Lando Norris was left ‘speechless’ by his dramatic r༺un to a maiden F1 podium in the 2020 Austrian Gran♋d Prix capped off by an incredible fastest lap on the final revolution that secured his unexpected third place finish.

A stellar performance by the Briton at t♏he start of his second F1 season with McLaren Racing, Norris had already qualified a career-best fourth but would start third as a 🐻result of Lewis Hamilton’s grid penalty.

A good getaway lifted him to second briefly before a troubled opening few laps saw him slip back to run in fifthꦕ position.

However, after McLaren pitted him for fresh rubbe🌳r during the late safety car period, Norris was well placed again in a chaotic final laps despite losing his rhythm when Charles Leclerc powered past, almost opening the door for team-mate Carlos Sainz to follow through.

Nonetheless, Norris got his head down to first dispatch of Perez with a robust pass into Turn 3 for fourth beꦺfore getting the hammer down in the ꧟last laps knowing Hamilton up the road had a five-second penalty looming over him.

Remarkably, Norris would save his best for last, setting the fastest lap of the race – earning him an extra two♕ points in the process - to haul himself back to within five seconds of the Mercedes ahead, lifting him to third and demoting his countryman to fourth.

“I am speechless,” he said. “There was a few points in the race where I thought I fudged it up quite a bit. I was down to fifth with a couple of laps to go and Carlos almost got past me, but I didn’t give up and I managed to ge💫t back past Perez to end up on the podium!

“It was a long race but I kept going, giving it my ♔all, a pretty cool last few laps having to push as much as I could and now I am bit out of breath!”

A superb resꦦult for Norris to record only McLaren’s second podium in six years, Norris was proud to keep his head ꦺin chaotic surroundings.

“I am so happy, I am so proud of the team, considering where we were a few years ago, it is a pretty good achievement⭕ so I am🌌 proud to be a part of it all.

“The last few laps, when I goꦓt past Checo I knew he had a five second penalty but nothing more than th꧋at and I always seemed to struggle when I was close to the cars ahead, I was more vulnerable to cars behind.

“So I knew I had to get past him and then the Lewis penalty came up so I had to turn it up and start pushing, but it is about rhythm here and I was locking up. “It was going🦹 downhill quickly but I recovered well and I am here.”