On Song Lando Norris Confident of Hoisting McLaren Over Struggling Aston Martin

Sabyasachi Biswas | 30/09/2023
On Song Lando Norris Confident of Hoisting McLaren Over Struggling Aston Martin

Aston Martin have had a great start to the 2023 season but have been struggling of late. And now Lando Norris appears set to threaten their standings further.

At one point, the Silverstone-based team was the second-fastest team after Red Bull and took back-to-back podiums through Fernando Alonso.

However, after the FIA clampdown on their flexi wing, the Green team suffered significantly. At the same time, McLaren saw a sharp rise in their performance following this year’s Austrian GP. Therefore, Norris is sure of taking their battle to Aston Martin.

They are now regarded as one of the top teams behind Red Bull. While they are significantly behind Mercedes and Ferrari in terms of points due to their late start, they are not very far from Lawrence Stroll’s team.

With just six races to go this season, Norris hinted that Lance Stroll’s bad form could help them overtake Aston Martin.

The McLaren driver told F1 Maximaal after the Japanese Grand Prix, “I didn’t know the gap was so small, but with 49 points I do think it is possible.”

Upcoming upgrades could put McLaren ahead

When the season started this year, nobody could have predicted that Aston Martin might reach P5 from where they were in Bahrain. Having already lost their P2 and P3 to Mercedes and Ferrari, they are now on the verge of losing their P4 to McLaren.

As for the Papayas, the championship is already over with Red Bull claiming back-to-back Constructors’ championships. While Mercedes and Ferrari would be busy with their battle for P2, the Woking-based team would be happy with theirs against Aston Martin.

Notably, Zak Brown and his team are still to bring upgrades which could see them be significantly faster than most of the teams in the grid. This would also help the Woking-based team, who are in brilliant form, inch closer to Aston Martin in the championship.

Post Edited By: Samriddhi Jaiswal
Fernando Alonso Lance Stroll Lando Norris Oscar Piastri Zak Brown

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Sabyasachi Biswas

Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 journalist at The SportsRush. With over one and a half decades of love for the sport and five years of experience in the field, he dreams to be a regular at the paddock when the lights go out. A Red Bull fan and F1 fan in general over the years, he enjoyed watching Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen dominate the track. Apart from F1, he's also a big-time Madridista and Federer fanatic. He was a sub-junior level footballer, won inter-district quizzes and debate competitions back in school. A travel freak throughout, he tries different cuisines and learns new cultures whenever he's away from the keyboard.

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