LANDO NORRIS was so sure the Shanghai podium was out of reach that he bet against himself.
And now the Briton owes his McLaren race engineer some cash after his latest superb drive.
Max Verstappen predictably won the race but Norris was the star of the show in Formula One's first Chinese Grand Prix since 2019.
He got lucky with the timing of a safety car, which propelled him to second, but he showed great pace to hold off the other Red Bull Sergio Perez.
And he was more than 10 seconds clear of both Ferraris, who struggled for pace.
Later, Norris admitted he was stunned by how slow Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had been.
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