Lando Norris: The lower you start, the more difficult the race is.

Lando Norris: The lower you start, the more difficult the race is.

      Lando Norris lost three positions on the first lap of the sprint in China. The McLaren driver earned one point for eighth place and said after finishing that he felt terrible after such a performance.

      Lando Norris (8th): "Sixth place at the start definitely didn't help me. The lower you start, the more difficult the race is. I had a bad first lap. I touched the grass a little bit in turn six and lost a few positions because of it.

      After that, it was difficult to recoup. As I said, the result in qualifying didn't help, but I didn't perform my best either.

      Qualifying is coming up, so I feel more confident. At one point in the sprint, I felt terrible. There's a lot of work ahead, but it's what it is."

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Lando Norris: The lower you start, the more difficult the race is.

Lando Norris lost three positions on the first lap of the sprint in China. The McLaren driver earned one point for eighth place and said after finishing that he felt terrible after such a performance.