{
  "id": 9795665,
  "title": "What was Lando Norris' top-speed issue in Baku qualifying?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/what-was-lando-norris-top-speed-issue-in-baku-qualifying",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T16:24:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/whats-behind-lando-norris-top-speed-problem-in-baku-and-why-mclaren-itself-is-down-on-mercedes/10859012/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A technical problem caused a lack of top speed on Lando Norris’ McLaren Formula 1 car in Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying, with the reigning world champion down in fifth. Despite having outqualified team-mate Oscar Piastri 9-1 in the 10 previous sessions, Norris found himself three tenths’ adrift in Q3 – his worst deficit of the season. A lock-up in Q3 didn’t help, but as it happens ... Keep…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}