How Norris shrugged off two touches with the wall to dominate in Singapore

The margin of Lando Norris' success on the streets of Singapore would lead to the conclusion the McLaren driver had everything easy behind the wheel. But two touches with the wall that could have ended in disaster showed it was anything but a relaxed Sunday drive

“No way!” When the highlights clips started to air in the cooldown room, Max Verstappen was amazed at Lando Norris’s luck in avoiding damage with a Turn 14 lock-up that resulted in the slightest contact with the barrier.

His surprise was accompanied by Norris and Oscar Piastri making the customary noise associated with watching someone navigate a tiny multi-storey car park in an SUV, as the Singapore Grand Prix race winner relived a squeaky-bum moment that yielded nothing more than barely cosmetic front wing damage.

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Jake Boxall-Legge Autosport’s Technical Editor. Having studied Automotive Engineering with Motorsport at the University of Hertfordshire, West Country-born Jake's original ambition was to design racing cars. During a year between studies in which he accidentally rekindled a love of writing, he took up a Master's in Motorsport Engineering at Oxford Brookes. Halfway through his master's year, he was offered a place on the Autosport Academy, conducting occasional freelance duties before becoming the press officer for Formula 2 and GP3 in 2018. Autosport offered him a return to the fold later that year to serve as its Technical Editor. His voice appears on a number of videos and podcasts, and can often be found writing about terrible Formula 1 cars in excruciating detail. In his spare time, Jake enjoys baking and blames his failure to make it past the Great British Bake-Off interviews on his tenuous grasp on choux pastry. His dream is to open a brunch cafe - and his willingness to make outrageous puns in inappropriate situations has earned him the contempt of his colleagues.