Lando Norris claims it’s ‘definitely possible’ to beat Max Verstappen in the 2024 season
Lando Norris has been in fine form this season, winning three and amassing 11 podiums so far.
Lando Norris and Max Verstappen (via IMAGO)
McLaren driver Lando Norris won the Singapore GP last week in formidable fashion to amass his third win of the campaign. Norris now trails Max Verstappen by 52 points, with six races remaining on the calendar.
Lando Norris has been at the top of his form since the resumption after the summer break. He was earlier regarded as incapable of winning from pole, having failed to do so in four instances this year. The 24-year-old’s triumph last week therefore put an end to all superstitions.
Norris genuinely believes he can catch up to Max Verstappen by the end of the season. The Dutchman’s jeopardizing form since the past few races will greatly fuel the Brit’s desire to earn silverware this year.
It’s definitely possible.
Lando Norris via CRASH
Will Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen to the 2024 #F1 Drivers' Championship? 🤔
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Norris himself believes he can 👀 pic.twitter.com/iE0nCSOg7P
McLaren’s MCL38 has been miles ahead of its rivals in terms of pure pace for the majority of the season. Norris will thus work hand in hand with his team to deliver an eye-catching performance in Austin next month.
Ex-F1 driver points out Lando Norris’ mistakes during the Singapore GP
Former German world champion Nico Rosberg has highlighted a few issues with Lando Norris’s stupendous win at Singapore. He led every lap from start to finish but was caught making a few mistakes during his run.
Once, he went miles off the track in a hairpin out-braking [himself] – but really not a small out-braking, like a massive out-braking – and the other time he hit the same wall that George Russell hit last year, where he went crashing out on the last lap of the race last year. And what you maybe don’t remember, is he went off the track again when he was passing a backmarker, which was a Williams, he went off the track again.
Nico Rosberg spoke on the SkySportsF1 podcast
Nico Rosberg stated that Norris slipped in making a turn on a hairpin, which almost ended in him crashing into the wall. The German also claimed that the 24-year-old went off track again while passing a back marker around the Marina Bay circuit.
Norris has been shaky while leading a race ample times this season, which will be a cause of concern for McLaren. Keeping in view everything that has been discussed, the last six rounds could produce some real fireworks between the top two drivers.
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