Dutch driver slams Lando Norris for ‘throwing away’ 2024 title to Max Verstappen at Brazilian GP
Dutch racing driver Jeroen Bleekemolen pinpointed the moment when Lando Norris lost the chance to win the 2024 title against Max Verstappen.
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Lando Norris and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)
Lando Norris and Max Verstappen have had a fierce rivalry for the 2024 title. Norris hoped to finally clinch his maiden world championship this season. However, Dutch racing driver Jeroen Bleekemolen highlighted that the McLaren driver threw away his chances.
Bleekemolen recalled the Brazilian GP weekend, where Norris did win the Sprint race. However, on Sunday, things changed drastically. Despite starting from pole position, Lando Norris was nowhere close to Max Verstappen who won the race from P17 on the grid.
It turned around quickly. He already won during the sprint race. Then you think: he’s going to close in terms of points [on Verstappen]. He was on pole, Verstappen on P17.
Jeroen Bleekemolen told GPBlog
Jeroen Bleekemolen admitted that the McLaren driver did get unlucky with the red flag. Though, he insisted that Norris had thrown away a chance to make the championship battle wide open. As the Briton now trails Max Verstappen by 62 points with just three races remaining.
After being unlucky in Q2 with that red flag. But there came an outside chance for Lando Norris to really make the world championships wide open. He did throw that one away, you have to be honest like that.
Jeroen Bleekemolen explained
Lando Norris tried to recover ‘too quickly’ against Max Verstappen at Interlagos
Bleekemolen reckoned that when Norris saw Max Verstappen get ahead of him due to the red flag, the Briton must’ve had a ‘short-circuit’ of thoughts. The 25-year-old would’ve tried to find a fix to this too quickly in the race, which inevitably did not work out. As such, this only made things worse for the McLaren star.
When you panic, you see Verstappen in front of you, and it short-circuits your thoughts as an athlete. Then you think: How is this possible, how am I going to fix this? And if you want to recover too quickly, you can’t. That’s what happened with Norris.
Jeroen Bleekemolen stated
Lando Norris’ chances to win the 2024 title are fading. The 25-year-old would be lucky to stay in title contention after the next race in Las Vegas. It might be better for the Briton to shift his focus to the next season to defeat Verstappen.
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