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Unheard team radio shows McLaren blaming Lando Norris for Alex Albon traffic
In the Qatar Grand Prix, McLaren seemed to attribute Lando Norris’ issue of hitting traffic on his final lap in SQ3 to him.
After the initial runs in SQ3, Norris was second, trailing teammate Oscar Piastri.
Subsequently, Norris slipped to third place when George Russell secured provisional pole position, then being surpassed by Piastri.
Failing to improve on his last attempt, the current F1 championship leader ended up in third for the sprint race on Saturday.
During his final lap, Norris fell seven-tenths behind and his time was annulled due to a mistake at the ultimate corner, influenced by Alex Albon, who was ahead.
Albon was in the midst of a rapid lap himself, keeping within F1 rules, as McLaren’s standpoint was made apparent in a radio exchange between Norris and his engineer following sprint qualifying.
