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08/23 01:08 CDT Lando Norris seeks another win as he starts on pole for F1's
Dutch Grand Prix
Lando Norris seeks another win as he starts on pole for F1's Dutch Grand Prix
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) --- Lando Norris is aiming for another Formula 1
win as he heads into Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix on pole position with George
Russell and Kimi Antonelli close behind.
McLaren's Norris found some unexpected extra pace in qualifying to snatch top
spot ahead of the Mercedes pair of Russell and standings leader Kimi Antonelli.
Despite some similarities to Hungary, where Norris won the last Grand Prix on
July 26, it may not be plain sailing for the defending champion at the seaside
Dutch circuit.
Norris was off the pace in Saturday's sprint race, where he started second but
was third after losing out to Charles Leclerc. He said after qualifying he
expected another difficult race.
"In low-speed (corners) we just really still struggle too much to be confident
about everything. We definitely made a little bit of progress, but it's still
going to be on the trickier side of things tomorrow," Norris said, adding that
qualifying with "new tires, low fuel, it just seems to mask quite a few of our
issues."
Russell won Saturday's sprint at Zandvoort but Antonelli still increased his
standings lead to 53 points despite placing fourth. That was because his
closest challenger, Lewis Hamilton, could only manage seventh in the sprint. A
troubled day continued for Hamilton as he qualified fifth for the Grand Prix.
Antonelli has a 56-point advantage over Russell, with gaps of 79 points to
Leclerc and 90 to Norris.
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