Zandvoort showed Norris’s self-critical approach suits him best

OPINION: Formula 1 fans and media love to obsess over Lando Norris’s highly self-critical style. But on a weekend where his words had a new dimension and he excelled, it’s time for questioning that approach to stop once and for all

They were delivered with his trademark smile and gushing style, but there was a biting note to much of what Lando Norris had to say at Formula 1’s 2024 Dutch Grand Prix.

The memory of his stunning pole lap and even better overall race performance will be what this event goes down for. After all, Norris’s on Sunday was the biggest margin of victory clocked so far in 2024 (albeit ahead of the Max Verstappen-led Red Bull 1-2 in Bahrain, where the next non-RB20 came in 25.1s down).

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.