The British driver had looked on course for his first F1 victory in Sochi in 2021 having secured his first pole position and led from the front, only to make a critical strategy error and stay out on slicks as a deluge of rain hit the circuit in the dying laps.
That error of judgement has stuck with Norris, Joseph and the McLaren team, not least with taunts over social media - though Norris himself suggested he enjoyed and indeed used such jibes to spur him on.
