Lando Norris says the Pirelli tire failures in the Qatar Grand Prix “just should not happen” and cost McLaren a significant chance to close the gap to Ferrari in the constructors’ championship. Valtteri Bottas, both Williams drivers and Norris all suffered front left tire failures in the second half of the race in Losail, with Norris being forced to stop 24 laps into his stint on hard tires, having already completed 25 laps on the softs he had qualified on earlier in the race. While he was aware of the need to manage his tire usage, Norris says the failures were not due to pushing the tires too far and therefore could have proven extremely dangerous based on where they failed....
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