Lando Norris beats Max Verstappen to win the Dutch Grand Prix and cut standings gap
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Lando Norris just can’t seem to get his starts right. For once, it didn’t stop him beating Max Verstappen.
Norris started on pole position but was slow off the line — a persistent problem for him — allowing Red Bull driver Verstappen to jump ahead.
Norris closed the gap and overtook Verstappen into the opening corner on the 18th lap of 72 and was then on course for his second career win and the McLaren team’s third of the year.
“After getting done into turn one and off the line, I was actually surprisingly calm,” Norris said. “Maybe because I’m a bit used to going backwards at the start, I’m very prepared for those kinds of scenarios. I was very calm and just ‘OK, well what can I do now?’”