That made Norris’ task in the championship even tougher – he needed to take an average of nearly nine points per race out of Verstappen for the remaining six grands prix of the season to beat him to the title. By taking pole position, Norris has given himself an opportunity to claw back some of that gap in the grand …
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US Grand Prix: Max Verstappen takes sprint pole with Lando Norris fourth
The sprint event, for which there are eight points for a win, seven for second and so on down to eighth place, is on Saturday at 19:00 BST. The result was a blow to Norris, who needs to close on Verstappen at an average of nearly nine points a race, especially as both Red Bull and McLaren are among the …
Read More »US Grand Prix: McLaren boss Zak Brown ‘still has questions’ about Red Bull device
McLaren discovered the existence of the device from open-source documents that contain information on each team’s cars that have to be submitted to the FIA and to which all teams have access. Red Bull have agreed with the FIA to make changes to their car for a future race, expected to be the Brazilian Grand Prix in two weeks’ time. …
Read More »Max Verstappen to continue giving minimal answers at US Grand Prix news conferences
He told reporters there that he was happy to answer questions more extensively outside the press conference room, and did so after both qualifying and the race. On Thursday, speaking while surrounded by reporters at a table outside the Red Bull hospitality, he indicated that he would continue with this approach. Asked whether he still did not want to speak …
Read More »Luke Littler loses to Rob Cross on World Grand Prix debut
Pre-tournament favourite Luke Littler fell to a 2-1 defeat by Rob Cross on his debut in the World Grand Prix in Leicester. Teenage star Littler made six maximums in the match but at times struggled to get going in the double-start format despite levelling at 1-1 after losing the first set. Cross impressively held his nerve against the 17-year-old, finishing …
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