McLaren’s Lando Norris celebrated the second podium of his Method One profession on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday, with workforce boss Andreas Seidl in little doubt that the teenager had raised his sport.

Instructed he had been voted driver of the day by followers, the 21-year-old Briton nonetheless feigned shock.

“They did? I did not suppose I had any followers. However thanks very a lot,” he stated.

Norris has loads of assist, with 2.8 million followers on Instagram and 981,000 on Twitter and massive audiences for his on-line gaming actions.

Staff boss Andreas Seidl stated the driving force, now in his third full season in Method One and up towards skilled Australian Daniel Ricciardo as his new workforce mate, had moved as much as one other degree.

“Lando is flying in the meanwhile, he is undoubtedly made the subsequent step as a driver additionally,” Seidl informed Sky Sports activities tv after the second race of the yr at Italy’s Imola circuit.

“Already in Bahrain (the season-opener) you possibly can see that he undoubtedly made the subsequent step, as an individual. He digested final season together with his engineering workforce in the fitting manner.

“It is regular additionally that these younger guys make steps, within the first years they need to make it or they’ll by no means make it to the highest nevertheless it’s simply nice how he is pulling it off,” added Seidl.

“He has the arrogance to place the laps in and what he did right this moment was nice.”

Norris had crushed himself up on Saturday after a marginal slip in qualifying meant his quickest lap was deleted, a time that may have been ok for third on the grid.

As an alternative he began seventh however made positive he received that third place in the long run, working second till his tyres wore down and seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton handed him with two laps to go.

Max Verstappen gained the race for Purple Bull.

“It is good to be preventing these guys. It is good to be there on advantage and there on pure tempo, and hopefully we are able to have some extra sooner or later,” stated Norris, who in Austria final July grew to become the youngest British driver to face on the rostrum.

“I believe aside from Q3 (the ultimate section of qualifying) it was a fairly good weekend.”