'Shoulda, woulda, coulda' – Norris concedes Piastri 'did a better job' in Belgian GP

Lando Norris was left with no complaints after team mate Oscar Piastri “did a better job” to win the Belgian Grand Prix.

Norris started Sunday’s Spa-Francorchamps race from pole position, with the McLaren pairing locking out the front row. Following an 80-minute rain delay, the Briton led the field for a rolling start, but was out-dragged into Les Combes by Piastri, in what proved to be the race-winning overtake.

“Oscar just did a good job, nothing more to say,” said Norris following Sunday's Grand Prix. “He committed a bit more through Eau Rouge and had the slipstream and got the run. Nothing to complain of.

“He did a better job in the beginning and that was it, nothing more I could do after that point. I would love to be on top but Oscar deserved it today.”

Lapping in close proximity to his team mate, Norris was forced to stay out on intermediate tyres for a lap longer than Piastri – who had fitted medium tyres on Lap 12. With the life of the tyres an unknown, Norris elected to run the hard Pirelli compound, meaning he would benefit if the medium could not go the distance.

Although this gave Norris a pace advantage in the latter stages, a handful of small errors cost him time and meant he was unable to mount a challenge.

“It’s shoulda woulda coulda,” he added. “Oscar deserved it. I’m sure he made a couple of mistakes so if he drove a perfect race, I couldn’t have won today.

“I’ll review my things but so happy for the team, another 1-2, I think our first 1-2 here for many, many years so nice to bring that back to the team and a well deserved result for them and for Oscar too.”