Norris says he needs to make fewer mistakes

Lando Norris says he needs to extremity making arsenic galore mistakes to guarantee he has nan champion chance of winning nan Formula 1 drivers' title this year.

The McLaren driver crashed into nan backmost of team-mate and title leader Oscar Piastri successful nan past title successful Canada.

Briton Norris trails nan Australian by 22 points earlier this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix.

Norris said: "I can't spend to make immoderate of nan mistakes that I've been making. That's thing I know

"I conscionable want to make nan slightest mistakes possible. It's not that I tin spend to make little aliases much aliases whatever. I conscionable request to amended connected what I've been doing."

Norris' correction successful Canada meant he grounded to decorativeness nan race, while Piastri came fourth.

It was nan first clip each play astatine slightest 1 McLaren has not vanished nan title connected nan podium.

Norris besides made a misjudgement successful Japan successful April, erstwhile he drove connected to nan writer exiting nan pits alongside Red Bull's Max Verstappen, and mislaid positions pinch an correction racing nan Dutchman connected nan first thigh successful Miami.

Primarily, though, Norris's struggles person been successful qualifying, wherever nan car is not giving him nan emotion he needs to confidently return it to nan limit without making mistakes.

Piastri has won 5 races to Norris' two, and has 4 poles to nan Briton's 2 aft 10 races.

Norris said: "I've been making much mistakes and I've been behind. That's been clear. It's very adjacent betwixt us. Oscar's surely been a spot much comfortable than I person this play and that's nan measurement it is.

"The squad request to springiness maine a car and springiness maine things to effort and unlock that expertise but it's besides my occupation to thrust immoderate car I get given. It's been reliable and Oscar's been doing a bully job. It's been breathtaking to spot really adjacent it is."

Norris will again person astatine his disposal a tweak to nan beforehand suspension aimed astatine giving him amended feel, which he first utilized successful Montreal.

"It's much thing to effort and springiness maine a amended emotion alternatively than to unlock immoderate much capacity from nan car, but hopefully a amended emotion tin successful immoderate measurement unlock performance," he said. "Another play for america to judge that and for maine to get a emotion connected it successful a much normal way compared to Canada."

Norris denied that his issues truthful acold are a interest for him.

"There is simply a very agelong measurement successful nan season, truthful I'm not worried astir anything," he said. "But of course, I cognize it's ever ne'er a bully point to suffer retired connected points, nary matter what title it is. Obviously, past clip out, I was nan only 1 who mislaid nan points. And I've paid a value for misjudging things for illustration I did."

Norris said it had taken him "a small time" to get complete nan incident successful Canada, and nan truth that it had happened pinch a team-mate had been "the astir achy portion of it".

But he said he believed nan truth that he owned up to his correction successful Canada immediately had been an important facet that had helped nan squad bond.

"That's a bully illustration for america arsenic a team," he said. "It's besides betwixt nan spot and nan honesty that Oscar and I person for 1 another.

"I made it clear from nan contiguous infinitesimal that I misjudged it and I took nan responsibility for it. So yes, of people not nan astir joyful conversations, but conversations that needed to beryllium had."

Both Norris and Piastri said they expected McLaren to beryllium backmost connected shape successful Austria this weekend.

"It's been 1 of our amended ones successful nan past," Norris said. "It's besides been a very bully 1 for Red Bull and for Max. They were connected rod by 4 and a half tenths past year.

"We expect to beryllium good, but possibly struggle a small spot successful qualifying, comparing to immoderate of our competitors."

Both Red Bull and McLaren person upgrades connected their car this weekend. Verstappen, who is going for his 5th triumph successful Austria, his team's ain track, is successful 3rd spot successful nan championship, 21 points down Norris.