Lando Norris agrees with Verstappen: “It’s got nothing to do with the driver”
World Champion Lando Norris only came close to the podium twice in 2026 – finishing second in Miami and third in Barcelona. That’s the same number of times as Max Verstappen. And he agrees with Max on one important point.
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Reaching the podium just twice in ten Grand Prix weekends is rather meagre for a Formula 1 champion: Lando Norris’s interim record for 2026 – and no one can sugar-coat this – is sobering; there is no longer any sign of the Papaya cars’ former dominance.
A few examples? Norris hasn’t started a single Grand Prix from the front row in 2026; apart from P2 in Miami and P3 in Barcelona, he hasn’t managed another podium finish; in two of the last three races – in Austria and Belgium – he finished only seventh.
Yet Norris was the benchmark in Hungary: in 2024 he put his McLaren on pole, and in 2025 he won the Grand Prix on his way to the World Championship title.
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Norris, too, is struggling with the 2026 generation of race cars; he echoes the criticism voiced by Max Verstappen at the Hungaroring. The Dutchman believes: “Many overtaking manoeuvres are unnatural and have little to do with the driver’s skills.”
Norris says: “There are still plenty of things under the driver’s control, but some aspects of these power units lead you to think – this has nothing to do with the driver.”
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“I think it’s a real shame that so many things are dictated to you, especially in qualifying. Sometimes you just hope you’re lucky and that the power unit actually does what you need it to.”
“I’ve been struggling all year. In Belgium, I was reasonably happy for the first time, but Oscar Piastri was having difficulties. Yet that’s not down to him either. It’s just that the powertrains do what they want every now and then.”
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#
Driver
Driver
Team
Rounds
Time
Fastest Lap
Points
01
12
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team
44
1:24:42,479
1:49,098
25
02
16
Scuderia Ferrari HP
44
+1,952
1:49,333
18
03
3
Oracle Red Bull Racing
44
+11,586
1:49,618
15
04
44
Scuderia Ferrari HP
44
+17,245
1:49,454
12
05
81
McLaren Formula 1 Team
44
+18,988
1:49,562
10
06
6
Oracle Red Bull Racing
44
+23,307
1:49,298
8
07
1
McLaren Formula 1 Team
44
+24,014
1:48,890
6
08
5
Audi Revolut F1 Team
44
+49,140
1:50,334
4
09
41
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team
44
+50,406
1:50,536
2
10
43
BWT Alpine Formula One Team
44
+1:16,037
1:51,162
1
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