Martin Brundle on Lando Norris' dominant victory at the Dutch Grand Prix, the continued lack of pace in Max Verstappen's Red Bull, and a woeful weekend for Williams.
That was a race which moved Lando Norris up the high Formula 1 ladder a step or two in terms of greatness rankings. His pole position effort in qualifying was one of those 'where on earth did that lap time come from' moments, and he was set fair for the short run down to the first corner. Max Verstappen drove a great lap too in order to prevent an all-McLaren front row, with Oscar Piastri liming up third in the sister McLaren.
A strong tailwind on that straight mitigated some of this advantage but when running close enough and having more fundamental speed than the car in front, an overtake was highly probable even if it had to be finished off on the brakes into the gently banked first corner. Spot on. Limited Friday data suggested that the McLaren was kinder to its tyres on longer runs than the Red Bull, and so it proved to be.
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