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Norris scoops maiden podium despite fears he'd 'fudged it up'

Lando Norris pulled off an amazing smash-and-grab raid on the Austrian GP podium on Sunday, snatching third place from Lewis Hamilton in the final minutes of the 2020 season opener. It means that the 20-year-old has started his second season in Formula 1 with his first ever podium place in the championship. It makes him the third youngest driver ever to stand on the F1 podium. The triumph came out of the blue, after he and his McLaren team mate Carlos Sainz struggled for pace early in the race, and Norris lost positions to Hamilton and Alexander Albon. But after the third safety car of the afternoon, Norris found himself in ideal position to pull off a banzai lap on Racing Point's Sergio...
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