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Windsor suggests Norris' dominance was greater than Verstappen ever managed
Peter Windsor has praised Lando Norris for his "totally brilliant" performance during the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix. The F1 analyst even compared his performance to Jim Clark and even suggested Norris' dominance was greater than Verstappen ever managed in a single race.
At one point, Norris led the race by nearly half a minute. After two brushes with the barrier, the British driver crossed the line around 20 seconds ahead of his World Championship rival. It marks the second time Norris has won a race by a large margin. Norris was also dominant at the Dutch Grand Prix where Verstappen also finished second.
On his YouTube channel, Windsor first highlighted how he was improved by the Red Bull driver. "Max Verstappen, who drove incredibly well, I think, in a car that quite patently was not as good as a McLaren," he said.
Windsor sees Norris do something Verstappen never did
Windsor was then keen to highlight how impressed he was by Norris' drive. "You look at the one second per lap that Lando was pulling away from Max. We haven't seen that for a long time. Since Max Verstappen, really. And Max never did that. When he had this big advantage at Red Bull, he never went away a second per lap after four laps. He would always make it a couple of tenths here, a couple of tenths there. And all of a sudden, when the other guy's tyres went off, he'd make it half a second. By the pit stops, he'd be seven seconds in front. But Lando did a Jim Clark [world champion in 1963 and 1965) and just disappeared. It was out of this world. Totally brilliant," Windsor stated.
According to the analyst, Verstappen focused on the World Championship. "Max was thinking, all I've got to try and do here is finish second and limit the damage of points of Lando winning this race. And if I can finish second, that's a good day's work. And that's what he did."
This article has been created in collaboration with Sandy van Wijngaarden
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