From the driver's point of view, success at the highest level requires persistence, mental fortitude, and skill to ensure any opportunity -- no matter how slim -- is exploited.
From the team, it requires a constant search for marginal gains, an understanding when to stick or twist on a development path and the combined efforts of hundreds of people to turn that vision into reality.
Against opposition as strong as Max Verstappen and Red Bull, luck alone will only get you so far and will rarely be enough to come out on top.
The difference in performance between Red Bull and McLaren at the majority of races this season would likely have given Verstappen a shot at reclaiming the lead in the Miami scenario, but on this occasion Norris' McLaren was quick enough to pull a gap over the three-time champion.
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