SMILES BETTER

Norris streets ahead to leave Max in his dust

- DANIEL MOXON

FOR one evening, it felt like 2023 again with one car miles up the road from everyone else.

Except this time, the Red Bull of Max Verstappen was the one doing the chasing. Entirely in vain.

This was Lando Norris at his imperious best, producing the most dominant performance of his F1 career.

The Brit's struggles off the line are well documented but there were no issues here as he defended the lead into the first corner from pole position with ease.

And, from there, it looked like he was driving in an entirely different category from everyone else.

That McLaren machine, even after the FIA asked the team to change its rear wing design, was streets ahead of every other on the roads of Singapore.