Lando Norris plays down his losing battle with the Red Bull driver: “Nobody in F1 could have recovered from a deficit like the one I had.”

It was only in Miami, where Norris took the first win of his Formula 1 career, that anything amounting to a “title fight” kicked off. His McLaren team had brought a comprehensive slate of upgrades to the Miami International Autodrome, and they worked much better than anyone had anticipated.

The dust is still settling on last weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix, where Mercedes surprised everyone by claiming a one-two finish. George Russell took the chequered flag while Lewis Hamilton made up nine places to finish second and join the podium celebrations.