Ex-F1 driver urges Lando Norris to really ‘start taking the fight’ to Max Verstappen
Lando Norrris is currently 57 points adrift of Red Bull's Max Verstappen in the 2024 driver's championship tussle.
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Lando Norris and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)
The 2024 F1 World Championship fight is going down to the wire. Max Verstappen and Lando Norris have been at it for quite some time and the latter is currently adrift of Verstappen by a margin of 57 points.
Lando Norris has the fastest car underneath him at the moment but, despite this, has not been able to take full advantage of it. The latest example of this was seen at the US GP, where he wasn’t able to get the better of Max Verstappen‘s staunch defense.
Seeing his up-down-form this year, the Ex-F1 driver Anthony Davidson has urged Norris to get his act together.
But to convince people like myself watching on that you have those [title] credentials, it’s time to start really taking that fight to Verstappen on track. And in that race in Austin, it was like Max is still the master out there.
Anthony Davidson via PlanetF1
Davidson via his strong remarks has left no stone unturned in asking Norris to start putting up his A-game consistently. Since Norris’s shortcomings at Circuit of the Americas last week, several people have questioned whether he really has what it takes to become an F1 world champion.
Is it possible to dominate Max Verstappen in Formula 1?
While Anthony Davidson has urged Lando Norris to get his act together, he also wants someone to dominate Max Verstappen. Despite having the third fastest car, the Dutchman has been able to challenge for Grand Prix wins.
None of the other drivers have been able to totally dominate the 27-year-old.
I need to see someone dominating him, not just in terms of speed, I need to see someone dominating him in terms of race craft and becoming that master.
Anthony Davidson via the same interview
Verstappen has consecutively amassed three world championships since 2021. The ongoing ground-effect era has majorly belonged to him and it is only this year that rivals have been able to put up a challenge against him. He has only managed to secure seven wins in the 19 races that have taken place so far this year.
Norris is in with a strong chance of dethroning Verstappen off his pedestal. However, keeping in view the timid/inconsistent nature of his performances, it is extremely difficult to envision the Brit lifting the 2024 driver’s championship.
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