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Asked about that remarks on Thursday, Norris responded: \u201cI\u2019ve certainly had a little bit of luck. I\u2019ve also been unlucky, but that\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t choose those things. I\u2019m lucky that I\u2019ve been with McLaren for the last seven years. I could not have been with them for five of those, so I\u2019ve also made good decisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI back myself, I\u2019ve made good decisions along the way and especially this year. I\u2019ve improved as a driver this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cI\u2019ve had a car that I found a lot trickier to drive \u2013 just as much as everyone complains when they have a car that doesn\u2019t suit them or drive as well as what they like \u2013 and I made some good steps forward to come back and have some good races.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would not have won in Budapest if I didn\u2019t improve on those things myself, and that was not luck. That was hard work, a lot of dedication with my engineers and my team, both at the track and away from it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo yes, I\u2019ve had a little bit of luck here and there \u2013 everyone needs a bit in their life \u2013 but so has probably every other driver at some races. I\u2019ve also made good decisions, kept myself out of trouble, stuck by the rules. All of these things are part of being a racing driver, and at times they\u2019ve earned me points. So that\u2019s also down to me doing a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Race winner Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren with Oscar Piastri. Photo by Joe Portlock\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Nestled in the dunes just a stone\u2019s throw from the North Sea beach, Zandvoort is famous for two things \u2013 its \u201corange army\u201d of fans and its unpredictable weather.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s Saturday practice saw a biblical deluge drench fans and cause a fiery crash, as US driver Logan Sargeant nearly totally destroyed his Williams in a high-speed spin.<\/p>\n
Showers are forecast throughout the weekend, which may favour home hero Verstappen, known for his skill in wet-weather driving.<\/p>\n
Whatever the weather, Dutch fans will be keen to savour the atmosphere while they can: Sunday will be the penultimate race ever staged at Zandvoort.<\/p>\n
The Hungary Grand Prix gets underway on Sunday at 11pm AEST.<\/p>\n
2025 F1 Drivers\u2019 Standings<\/p>\n
1. Oscar Piastri (AUS) 284 <\/p>\n
2. Lando Norris (GBR) 275<\/p>\n
3. Max Verstappen (NED) 187<\/p>\n
4. George Russell (GBR) 172<\/p>\n
5. Charles Leclerc (MON) 151<\/p>\n
6. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 109<\/p>\n
7. Kimi Antonelli (ITA) 64<\/p>\n
8. Alex Albon (THA) 54<\/p>\n
9. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 37<\/p>\n
10. Esteban Ocon (FRA) 27<\/p>\n
11. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 26<\/p>\n
12. Lance Stroll (CAN) 26<\/p>\n
13. Isack Hadjar (FRA) 22<\/p>\n
14. Pierre Gasly (FRA) 20<\/p>\n
15. Liam Lawson (NZL) 20<\/p>\n
16. Carlos Sainz (ESP) 16<\/p>\n
17. Gabriel Bortoleto (BRA) 14<\/p>\n
18. Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) 10<\/p>\n
19. Oliver Bearman (GBR) 8<\/p>\n
20. Franco Colapinto (ARG) 0<\/p>\n
21. Jack Doohan (AUS) 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McLaren driver Lando Norris has hit back at comments from former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer that he is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-103357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}