Norris charged to a statement victory during the Dutch Grand Prix, overhauling Verstappen after his Red Bull rival moved ahead at the start.
Winner McLaren’s British driver Lando Norris celebrates after winning the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix at The Circuit Zandvoort, western Netherlands, on August 25, 2024. Picture: John Thys / AFP.
Despite raucous encouragement from a packed Zandvoort circuit, Verstappen could not extract enough from his Red Bull to compete with a recently upgraded McLaren that is beginning to look like the car to beat in Formula One. Buoyed by the fast start, Verstappen clocked the quickest lap in lap two, putting clear daylight between him and the McLaren of Norris.
“I can’t go faster. The car is not responding to my inputs,” a desperate Verstappen told his engineers as Norris stretched his advantage to more than four seconds.Norris pitted the lap after, his team taking 0.6 seconds longer than the Red Bull for the pit stop. His eventual margin of victory was 22.896 seconds, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc holding off Norris’s McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to claim the third podium spot after a thrilling battle.
“I expected Max to start pushing and get a bit of a gap. And he never did. So from that point, I knew we were in with a good fight,” added Norris.
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