2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg felt Lando Norris was “overdriving” and “overdoing it” throughout qualifying on the Spanish Grand Prix.
A scrappy closing lap in Q3 meant Norris couldn’t bag one other F1 pole place.
As a substitute, Oscar Piastri put it collectively to take pole place by over two-tenths.
It was a powerful displaying by Piastri, who struggled in qualifying 12 months in the past on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Rosberg, who’s commentating for Sky Sports activities this weekend, felt it was one other case of Norris struggling to carry out below stress.
“Lando was in entrance earlier than the final run in Q3,” Rosberg stated. “He was the favorite till that final second. Simply that lap now, it’s simply lovely, it’s simply excellent.
“Underneath the very best stress, he at all times delivers the utmost of his potential. Then you definately see the lap from Lando and I used to be watching it stay, and from Flip 1 onwards simply overdoing it, overdriving, all the way in which spherical in each nook you noticed him exit huge, coming off line slightly bit and having further snaps, and that simply resulted in being two-tenths down by the lap.
“The pole place was within the head right this moment. It was proper within the head. Sadly, as we’ve seen again and again from Lando, when the stress is highest you begin to see these little errors there. They creeped in and that occurred once more right this moment.”
Norris returned to the highest step of the rostrum final day trip in Monaco.
Monaco was Norris’ first win because the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, which acquired his F1 title cost again on monitor.
There are simply three factors between Piastri and Norris going into Sunday’s race.
Assessing Norris’ efficiency, Sky pundit Naomi Schiff stated: “I don’t know if it’s essentially a characteristic of the circuit however you might clearly see there with Lando’s driving that he was inflicting himself that lack of time by attempting to overdo it.
“I feel while we thought he may come right here with a extra assured head on his shoulders he’s nonetheless determined to show he’s the faster driver within the workforce. Generally whenever you’re too desperate to show it you push it too far in your lap. He overshot the mark in a couple of corners and price himself that pole place right this moment.”