“About time!” the 24-year-old smiled. “What a race. It’s been a long time coming, but finally I’ve managed to do it. I’m so happy for my whole team, I finally delivered for them. A long day, tough race, but finally on top so I’m over the moon.”
While the Safety Car timing benefitted Norris, the pace of his MCL38 was clear to see in the final stages as he stayed a decent distance ahead of Verstappen. Quizzed on whether he was feeling proud, Norris responded: “I am. The whole weekend’s been good, I’ve just had some little setbacks along the way.
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“I knew on Friday we had the pace, just a couple of mistakes here and there, but today we managed to put it together. We put the perfect strategy [together], it all paid off. Thanks to McLaren, everyone, and have to give a shout out to my mum and dad of course.”
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