Norris’ Mexico F1 strategy “a mistake” relative to McLaren team-mate Ricciardo

The Australian went from medium to soft tyres and had sufficient pace to not only charge up to seventh place, but also negate a 10 second penalty for contact with Yuki Tsunoda.

In contrast Norris, who stopped earlier, joined several others in going from the medium to the hard, only to find it was lacking performance.

He eventually finished ninth, some 16.5 seconds behind Ricciardo on the road, having been three places ahead of him early on.

The Englishman’s race…