McLaren held discussions following Lando Norris's dominant victory at the Dutch Grand Prix, focusing on his decision to secure an extra point by setting the fas
, focusing on his decision to secure an extra point by setting the fastest time of the race on the final lap. While the British driver was successful in his endeavor, it was done without the consent of the team, which would not have been approved in the first place.
After 18 laps, Norris made a clean overtake on the Dutchman at his home track, only to pull a huge lead of 23 seconds over Verstappen at the finish line. While many suggest that Red Bull's era of dominance is over, the team's senior advisor, Helmut Marko's description of Norris's fastest lap of 1:13.817 as a "dream" might have confirmed this notion.
The extra point Lando Norris earned for setting the fastest lap narrowed his gap to Verstappen by eight points instead of seven. However, this decision was not sanctioned by McLaren. The Woking team would have preferred Norris to bring the car home safely on the final lap rather than push for the fastest lap.
However, having passed Verstappen for a race win at Zandvoort, Norris was delighted by the car's pace during the Dutch GP weekend. He told the“I think from quite early on, actually, from probably lap five, six, seven, I expected Max to start pushing and get a bit of a gap, and he never did.
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