But he’s a young man with a big future and I’m sure he will come back stronger next year.
Norris has won three races this season and has been Verstappen’s closest challenger, but the title will now be decided in Las Vegas in two weeks’ time.
Can Norris pull off a miracle and outscore Verstappen by three points or more to keep the championship fight alive? Only time will tell.
It was just unlucky for us, he reflected. We were the first two to pit, so we had the biggest advantage. But then everyone pitted again and we lost that advantage. We were the first to call it and we were the ones who lost the most out of it.
Verstappen was in a class of one. He was just so quick in the dry. We had no chance of catching him. We were just fighting for second at the end.
Despite the disappointment of missing out on a potential win, Norris remains optimistic about the team’s performance and his own abilities moving forward.
We’re still in the fight for third in the championship, so we’ll keep pushing until the end, he said. There’s still a lot to play for.