistake

A snap of understeer into Turn 2 left Norris with a ruined lap and not enough time and fuel to start another, resulting in him watching his provisional pole be demoted to second as Piastri went quicker.

After, a despondent Norris was heard on the team radio asking “First, second, third, where am I?” to which his race engineer Will Joseph replied “don’t know yet.” Norris replied with a solitary “alright.”

Later in the press conf

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