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But Norris regained the lead until he opted to stay out for a couple more laps as the drivers swapped onto the slicks and that too cost him the top spot with Verstappen able to move past the McLaren after the pit exit.
And with Norris’ McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri claiming that “our pace and times on the intermediates in [F]P2 looked solid”.
alongside a couple of near-misses in the Sprint that would have elevated them into the points paying positions.
Brown had to wait a few years before the team under his leadership recorded their first win with Daniel Ricciardo P1 at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.
Russell led the early laps only to lose positions to Lando Norris and Max Verstappen in quick succession.