Norris had set the second-fastest time in Q3 however it was deleted for exceeding monitor limits.
The McLaren driver was a repeat offender all through qualifying, with the ultimate deletion leaving him solely tenth on the grid for Sunday’s race.
Talking after qualifying in Qatar, Norris stated: “Pissed off. I simply had a correction, an oversteer and I went off.”
Norris conceded he “messed it up” in qualifying on a day the place McLaren had the second-fastest automotive.
“Staff have achieved a superb job. I simply messed it up,” he added.
“I do know… however I don’t assume like that. I consider the job I’m meant to at this time which is to place in good laps. I made errors and that’s all I did at this time. Not a superb day for me.”
Teammate Oscar Piastri additionally had his finest lap deleted in Q3, leaving him solely sixth total.
“A disgrace. Automobile felt affordable. I simply pushed just a little bit arduous on the final lap. A disgrace as a result of the automotive was fast,” he defined.
“We are going to get one other crack at it tomorrow in qualifying and within the dash too. We are going to see what we will do. It’s very tight and it’s really easy to make errors.
“The monitor may be very slippery so not making issues simple for us. It’s a disgrace we’re a bit additional again now for the primary race the place probably the most factors are however there’s undoubtedly factors up for grabs tomorrow.”