F1, Lando Norris thanks Carlos Sainz

Lando Norris thanks Carlos Sainz

It was the third podium finish of the season for Lando Norris, who drove his McLaren to second place at the finish line of the Singapore Gp, equaling the places of honor earned in Great Britain and Hungary. If on those occasions, however, Norris came in behind Max Verstappen, this time he è instead placed behind the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.

And è it was precisely to his former teammate that, at David Coulthard’s microphones before the podium ceremony, Norris addressed a thank you on a … strategic level: "Carlos è was very generous – admitted the Briton -. He helped me by allowing me to maintain a useful gap to use the DRS, facilitating not only his race but also mine".

"The Mercedes had pace to overtake us,” Norris added, “but we managed to keep them behind and got a fantastic result, it was hard to do more. Russell's accident on the last lap? Actually; I also touched the barrier just before, but he è it was worse. I feel sorry for him, clearly, because heé struggled throughout the race and was perhaps the fastest of all today".

Todayè s ninth career podium for Norris, who has yet to win a race so far: in addition to the already mentioned British and Hungarian GP 2023, second place had come on one other occasion, the 2021 Italian Grand Prix won by Daniel Ricciardo.