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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Giles Richards at the Lusail Circuit

Lando Norris calm in the maelstrom as three-way title race enters final straight

Lando Norris at the Lusail Circuit
‘I’m happy I had all the struggles and almost got them out of the way and been able to improve,’ says Lando Norris of his up-and-down season. Photograph: Sara Ruffoni/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Standing outside the McLaren motorhome in the paddock for the Qatar Grand Prix as a warm desert breeze stirs the air, Lando Norris cuts a figure entirely at ease even in the maelstrom of an increasingly tense fight to claim his first Formula One world championship.

While dozens of photographers jostle for space, the mic boom of the Netflix Drive to Survive series swaying over them, Norris has an air of assuredness as he speaks to the clacking of shutters that have increasingly become the backing track to the 26-year-old’s march towards the title.

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