“At that point we’ve conceded the race on pace. He touched the wall for the first time and then touched it for the second time, but obviously got away with it.
“I actually think Max drove a very strong race today and that was what we had, which when you consider where we were a couple of weeks ago, I think we have made some real progress. Obviously we’ve got a lot of work to do before Austin.”
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Horner offered his congratulations to Norris and McLaren for their success in Singapore, adding: “They had a very strong car this weekend and particularly on the first stint they were very quick.
“I think on the hard tyre we looked in better shape, but of course the gap is way too big by then, at a track that anyway it’s very hard to overtake [on].
“I think if you roll back the clock to Friday, on Friday night I think if you’d have said we’ll qualify on the front row and take second place, a significant amount ahead of the rest of the field, I think we’d have certainly taken that.
