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Norris takes his chance on a good day for Formula 1
Congratulations to Lando Norris and McLaren. Norris has been good enough to be a grand prix winner for a long time, but Red Bull’s race pace and reliability have meant few opportunities for anyone else. In Miami, a chance came along and Norris grabbed it. Everyone seemed pleased, too – even Max Verstappen! Lando is also the fourth winner of our Autosport BRDC Award to win a points-paying GP.
Some will argue that the win was lucky due to the timing of the safety car that gave Norris track position. But, as Alex Kalinauckas shows in our in-depth race analysis on page 16, Norris was already becoming a contender thanks to his impressive pace in the upgraded MCL38. It’s likely that, without the safety car intervention, Norris would have been putting the pressure on Verstappen in the closing stages. Of course, catching is one thing and passing quite another, but let’s not forget that it was Verstappen and not Norris who had a brief excursion off the road during last weekend’s GP.
Red Bull and Verstappen remain hot favourites in 2024 but, if we can have a few more races like we had last weekend, interest in individual GPs will surely increase, which can only be a good thing.
Also important for F1 is where Adrian Newey ends up next (p4). Where he goes will have an impact on the future pecking order…
Elsewhere, we’ve used the excuse of a new exhibition at the Silverstone Museum to have fun looking back at the time Indycars came to the UK and outpaced F1 (p38), while Stefan Mackley talks to those behind the new Lola/Yamaha Formula E project (p44).
Kevin Turner Chief Editor
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PIT & PADDOCK 4 Red Bull bids to stop post-Newey exodus 6 Steiner plans to take Haas to court 8 Drugovich in Cadillac for Le Mans 10 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 13 Opinion: James Newbold 14 Opinion: Sam Hall 15 Feedback: your letters
RACE CENTRE 16 Miami GP report and analysis 32 World of Sport: GT World Challenge
Europe Sprint Cup; ELMS; NASCAR Cup; TCR World Tour; Super GT; F1 Academy
FEATURES 38 When Indycar broke Silverstone records 44 Lola and Yamaha’s motorsport return
CLUB AUTOSPORT 55 Shaun Lynn to take over MRL 56 Drivers escape serious injury at Brands 58 Free Thruxton entry proves a hit 60 National reports: Donington Park;
Brands Hatch; Thruxton; Castle Combe 66 Nova Motorsport’s plans for the UK
FINISHING STRAIGHT 70 What’s on this week 72 From the archive: 1958 British Empire Trophy 74 My favourite car: Jordan King
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