He spoke to Sky Sports F1 after the podium celebrations, and was quick to cast his mind back to the last time he thought he was coaching Norris to victory.
“It feels a long time coming, especially after Russia but no, it feels good,” Joseph said, referencing the Sochi 2021 race when Norris was leading and heading for victory until a late rain shower turned the race on its head.
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“[Sochi] haunts me everyday, it haunts me in my sleep! I feel like we can put that behind us now, I mean what a fantastic race! We discussed after qualifying the decisions we had made and we weren’t so sure, I think I’ll go back to him and say maybe they were the right ones!”
It might have been an up and down weekend for Norris on paper, two disappointing qualifying performances and a DNF in the Sprint countered by his belief that his heavily upgraded McLaren had plenty of latent pace.
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