Lando Norris has closed the speed gap to Max Verstappen and will now try to beat the Formula One ace on Red Bull's home track.
Jun 28, 2024 at 07:05 AM ETSPIELBERG, Austria — Lando Norris has closed the speed gap to Max Verstappen and will now try to beat the Formula One ace on Red Bull's home track.
Verstappen is still on top with seven wins in 10 races in 2024, but the field is giving him more of a fight. Verstappen recognized that McLaren was, at least for now, better in some areas, especially in making their tires last. Norris has moved into second place in the drivers’ standings at 69 points behind Verstappen. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc is two points behind Norris in third.
“We’re on a level now where everything has to be perfect,” Norris said ahead of the Austrian GP. “We’re against one of the best drivers ever in Formula 1, who’s performing at an incredibly high level, and anything that wasn’t perfect, like my start last weekend, you pay the price for. Simple as that.”
Ferrari, for its part, hopes to bounce back from a dip in form since Leclerc won on the slow Monaco track.The novelty of this year’s race are the track changes to help avoid the penalties stewards handed out for drivers who drove outside the track limits in 2023. A track limit is violated when all four wheels of a car go outside the white line bordering the track.
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