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“Fourth was a great result to be ahead of Max” — Norris praises “flying” McLaren at F1 Azerbaijan GP

After having his prospects for Sunday compromised after qualifying 15th (after being promoted following Lewis Hamilton’s pit lane start), McLaren’s Lando Norris is thrilled to secure a fourth-place finish in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and most importantly ahead of championship rival Max Verstappen. “I don’t think we could have asked for a lot more today….

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Verstappen “still in a much stronger position than I am” in F1 Drivers’ Championship fight — Norris

As the 2024 Formula One season continues to unfold, McLaren’s Lando Norris has emerged as one of the key challengers to Red Bull’s dominant Max Verstappen. In his media session ahead of the Azerbaijan GP, Norris opened up about his approach to the championship, his thoughts on performance, and his refusal to compromise his racing…

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Piastri and Norris discuss McLaren F1 team orders agreement laid out ahead of F1 Azerbaijan GP

Ahead of the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the BBC announced that the McLaren Formula 1 Team had decided to prioritise Lando Norris, currently second in the Drivers’ Championship, over his team-mate Oscar Piastri, currently fourth, in their bid to win both the Drivers’ and Constructor’s Championship. This decision comes after the team was heavily criticised…

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How Ferrari’s strategy group, Bryan Bozzi and Charles Leclerc pulled off stunning F1 Italian GP win

A week has passed since Charles Leclerc took a brilliant victory for Scuderia Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix, his second win of the 2024 campaign. It’s also his second victory at Monza. Pit Debrief takes a look at the job done by the driver of car number 16, his race engineer Bryan Bozzi, and…

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Wolff and Horner agree on F1 team orders at McLaren: “It’s always a difficult position” but they need to decide

With nine races remaining till the end of the season, McLaren finds themselves in a contention not only for the Constructors’ Championship title, but also in a possible fight for the Drivers’ Championship. The gap between Lando Norris and defending champion Max Verstappen currently sits at 62 points, while McLaren is only 8 points behind…

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Stella says McLaren will review if they need to “adjust the papaya rules” to pursue both F1 Championships after failing to capitalise at F1 Italian GP

McLaren may have closed out the front row in qualifying for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix but the team had to settle for P2 and P3 by the time the chequered flag fell in Monza after Charles Leclerc’s superb one-stop race win. With many a critic claiming beforehand that this was McLaren’s race to lose, Team…

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Norris: “Today our race car was probably not quite good enough” to beat Leclerc in F1 Italian GP

The McLaren driver wasn’t able to secure an eventual third win of the season in Monza from pole. Norris lost the lead of the race on the first lap to his teammate Oscar Piastri, and Ferrari’s audacious one stop strategy eventually secured Charles Leclerc the top spot. The Brit was left deeply unsatisfied by his…

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Norris: I thought pole lap was “already over” after mistake in the first corner of F1 Italian GP Q3

After taking his fourth pole position of the 2024 season and his second in consecutive weekends at the 2024 Italian GP, Lando Norris admitted he thought his efforts wouldn’t be rewarded after a mistake at the very first chicane in his final Q3 run cost him “a tenth-and-a-half”. But the Briton didn’t hold back in…

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F1 | Italian GP | Qualifying | Norris storms Monza to take Pole Position, Verstappen will start a lowly P7

Qualifying kicked off in Monza with high expectations on the Mercedes and Ferrari garage after an FP3 in early Saturday morning that saw the team from Brackley leading the session with a 1-2 and Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari with a promising pace ahead of racing in front of the Italian Tifosis. Q1 Maranello’s home drivers went…

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