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Lando Norris has the chance to join a very exclusive F1 club – one even the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Max Verstappen are not members of.
Out of the 34 drivers who have become F1 world champions, only five of them achieved their first grand prix victory in the same season they won the championship. Lando Norris aims to join this exclusive group in 2024, currently 52 points behind Max Verstappen with six races left in the season. If Norris accomplishes this, he will be the sixth driver in history and Britain’s 11th world champion. Norris’ McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, also has a chance, although he trails Verstappen by 94 points and Norris by 42. Interestingly, historically, drivers who win their first race and title in separate seasons are nearly 2.5 times more likely to win a championship in their second season. Jochen Rindt tragically became F1’s only posthumous world champion in 1970 after a fatal accident during a practice session at Monza.
