McLaren “not miles away” from Verstappen after F1 Japanese GP double podium

Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri finished second and third at Suzuka as McLaren scored its first double podium of the season.

McLaren started the season with a pair of scoreless races but has since developed the MCL60 into what is more often than not the second-best car on the grid, behind only Red Bull’s constructors’ championship-winning RB19.

Although Norris finished 19 seconds off Verstappen in the race, team-mate Piastri was comfortably…