Flying back across the Atlantic this morning, Lando Norris will be extremely satisfied with his fortnight’s work. How could he not be? If you’d offered him 43 out of 58 possible points before the two races in Austin and Mexico City, he’d have bitten your hand off. Add the cherry on top of a one-point championship lead, and the Briton would scarcely have believed the turn of events that has unfolded. And it turns out, the punters tend not to like a winner.
Mexico City this past weekend was Norris’s best weekend in Formula One, if not his most popular. The 25-year-old, having not tasted victory since Hungary before the summer break, has been criticised for crumbling at the back end of qualifying this season. Yet amid scorching temperatures at a circuit located 2,240 metres above sea level, Norris executed a near-perfect lap.
