Norris says he anticipated to struggle to score points in the SpanishGP even before he clashed with Hamilton at the start.
Hamilton escaped without significant damage and went on to finish second.
Speaking after he was eventually classified 17th, Norris stressed that even before the contact he expected points would be hard to come by due to McLaren's ongoing struggles for pace and with several drivers starting out of position further down the field.recovered from 12th to finish third, while Sergio Perez's Red Bull secured fourth from 11th on the grid.
Norris said:"The pace was as expected today, which was bad. I don't think we expected anything else really.Asked whether points would have been possible without the impact with Hamilton, Norris replied:"Probably not, no.""Yesterday was a special day. Some good teams struggled a lot and some of the worse teams did a better job, so it was just an odd day, people making a lot of mistakes and we just capitalised on that.
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