Listen to this article After a poor start to the 2022 season where McLaren was well off the pace at the season opener in Bahrain, the Woking-based team has staged an impressive recovery to haul itself closer the front. At an Imola track where he also finished third last year, Norris qualified third in the rain-hit Q3 session on Friday. Although he dropped down to fifth in the sprint, a consistent drive on Sunday netted him his first podium finish of the campaign behind the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Norris had run fourth in the closing stages when Charles Leclerc’s spin at Variante Alta forced the Ferrari to the pits for a new front wing. Norris said that to have netted a podium after outqualifying Perez and Leclerc’s teammate Carlos Sain …