{"id":15381,"date":"2024-05-28T08:07:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T00:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=15381"},"modified":"2024-05-27T14:21:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T06:21:58","slug":"lando-norris-is-a-title-contender-says-verstappen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/other-sports\/lando-norris-is-a-title-contender-says-verstappen\/","title":{"rendered":"Norris Emerges as Title Contender, Says Rival Verstappen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Red Bull&#8217;s Formula 1 leader Max Verstappen (26) acknowledged Lando Norris (24) as a rising title contender on Thursday following the McLaren driver&#8217;s recent streak of a win and two second-place finishes in the last three races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen, who has secured five wins out of seven races this season and achieved a record seven pole positions, admitted ahead of Sunday&#8217;s Monaco Grand Prix that Norris is closing in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about Norris&#8217;s recent comments regarding his potential to become a title contender, Verstappen said, &#8220;Everyone should think like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;After their last few races they (McLaren) are really in the mix,&#8221; he told reporters. &#8220;Of course, they are quite a few points down at the moment, but if they start winning, that can change quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24hscore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ready for a weekend of racing in his back garden. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LandoNorris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@LandoNorris<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MonacoGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MonacoGP<\/a> ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2F71zvpE7D\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2F71zvpE7D<\/a><\/p>&mdash; McLaren (@McLarenF1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McLarenF1\/status\/1793606435072549056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McLaren, former champions, have shown significant progress since July last year in Austria. Norris secured six second-place finishes during the rest of the season and continued to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norris claimed his first F1 win in Miami this month, after finishing second in Shanghai. He also took second place at Italy&#8217;s Imola circuit last weekend and third in Australia in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briton has been on the podium in four of the last five races and has not finished lower than eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with Ferrari&#8217;s Carlos Sainz, he is one of only two drivers, apart from Verstappen and his teammate Sergio Perez, to have won since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norris, currently fourth overall, trails Verstappen by 60 points with 17 rounds left. Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc is Verstappen&#8217;s closest rival, 48 points behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen dominated last season, winning 19 of 22 races, but this year, Ferrari and McLaren have each won a race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have not thought about it (the championship) at all over the last four weeks. You focus on getting a good result and things just play out for themselves,&#8221; said Norris separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have definitely put ourselves in there,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We lost a lot (of points) over the first couple of weekends, so that&#8217;s hurt us, but we are about a third of the way through, so there are plenty of opportunities for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We know we still have some things coming in the future, and if things turn around, we can easily start to come back at some of the teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;re probably the team, along with Ferrari at least, that has two cars performing at every session and every race in qualifying.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull&#8217;s Formula 1 leader Max Verstappen (26) acknowledged Lando Norris (24) as a rising title contender on Thursday following the McLaren driver&#8217;s recent streak of a win and two second-place finishes in the last three races. 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