Nicolas Lopes

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Stella praises “absolutely faultless” Norris after dominant F1 Dutch GP win

McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella was full of praise for Lando Norris following the Briton’s crushingly dominant win at the 2024 Dutch GP, in which he beat Max Verstappen by over 22 seconds in the Dutchman’s home race. Whilst the final winning margin and the overall superior car performance that allowed them to win…

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Norris “not expecting anything easy” on Sunday despite dominant F1 Dutch GP pole position

Lando Norris scored the fourth pole position of his career and the third of the 2024 season at the Dutch GP, in dominant fashion over home favourite Max Verstappen, who was left three tenths down in second place, and half-a-second clear of his team-mate Oscar Piastri – but the Briton is not expecting to have…

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Verstappen keeping “realistic” about chances of winning F1 Dutch GP after being three tenths down in qualifying

Max Verstappen goes into Sunday at the 2024 Dutch GP looking to score a fourth consecutive race win at his home turf, but is well aware that he needs to keep expectations “realistic” after lapping over three tenths slower than pole-sitter and closest championship opponent Lando Norris in qualifying. The reigning three-time world champion had…

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Wolff: Mercedes made clear “mistake” that resulted in Russell’s DSQ from F1 Belgian GP

Mercedes F1 team principal and CEO, Toto Wolff admitted the team made a mistake with its calculations that ultimately stripped George Russell of what had been a hard fought win around Spa-Francorchamps, as the Briton made an unusual one-stop strategy work to his favour to cross the line first, before being disqualified by having an…

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Verstappen admits winning from P11 was never “realistic” given the RB20’s pace at F1 Belgian GP

Max Verstappen was fastest in qualifying for the 2024 Belgian GP, but had to start the race from P11 following a 10-place grid drop for changing his power unit above the allowance for the season, and could only recover to fifth on the road (which would become fourth after George Russell’s car being disqualified after…

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F1 | Belgian GP | FP3 | Verstappen tops rain-soaked final practice ahead of Piastri; Stroll crashes out

Final practice for the 2024 Belgian GP got underway in very wet conditions around Spa-Francorchamps, as the rain hit the circuit just minutes before the session started. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen was the first car out on track, unsurprisingly sporting a set of the green-walled intermediate tyres – and immediately found conditions difficult, running…

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Norris admits he “clouded” Piastri’s first F1 win with team orders row that “went on for too long”

A few days after a somewhat controversial Hungarian GP that saw Oscar Piastri secure his maiden grand prix victory after a team orders row that dominated the radio chatter in the last 20 laps of the race, both drivers have now had time to react ahead of this weekend’s Belgian GP. Lando Norris spent much…

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Stella: Norris demonstrated “racer” spirit but played “team role” in F1 Hungarian GP team orders row

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella dismissed claims Lando Norris took too long to let Oscar Piastri through in the late stages of the race, after the Australian got undercut by his team-mate in the final round of stops after leading the race since the start. Norris reluctantly let Piastri go with just three laps of…

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