1:33 A quick look back at the best bits from the Belgian GP as Charles Leclerc took the chequered flag ahead of Lewis Hamilton
Norris was well placed for his best result in Formula One, beating sixth-placed finishes in Bahrain and Austria, and the 10 points in finishing fifth would have moved him up to eighth position in the drivers’ standings.
But McLaren will head to Monza off the back of collecting no points in Belgium after Carlos Sainz’s early retirement.
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Norris overtook six cars on Turn 1 as he reaped the rewards from work on his opening-lap approach over the summer break.
“I feel I did my homework, and it paid off. It led on to a very good race, but it was a bit lonely in the middle. I was just watching the big screens! I was watching TV while driving to see what was going on.
“There is a lot of positives. Although it was a plain sailing race for us, we still had to do the pit stops and still had to manage things, manage fuel and so on.
2:39 Sky F1's Karun Chandhok is at the Skypad to analyse all the action including the race start from Spa
“I was getting a bit nervous when the Racing Points were just behind as they’ve had good pace all weekend. I expected to see my gap to him come down, but it was getting bigger.
“We just need to focus on why we were really bad on Friday in P1 and P2 and the changes we made, we need to look at how we transformed it in such a big way.
“We need to sit down, do our homework, and think how we can come back stronger at Monza, which is going to another tough track for us.”
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