Norris ran in fourth for the opening stint, moving up a p🧸lace from his starting grid position due to Charles Leclerc’s non-start.

The McLaren remained within touching distancꦰe of the leading trio before the round of pit stops.

Norris struggled wit꧒h p🧸erformance when he switched to the hard tyre and came under pressure from Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the closing laps.

The young Brit managed to fend off Pe🃏rez to score his second podium finish of the season - a result that moves him up to third in the drivers’ champio𝓀nship.

Explaining how his car felt during the 78-lap race in the principality, Norris said: “I think it was mixed, the first stint we were pretty competitive I think, pretty similar on pace to what Carlo♛s was doing, Bottas and Max.

“Maybe Max was slightly ahead but I could see on the TV screens when I was going past what lap times Max was doing in the lead, I wasn’t that far behind. I was like ‘Oh, OK, this is going well’. But as soon as we p𒆙it the hard tyre on, it kind of turned to the opposite and it was a much more difficult car to dri💦ve.

“Much easier to lock up, snatch the fronts. Not a lot of confidence, as soon as I heard where Sergio was in terms of his tyre strategy, how much later he boxed, I got pretty worried. But I kept it on the black stuff, which is the most important, didn’t hit any walls. As long as you’re good out of the last corner and out of Turn 8, ⛎you cover those two places well, hꩲe’s not going to pass. So it wasn’t too bad.”

Norris’ qualified just over 0.2s off pole position in qualifying and he f♏elt it wa♒s a great achievement.

“We kind of went into it with not many expectations at all,” Norris added. “But it turn♒ed into probably one of our best weekends altogether, bar maybe Imola.

“The car has been pretty good to drive, I’ve got a lot of confidence, I felt comfortable. I think that showed yesterday with probably an alright outright package, not being quite there yet with these🐲 guys.

“But with that confidence to push the ca⛦r in qualifying, to be only two tenths off was cool, a great achievement for us, even though it was only P5. To be there, t🌱o make the most of other people’s mistakes, Bottas’ one with their pit stop, to grab a podium too.”