Although Max damaged his own floor with an unscheduled car/bollard spatial incompatibility incident and was reckoned to be losing a quarter second a lap on one particular corner alone, so it could be reasonably argued Norris would not have stayed ahead but for that - the numbers don't lie.
I'm a fan of Norris and do declare it a well deserved win, but for all that he only did it through circumstance and a rare error by Max so its perhaps a bit early for McLaren to get too excited.
But you've got to be in it to win it and keeping your nose clean and staying up there in the hope that circumstance, fate or error on the part of Max deals them a good hand, which it did and Norris deservedly swoop3d in where lesser drivers feared to tread.
Nevertheles, my mind cant help but apply some perspedtive. Norris is capable, but McLaren have a way to go yet before they can provide him a car that will compete on genuinely level terms. Max is ruthless and he won't drop that clanger twice, and the next race will see,the status quo restored and for all Zak's tough talk the order won't change.
Indeed, I'm concerned that Zak is on the verge of becoming another Tito. Just as McLaren are starting to get their crosshairs close on target he's starting to waste time and mental bandwidth firing shots at Red Bull, and to a lesser extent Christ I'm Horny himself, in the media. It doesn't work, I really believe they don't give a sheet what anyone thinks, and every time Zak opens his mouth he's wasting seconds that could be invested in his own team. If he wants to emulate Red Bull's success (and who wouldn't love to see McLaren back on top?) he needs to emulate their methods and habits (although not the habit about perving at female employees) if he wants to emulate their success. Psych games clearly don't work on them, so why waste the effort trying? At best it achieves nothing, at worst it makes Zak look like an insecure personality and serves a distraction from the real business of racing.
