Max Verstappen may have forgotten what it was like to finish as the runner-up. Before last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, he hadn’t done so since the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, more than a year ago. He’d topped every meaningful session in Florida, converting sprint pole before setting the fastest time in Saturday’s qualifying too. But the threat of Lando Norris and McLaren loomed increasingly large in the race. Norris opted to run long on his medium tyres and lapped at a formidable pace. But for the safety car, he would likely have come out in the group of cars behind Verstappen, one that featur…
