
Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri finished second and third at Suzuka, to continue McLaren's impressive turnaround this season having started with a pair of scoreless races, but has since developed the MCL60 into what is more often than not the second-best car on the grid.
Although Norris finished 19 seconds off Verstappen in the race, team-mate Piastri was comfortably clear of fourth-placed Charles Leclerc at the chequered flag as he scored his first F1 podium.