breaking news; Lewis Hamilton’s 2007 meltdown echoes as Lando Norris turns up……
Lando Norris reckons it is ‘stupid’ to talk about winning the world championship, which is either a case of trying to kid himself or of not appreciating recent history.
If it’s the latter, he may care to have a word with Lewis Hamilton.
That’s because an encouraging parallel of sorts to what might be unfolding between Norris, the dominant winner in Holland on Sunday, and Max Verstappen, the once untouchable leader, came in 2007, when Hamilton was unfurling the most dazzling debut season Formula One has known.
The British sensation headed Kimi Raikkonen by a massive 17 points going into the final two rounds. There was a maximum of 20 on offer, under the old scoring system.
Despite facing an equation as steep as the Eiger, the Finn won the concluding rounds in China and in Brazil, bagging the full quota of points while Hamilton scraped just two. Raikkonen was champion by a margin of one.
