Lando Norris opened the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend by declaring that McLaren wouldn’t be very competitive.

As has often been the case this year, the exact opposite of his pessimistic forecast appears to be coming true.

To be fair to Norris, on paper this track shouldn’t suit the MCL60. It’s mostly slow, fiddly corners of the kind the car hates, even after its massive round of mid-year upgrades. The low-grip conditions are also generally not McLaren territory, nor are the long straights.