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When Lando Norris dominated the Dutch Grand Prix, handing Max Verstappen the first home defeat of his career, the drivers championship suddenly looked alive.
“He drove an incredible season. When he had the quickest car he dominated, when he didn’t he was still there and always on my heels.Norris’s claim about the points margin is broadly correct. After six races — to the end of the Miami Grand Prix weekend — he was 53 points behind Verstappen. “I’ve now had four beers and two gin and tonics,” the freshly crowned world champion admitted candidly, his title celebrations well underway by the time he spoke to the Dutch media.
Counting only from this point, the qualifying score swings to 10-7 in McLaren’s favour — around a 60-40 split.: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Japan, China, Emilia Romagna, Canada, Austria, Sao Paulo, Las Vegas: Miami, Spain, Great Britain, Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Azerbaijan, Singapore, United States, Mexico City
Even then, Verstappen finished second in all three of his victories, where Norris finished second to Verstappen for four of the Dutchman’s eight wins.Norris started from pole but botched his launch. He dropped behind both Verstappen and George Russell, costing valuable race time. He finished second by 2.2 seconds.dropped him back into the pack, from where he was unable to recover on a weekend he was outclassed by teammate Piastri.
That’s because he would’ve held pole and beaten Piastri in Hungary, finished third to second-placed Piastri in Belgium, finished second behind Piastri in Italy and Azerbaijan and then got past Verstappen and onto the podium in the United States. It’s also unrealistic to condemn an entire season for not being perfect. Not campaign in motorsport — in any sport — can truly be perfect. Even Verstappen dropped three races last year in the most dominant season in F1 history.What we can confidently say, however, is that it should’ve been much closer and probably could have at least mathematically made it to the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
Because Pérez has had such an uncompetitive campaign, Verstappen was able to win seven of the first nine grands prix unopposed by his teammate, enabling him to rack up his massive — and decisive — early points lead.. “There’s pros in that he has to do all of his work on his own, which is hats off to him.
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