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2024 FIA Formula One World Championship
2024 Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco
Monaco
Sunday, 26 May 2024
McLaren's Lando Norris believes they are on the right track to consistently challenge Red Bull and Ferrari going into the
Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, May 26.
The Brit has emerged as a serious contender in recent weeks after his car received upgrades ahead of the Miami Grand Prix which he won to finally break his duck in Formula One.
Norris pushed Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen all the way in the final 10 laps of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to finish just 0.725 seconds behind the Dutchman in P2.
The 24-year-old driver closed within six points of Sergio Perez in the standings in fourth position and is a further six adrift of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who rook P3 in Imola.
Norris praised his team for putting in the hard work to enable him to finish on the podium in the last three races, but admits Red Bull are still streets ahead of the competition.
"I would hope so," he said when asked about the prospects of challenging Verstappen on a regular basis going forward. "There's no reason after a couple tracks you would want to deny it.
"We also had a second in China, so we've had second, first, second, you know, and I think that's good signs, but for the same case, I make a one-tenth mistake yesterday and I'm like three positions back.
"We probably don't have a McLaren driver on the podium or whatever, so then all of a sudden you're like, oh, it's not as good as it looks. But I think we're extracting everything we can out of the car, and when we do that, we're here.
"But we're on the right track. The team has done such a good job for us to be standing here. Many people didn't expect us to still be able to improve so much and to catch up with Red Bull. I don't think we're at their level just yet.
"As we saw today, they still have areas where they're better and maybe some areas where we are better now, which is a good sign. But yeah, I think there's going to be tracks where we can be stronger."
2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix results:
Winner: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing
Second Place: Lando Norris - McLaren
Third Place: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
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