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Daniel Moxon

Lando Norris eyeing Lewis Hamilton battle to be top home racer at British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton may be the Silverstone king, but Lando Norris fancies his chances of being the best home racer at the British Grand Prix.

The two Brits share the third row of the grid for the start of the race, having qualified fifth and sixth on Saturday. Hamilton will be slightly ahead of his younger compatriot, but that does not seem to deter the McLaren man, who was pleased with his qualifying result.

"I definitely think we are able to," he said when asked if he thinks McLaren is capable of competing against Mercedes. "We were able to prove that [in qualifying]. We are ahead of one of the Mercedes cars.

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