Joseph Zucker@@JosephZuckerIncluded Columnist IVSeptember 22, 2024
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Lando Norris continued to cut the space on Formula One points leader and ruling champ Max Verstappen with a win in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix.
Fifty-two points now different Norris from Verstappen. The Dutch star’s second-place surface assisted to restrict the damage in regards to losing ground on his leading opposition.
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LANDO NORRIS WINS THE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX < br><> < br>> The McLaren motorist takes a dazzling lights-to-flag success Max Verstappen gets back in 2nd location. Oscar Piastri takes the last podium location < a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/F1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> #F 1< < a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SingaporeGP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> #SingaporeGP< < a href="https://t.co/UejoVb7EF5">> pic.twitter.com/UejoVb7EF5
Oscar Piastri declared the other podium area in 3rd.
A minimum of when it concerned the top of the race leaderboard, there was little drama to be had at Marina Bay Street Circuit. Norris began with the pole and held company over the very first couple of laps. It didn’t take wish for him to reveal he had the fastest vehicle on the track.
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Lando Norris after lastly getting an excellent start << a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SingaporeGP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> #SingaporeGP< < a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/F1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> #F 1< < a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Formula1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> #Formula 1< < a href="https://t.co/Kfubde4kEL">> pic.twitter.com/Kfubde4kEL
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When the dust cleared at the goal, Norris was more than 20 seconds ahead of Verstappen. It was a function turnaround from 2023 when Verstappen was the one winning at a canter.
It was a various story for Norris’ compatriot Lewis Hamilton.
The seven-time F1 champ was frozen out of the podium for the 3rd straight race, ending up in 6th. That was 2 areas behind Mercedes colleague George Russell, a point some fans could not overlook with Hamilton himself calling out the group’s method midway through.
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Hamilton’s not delighted with Mercedes’ method < a href="https://t.co/cXuiAhtVOe">> pic.twitter.com/cXuiAhtVOe
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George Russell effectively overcut Lewis Hamilton and now has much better tires. << br><> < br>> Mercedes managed this purposefully; their method worked precisely as prepared. Amazing.<< br><> < br>> What a group, this is how they repay him after all the records and champions he has actually brought them.
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I usually keep race protection very accurate, however today I need to question Mercedes’ technique for << a href="https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> @LewisHamilton<.<< br><> < br>> The diminished to turn one is so brief, getting at the start was constantly not likely. Now his colleague has actually overcut him and has a substantial tire benefit.<< a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SingaporeGP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">> #SingaporeGP<
6 races stay in Hamilton’s goodbye project with Mercedes and Norris’ mission to surpass Verstappen. In both cases, it’s looking significantly like they’re end up dissatisfied in the end.
For Norris, the difficulty is not simply ending up ahead of Verstappen however developing adequate range to where he begins to meaningfully consume into their distinction in the motorist standings. As much as Verstappen is stopping working to strike the heights he did in 2015, he’s staying fairly constant from race to race,