Lando Norris

Verstappen joked back that Norris should claim it's 'all the driver' and had the 'worst car'. As the joke continued, Norris then claimed McLaren were the 'ninth ...

Russell secured fourth in yesterday’s race which ensured the Mercedes rookie is the only driver on the grid to have four top-five finishes this season. He added: "I’m relatively pleased to maximise the points available this weekend. All the driver!

McLaren had reasons to celebrate after Lando Norris' podium finish at Imola but the actions of the team when the driver crossed the line have been branded ...

"Things you love to see but this is sooo sketchy. There has not been a death from a Formula One event since Jules Bianchi's passing in July 2015, which came due to injuries sustained nine months earlier following a crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix - the first driver death since Ayrton Senna in 1994. Norris enjoyed a fine race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, coming in third to secure back-to-back podium finishes for McLaren at Imola and providing a boost to the team after what has been a relatively slow start to the season.

Lando Norris earned his second consecutive third place result at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as Daniel Ricciardo struggled to recover from a first lap ...

As the track dried up, Ricciardo was first to the pits to put on slicks on lap sixteen with the rest of the field following soon after. At Turn 1, I thought I got hit but it was actually me getting on the kerb. Great work by the team at track and back at the factory, great pit stops and a great result. Having lined up in sixth, his competitive starting position was spoiled when a lap one racing incident with Carlos Sainz Jr sent both drivers into the gravel. It’s been a tricky weekend, but the team recovered well to put me in a good position for today’s race.” It was the misfortune of Charles Leclerc ahead, who spun-off on lap fifty-three, that allowed Norris to move up a position and take third.

In the wake of his podium finish, Lando Norris joked about other drivers comparing their performances to their car.

“It changes every weekend,” Norris said. “You should say it’s all the driver, mate! Instead he joked that if he wanted to be like George Russell, he should say he had the seventh fastest car.

Lando Norris has praised the turnaround of McLaren after taking his first podium of the season at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

"A mixture of this and tricky conditions this weekend so we have been able to capitalise on that as well. On where the form came from, Norris explained: "The boring answer is just hard work. "The team deserve it.

McLaren's Lando Norris said he was shocked to be back on the Formula One podium after his team had seemed so far off the pace at last month's season-opener ...

"One ended up in the wall and one ended up in the gravel... The car was good, and I had good confidence and that's all I needed," said Norris. "You should say it’s all the driver, mate.