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Lando Norris in 'horrible' McLaren MCL40 claim after Dutch GP

Lando Norris in 'horrible' McLaren MCL40 claim after Dutch GP

·Updated 2 hrs ago·41 pts

TL;DR

Lando Norris criticizes the McLaren MCL40 as 'horrible to drive' despite aiming for a title challenge.

  • Norris gave himself rare credit amid the car's ongoing struggles.
  • The MCL40 remains difficult to drive according to Norris.

From PlanetF1 · 3 hrs ago

Lando Norris claims that the McLaren MCL40 is "still just horrible to drive," but gave himself some rare credit as a title tilt builds.

How bad is it really?

McLaren have scored 84 points across the last 3 rounds, up from 63 in the 3 before.

Their car ranks 2nd of 11 on qualifying pace, 0.012s off the pace leader in recent qualifying.

Best finish in that run: 1st.

McLaren season record

The coverage

Unconfirmed

Official — confirmed directly by an official series or governing-body source.

Reported — written as settled fact by the outlets covering it, without an official source directly.

Unconfirmed — the wording hedges (reportedly, could, linked with), so treat it as a claim, not a fact.

Based on each outlet's official status and how firmly their headlines are worded.

PlanetF1 is a lower-tier outlet - quick to publish, and the tier most likely to overstate a claim.

PlanetF1 is the only outlet we track carrying this. Nobody else has picked it up yet, so there is nothing to corroborate it against.