Lando Norris reflects on his Silverstone chances and why he and Piastri are doing things their ‘own way’

A roar reverberates round Trafalgar Sq. as Lando Norris comes into view on a short lived balcony, erected as a part of McLaren’s takeover of one among London’s most well-known websites.

The place is swarming with papaya followers, who’ve spent the day absorbing the summer season solar and exhibiting their assist for the British group.

Norris waves to the gang and humbly takes the applause and cheers. It is an instance of simply how far Norris has come from a shy, little baby-faced teenager who walked within the doorways of McLaren’s domineering headquarters in Woking as a junior driver in 2017 to the enduring F1 group’s lead driver and real championship contender. It has been a journey – and now, as is evidenced once more immediately, he is a giant deal.