Lando Norris says he 'stayed calm' while battling his way from the back to finish fifth place at the Mexico City GP
Lando Norris stormed through the field in the second half of the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday to claim fifth place from 17th on the grid. Although Norris wasn't able to add to his four consecutive podiums, he produced a stunning drive and made some great moves following the red flag for Kevin Magnussen's crash at the halfway point of the race.
'I then had to avoid some incidents and back out down the straight, which could have gone a lot worse. After that, I just stayed calm and got the tyres into a good window and went from there. 'It was enjoyable, I didn't think I would get back to P5, so encouraging pace from the car. The pace was very strong. I was a long way out of position. Boxing onto the hard and undercutting seven or eight cars was a nice thing.
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