Although he achieved his best results in Formula 1 in 2023, some of his best results came after mistakes in qualifying.
- Although he achieved his best results in Formula 1 in 2023, some of his best results came after mistakes in qualifying.
He achieved the best championship finish of his F1 career with a personal best seven podiums in the 2023 drivers’ standings. After the Aussie beat the world champion at the Qatar Grand Prix, it was his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri who took one of the two non-Red Bull victories in 28 opportunities.
Norris felt he “should have fought for two pole positions… and probably should have won two”, but a qualifying mistake and a Q1 error following a fuel system overhaul in Mexico saw him made to return to fifth place after starting 19th. .
The British driver also missed out on pole position for the Abu Dhabi GP due to a mistake in the latter part of the third quarter. “Sometimes it sucks,” Norris said on team radio after his biggest mistake of 2023, a mistake at the track limits to qualify for the Qatar GP.
“I think it’s the way he manages the race
