Norris made a storming sta꧒rt from sixth on the grid, quickly moving up to second after a chaotic opening lap.

Soon after the race resumed following t🧜he red flag stoppage, Norris was able to pressure Verstappen for the race lead.

The McLaren driver looked to pass Verstappen into Turn 1 and then on the subsequent DRS straight b🐷ut couldn't get through.

It was ultimately Norris’ only chance to pass🉐 the Red Bull driver as he dropped to ove🙈r two seconds behind in the subsequent laps.

Reflecting on the battle with Verstappen▨, he said: “I got a very good start, the opposite of yesterday. That saved me. I don’t know what happened to Charles, I saw he had an issue. It would have good to race everyone, but at the same time the less people I can race, the better!

“To start well and get into P2, I was like: ‘Ooh! We can have a tasty one here, with Max!’🧸 I tried. It was my first opportunity. I had one, and couldn’t make it count.

“We’re positive to be up t꧟here, fighting in these positions. A big gap to everyone behind us. It feels good in the car. It’s a bi❀t lonely, a race like this! You are still smiling the whole way, still pushing.”

It was Norris’ sixth second-place of F1 2023 as he moved ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz in the championship.

Norris conceded McLaren’s impressi๊ve pace is surprising the whol﷽e team given that they expected to struggle in Mexico and Brazil.

“I’m very happy with the whole weekend,” he added. “The pace has been very strong. Again coming into a 𒁃race weekend, we weren’t expecting to be performing at this lev🔥el. It’s a very good surprise for all of us.

“Here and Mexico, we said these are the two tracks where we will struggle. We’ve come out of them a lot better than expected. It’s a big positive for the whole team and for my🍬se🐼lf to know this.

“It doesn’t ꦛseem like there are any 🌸bad tracks for us, at the moment. Vegas is always unknown for everyone. It was close to a perfect weekend - not quite but as close as it gets.”