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Lando Norris admitted he underestimated Red Bull’s pace following their second victory of the season at Imola.

Max Verstappen won Sunday’s race by six seconds from Norris. He pulled out that lead over the final 10 laps while Norris passed Oscar Piastri for second.

Norris, who started fourth and passed George Russell early in the race, doubted he could have beaten the Red Bull.

“It’s probably the best result I thought we could really achieve today,” he said. “I probably just didn’t expect Red Bull to be quite as quick as they were.

“I’m happy with second. From fourth, it was a good race. But Max was too fast today.”

McLaren arrived at Imola having dominated the previous race in Miami. However Norris said their car was clearly not as competitive on a track which had more high-speed corners.

“It didn’t really feel great anywhere, to be honest,” he said. “It didn’t feel wonderful to drive.

“But sometimes it doesn’t and you’re just quick. So it’s a little bit difficult to say.

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“It’s just a very bumpy track. A lot of these high-speed corners, where we seem to maybe struggle a bit comparing to the Red Bulls, that’s where we’ve suffered the whole season so far, the high-speed corners. So we have to work in that area, and maybe that’s proved to hurt us a little bit more this weekend.”

While the McLarens were able to pass Verstappen when he started from pole position in Miami, Norris said his rival’s race pace was much better today.

“We said from the beginning that we have to keep working hard. Max has out-qualified us several times, and their pace just converted today onto Sunday.

“Sometimes they’ve been ahead, but their pace on Sunday has not been too strong. They’ve maybe worked on some things, and their pace was better today. That’s the price we pay for not being quick enough.”

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