Lando Norris really, really needed that BritishGP podium writes OllieHarden F1 Formula1 McLaren
British Grand Prix conclusions: Norris’ podium warning, Hamilton wants answersRed Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed his sixth consecutive victory in the British Grand Prix to extend his lead over Sergio Perez to 99 points after 10 races of the F1 2023 season.
What if, he wondered aloud, that ends up becoming 10? “I want to win so much, but at the same time it feels so far away,” he sighed. Having struggled for anything good to say about McLaren in recent times, keeping expectations firmly in check even in the better moments, ever since he first sampled the first of the MCL60’s major upgrades in Austria there has been a noticeable change in tone from Norris when it comes to the team’s direction of travel.
Why is it, he said more than once, that Ferrari and even McLaren have quite easily managed to do what Mercedes still cannot? As for the 2023 car? At Silverstone it strayed from troublesome and temperamental into the territory of pure evil, prone to suddenly snapping on both drivers all weekend . It remains unsigned and Hamilton, for all his affection for Mercedes, would be foolish to commit at a time nothing he sees inspires any confidence that the team can turn their situation around.A lack of alternatives may keep Sergio Perez at Red Bull
A civil war between two proud, aggressive racing drivers both slow to back down on the evidence of the opening lap of the Austria sprint race last weekend would have risked overshadowing all the good Red Bull have done in 2023. In the RB19, already among the most dominant cars in F1 history, Perez has reached Q3 at just four of the first 10 races and hasn’t started inside the top 10 for five races since setting pole position in Miami more than two months ago.
But let’s say – somehow – that the gap to Red Bull closes sufficiently enough to create a true title fight in 2014… could Perez still be trusted to act as Verstappen’s wingman in the face of a rejuvenated Hamilton, Russell, Leclerc and Fernando Alonso? Daniel Ricciardo? Maybe, but only a flawless second half of the season in an AlphaTauri would convince teams that he’s the same driver he always was before his McLaren nightmare.
It was here in 2022, of course, that Piastri signed the deal to replace Daniel Ricciardo, the contract saga with Alpine that followed instantly marking him out as different to the average driver who arrives in F1 – not just content withHe makes for a fascinating contrast to his team-mate, Piastri more distant with the unmistakeable touch and killer instinct of Verstappen/Michael Schumacher about him – a benefit of having the experience of Webber by his side, maybe? – as Norris, the social media...
It was a performance to confirm to the watching world what McLaren and Alpine already knew as they fought over him this time a year ago: Piastri is the most exciting talent to land in F1 since Verstappen – and that includes Leclerc, Russell and Norris.
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