McLaren feared Lando Norris would be forced to retire due to a hydraulic issue in Sunday’s French Grand Prix after it left him "trying to survive" in the closing stages of the race. Norris spent much of the race running seventh behind McLaren teammate Carlos Sainz, only for a hydraulic issue to cause him to drop back in the final 20 laps as a number of linked problems emerged on his MCL34 car. Norris lost places on-track to Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Hulkenberg due to the issue, but was classified ninth after a post-race penalty dropped Ricciardo out of the points.  “The car was getting very difficult to drive, quite unpredictable,” Norris explained after...
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