Lando Norris has bemoaned McLaren’s decision to stay out on track when their rivals pitted at the Canadian Grand Prix, insisting ‘we should have won the race.’

The talented young Brit, 24, finished second behind Max Verstappen in Montreal, but was leading the race on lap 25 when the first safety car came out to clear away Logan Sargeant’s.

While his rivals behind headed straight to the pits, Norris stayed out on track – and it turned out to be the wrong call, sending him tumbling back to third place two laps later.

Reflecting on the decision, Norris told reporters: ‘We should have won the race today and we didn’t. It’s frustrating, [because] we had the pace. It’s as simple as that, we didn’t do a good enough job as a team to box when we should have done and not get stuck behind the safety car.

‘This was just making a wrong call, it’s on me and it’s on the team, it’s something we’ll discuss after. We should have won today, we’re at a level now where we’re not satisfied with a second, the target is to win.’

Lando Norris speaks to the media from the press conference room in Montreal, Canada

Norris cut a downbeat figure and insisted his McLaren should beaten Max Verstappen to win