McLaren’s Lando Norris in a class of his own at Singapore Grand Prix

Payback comes in many forms, sometimes helpful, sometimes as retribution. For Lando Norris, it came in the most benign form as McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri played his own early role in helping him to his third victory of the year.

Norris was dizzy enough afterwards to welcome water poured over his head by thoughtful interviewer David Coulthard, but still compos mentis after a traditionally brutal race to savour bringing Max Verstappen’s world championship lead down to 52 points, and McLaren’s advantage over Red Bull up to 41 in the constructors’ race.