Remember the 2021 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi where Lando Norris threw away his first Formula 1 win with appalling judgement in the rain?
If you do, that memory is distorted, because what happened that day certainly exposed a McLaren weakness, but what Norris did is actually an example of his skill in the wet.
That race came to mind when Norris won the wet-dry-wet Brazilian GP from pole position to remind everyone of how accomplished he is in such conditions. There was a little fortune on his side, such as George Russell hitting traffic in the form of Alex Albon on his final Q3 lap and early leader Kimi Antonelli's struggles in the race, but it was a reminder of Norris's finesse and adaptability in such conditions.
He wasn't always the fastest on track, but at times he was and he was always thereabouts. It's from the same genre as his Sochi drive where, while leading when the rain came, he was finding the grip to lap quickly enough to win that race in the most difficult of conditions - and likely would have done so but for that second bank of rain.
To that, you can add any number of wet successes.
He has four wins in rain-affected grands prix (Zandvoort this year is counted because the track was damp in patches at the start, but it's an extreme edge case), plus plenty of other notable performances such as his China sprint and Brazilian Grand Prix poles in 2024, a stunning charge stymied by safety-car timing in mixed conditions in Canada two years ago, and even his Las Vegas pole a year ago where he was so fast over most of the lap that he took pole position even with a massively costly slide late on.
"When Lando operates at his best, he's definitely one of the best drivers on the grid," said McLaren team principal Stella after Norris's Interlagos win. "When you have mixed variable conditions, he is one of the fastest in finding the limit.
"You have seen this [at Interlagos] as well. When the track was in the middle between dry and wet was when he was probably gaining most on anybody else.
"He's very sensitive in understanding how much grip is available. Very, I would say, even complete as a driver from a technical point of view in terms of understanding how to deploy his tools to use the grip that is available, or to adapt to the balance of the car."
Yes, Stella is his team boss so of course he's going to talk Norris up, but the evidence on track over the past eight seasons in F1 strengthens his position.
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Norris is somehow still underestimated by many as a driver despite being a world champion now with 14 wins under his belt. And while he might not be as relentlessly brilliant as Max Verstappen, he can be every bit as accomplished when it comes to the pure driving side. The wet is an opportunity to show that.
Of course, he doesn't have an unblemished record in the wet. Even if Sochi should be discounted for the misconceptions, critics could point to Spa in 2021, when he dominated Q1 and Q2 then shunted heavily at Eau Rouge in Q3 in horrendous conditions, or the 2024 Brazilian GP when he had a nightmare race in the wet from pole. There, Stella pointed out that the brake-locking problem that day was more car trait than a driver problem.
There will surely be more great wet performances from Norris. And while Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are most commonly held up as today's great 'regenmeisters', Sunday was a reminder that Norris is always a threat in such conditions.
