Such was the dominance of the top three teams in this first year of brand-new technical regulations that only once a driver from another team managed to get to the podium in the course of the season, that driver was Lando Norris, whose third place in Imola was just rewards for the excellent championship he had. Once again whenever there was a bit of a wet track, Norris was capable of punching above his weight and, on top of that, he managed to put the McLaren MCL36 in the second row of the grid in no less than three occasions, another proof of his tremendous speed.

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