{"id":895630,"date":"2026-09-17T18:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895630\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:54:11","slug":"podcast-f1-fans-need-to-recalibrate-how-good-lando-norris-really-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895630\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: F1 fans need to recalibrate how good Lando Norris really is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid\u2019s Madring circuit was every bit as flawed as predicted \u2013 but was <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/lando-norris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lando Norris<\/a>\u2018s masterclass the real story of the weekend? And is he now as fast or faster than <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/max-verstappen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Verstappen<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Mark Hughes and Bryn Lucas break down the Spanish Grand Prix at Madring, dissecting the circuit\u2019s one-line layout, the chaos around the venue, and whether next year\u2019s tweaks can actually fix it.<\/p>\n<p>Plus: how Norris\u2019s pole lap and title-worthy form have fans finally catching up to what Mark says has always been there, and why a badly timed VSC cost him the win he deserved.<\/p>\n<p>They also dig into <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a>\u2018s chaotic weekend \u2013 the desperation behind their mistakes, their power deficit, and the quiet pivot towards 2027 \u2013 plus why <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/george-russell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Russell<\/a> and <a class=\"msm-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/oscar-piastri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Piastri<\/a> may need to change their driving style rather than wait for new rules to save them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll feature more listener questions in a fortnight after we take a week\u2019s break. Don\u2019t forget to post yours below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Can\u2019t see the form? <a href=\"https:\/\/r1.dotdigital-pages.com\/p\/4DIP-14R4\/ask-mark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click to read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/category\/mark-hughes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more from Mark Hughes<\/a> and don\u2019t miss an episode by subscribing on your favourite platform or YouTube, where a video version accompanies the audio podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madrid\u2019s Madring circuit was every bit as flawed as predicted \u2013 but was Lando Norris\u2018s masterclass the real&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-895630","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\/895630","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=895630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}