Daniel Ricciardo's victory in Monza notwithstanding, McLaren's cutting edge this season has been Lando Norris, who arrives in Istanbul fresh from the heartbreak of Sochi and the loss of what had been shaping up into his first grand prix victory, having already set his first career pole position the day before. Norris has arguably added himself to an exclusive list of drivers whose personal performance has significantly lifted the position of their teams. It can be said with a certain degree of confidence, for example, that the McLaren should not have been within half-a-tenth of the Red Bull in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix, challenging Max Verstappen for pole there. Yet, that's...
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