Lando Norris is leading the Formula 1 drivers’ championship for the first time in his career after his victory in Australia – but given he has now made a trio of mistakes in China it seems as though this new pressure is something he is yet to come to terms with.
McLaren clearly has the fastest car this season, as proved by Oscar Piastri taking his first-ever grand prix pole for Sunday’s race in Shanghai, where the Australian will be joined on the front row of the grid by the Merecedes of George Russell.
