Lando Norris started from the pole twice This season and in everyone who had Wrong output It costs him his lost positions. The first was in Spain, In montmel (lost up to five places), and the second in HangraWhere he lost two, but it cost him a win over his own combo, Oscar Piastri. These were the final discussions on the radio, where He was convinced that he should return the post to the Australian It was also agreed before the exchange in the pits , to protect himself from a possible safety car.
“I don’t know why you take it now…, “Told Jolyon Palmer, At the finish line when I record his bad starts. “For sure it will be difficult, because Max has been fast all weekend and will fight here at home . I’m looking forward to that fight.”, A British decathlete for his native.
Today, Norris will get the third chance And it should be magic, against Verstappen who does not waste gifts and who is looking for every opportunity to calm rivals in the face of the slightest gap. Max knows that running at home does not give acceleration or speed to his rp20, inferior for months compared to the power of McLaren, but it provides additional motivation.
If you don’t get it on the way out, Go for everything in the first Braking, If everything is not possible, please trust in Turn 3 (The one that Alonso cannot be famous for other times) and if not, then wait To get doctors From the second round onwards. And so you have the opportunity to Throwing ‘undermining’ Or a shortcut in the pits at the planned stop of the entire race.
This is what he knows as a pilot and why he succeeded, in order to Never give up , even at the risk of a possible accident, The aggressiveness they fear from the outside in other pilots, starting with Landau , who proved in Austria The collective management office spends them on the quarrel.
Closing the gap of 78
For Norris , it is necessary to take a bite to those 78 points that Max takes after 14 races and with 10 to compete and To remain ‘registered’ in the fight for the World Cup. Approach, squeeze, wait for the zero of your opponent… Be a real contender for the title and not a fairground gun, winning one in 10 chances with the best single seat.
The Equality between several teams is a double-edged sword in motor racing, If the protagonists do not give the level. The audience wants Duels and polarization, Going with one or the other, more than not knowing who can win, or having six or seven applicants in some kind of lottery. A Rossi-Marquis or Hamilton-Verstappen Shoot up ratings and Norris has not proven To be in the category of the great aspirant In an All-Out War. Now he has a chance to apply for the future.
VerstappenFor his part, she preferred to dress up as a victim when he is the real Steppenwolf. “We will try, but when you are one or three tenths behind in qualifying, we have to be realistic. Tomorrow we will have to keep the position in the race,” he says cautiously and hints that a win over Piastri would be really good under these conditions. In fact, he doesn’t even believe that story.
Confused about the fastest car
At the FIA press conference there was a conflict of opinions between the two. When asked about Norris and Verstappen If the roles are reversed between Red Bull and McLaren, Lando responds: “No , I just did a good lap when I needed it, But I tried to do my best at every moment of the playoffs. I didn’t have anything left In qualifying, but as both (Max and Piastri) said, it’s a difficult day and they didn’t do their best, ” he said
Verstappen was not at all The agreement: “I must have been watching a different weekend The one you’ve seen in McLaren then. No s, I didn’t sit down yesterday, so I tried to do my best. Competition I try to stay with something that is unattainable for us, but I have reached the limit. Like everyone else, ” said a rather annoyed Max.
