Norris first started watching F1, he said, when Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were driving silver McLarens at Silverstone in 2007. He recalled that, as well as Hamilton's brilliant victory in the wet in 2008.

Another McLaren one-two in the UK. For the German it is the first podium in the top category after racing 239 GPs. Fourth place for Hamilton (Ferrari), while worse than Leclerc was only Tsunoda

Lando Norris won a partially wet and turbulent British home Grand Prix on Sunday, but German veteran Nico Hülkenberg somewhat stole the show with a first career podium in third in his 239th career race and from 19th on the grid.