Finally then, the grand spectacle in the sunshine which is how the Miami Grand Prix sells its high-end ­extravaganza of excess and expense delivered on the hype, as did the star of the show as Britain’s Lando Norris scored his first Formula One win, Ednews reports.

It has been a long time coming but Norris deserved it and ­delivered definitive notice that given the machinery he is more than capable of putting the world champion, Max Verstappen, to the sword.

This was the Super Bowl-esque event in a destination city which ­Formula One’s owners crave and for the spectators dancing and ­drinking with abandon in the noisy fan zones it met the criteria. Norris was ­exceptional, he took some good fortune from the timing of a safety car but then had to deliver for 24 laps with flawless precision, as the triple world champion Verstappen loomed in his mirrors.

Norris not only held his nerve but demonstrated, as he has made clear in the past, he has no fear of­ taking on Verstappen as long he is in a straight head to head fight. This was the moment and Norris had to deliver through perhaps the most intense, pressurised, 24 laps of his life.

It has been some time coming, the debut win for the 24-year-old from Glastonbury was taken at his 110th grand prix after he made his debut at the Australian GP in 2019. He has claimed eight second places and might have had a win in Russia in 2021 only to be unlucky with late rain but he has repeatedly demonstrated the skill and verve to compete with the best at the very front.