Lando Norris’s Grid Drop Is a Spa Math Problem, Not a Melodrama
McLaren are taking a 10-place hit for Lando Norris at Spa, then betting on slipstream, undercuts, and a long first stint to turn arithmetic into points.
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Lando Norris’s Grid Drop Is a Spa Math Problem, Not a Melodrama
McLaren are taking a 10-place hit for Lando Norris at Spa, then betting on slipstream, undercuts, and a long first stint to turn arithmetic into points.
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