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Lando Norris has broken new ground in his debut Formula One season.

The 19-year-old has won his first points of the campaign by finishing 6th at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The former Millfield School pupil, whose family live in Glastonbury, moved up from 9th on the grid on Sunday for a solid result which puts him 7th in the standings after two races.

The McLaren driver said: "I’m really happy and pleased to have scored my first points but also for McLaren after all of the team’s hard work over the Winter.

"I had a good start: a good launch, good pull-away but then some wheel-spin. I was blocked going into turn one, then was on the outside of another car and we touched. I went off and through the gravel, losing quite a few places.



“The pace after that was really strong. I caught up pretty quickly. I struggled a bit in the DRS train that formed but as soon as someone lost DRS, I could get them.

"I maybe struggled a little in the final stint but managed to stay ahead of Kimi (Raikkonen). From my side, P6 is a really good job."

Mercedes delivered a one-two with world champion Lewis Hamilton winning and Valtteri Bottas second. Charle Leclerc completed the podium.

The next race is the Chinese Grand Prix on April 14.