Norris driven by chance to keep pushing

LANDO Norris brushed off the suggestion that momentum is on his side as he prepares to resume his intense title tussle with teammate Oscar Piastri.

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Norris trails McLaren teammate Piastri by nine points with ten races remaining as Formula One kicks back into action following its summer shutdown at this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix.

The British driver won last time out in Hungary, coming out on top in the strategy battle before fending off Piastri’s late lunge to take his fifth win of the season - and his third in the last four races.

But the 25-year-old is not a big believer in momentum and is instead intent on focusing on each race as he bids to land a first world title.

“| would tend to say | don’t go with it and I don't really say | have it,” Norris said in Zandvoort. "I find it quite easy to set back races one ata time.