Monaco mastery is a boyhood dream come true for Norris

MONACO : Lando Norris said winning Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix was a dream come true and one he looked forward to retelling for decades to come.

The McLaren driver set up his first victory in the Mediterranean principality by securing pole position on Saturday and then making no mistakes on a sunny Sunday devoid of overtaking.

"This is what I dream of. This is what I did dream of when I was a kid," he told former winner and 2009 world champion Jenson Button after clambering from the cockpit in front of the cheering crowd.

"So, I achieved one of my dreams. I think it was you - I saw you in front of my car before the start and I was like 'if JB is here now, then I'll always take that. It's my good luck charm'."

Echoing Button's 2009 exclamation of joy, Norris shouted 'Monaco, baby. Yeah, baby' over the team radio on taking the chequered flag.

Unlike Button that year, he parked his car in the correct spot and did not have to then run down the pit straight to collect his trophy.

Asked later about the view from one of the sport's most famed podiums, Norris joked: "Well, all I saw was camera lenses. So, I can dream of better."

More seriously, he said it was the feelings inside that mattered - seeing the chequered flag and then the celebrating team, and his parents looking up.

"There are many things that I think everyone dreams of - it’s getting to Formula One, winning a race in Formula One, and winning a race in Monaco. And we achieved it today," he said.

"I think the best bit is that my (future) kids one day will be able to tell everyone that I won in Monaco. That’s probably the thing I’m most proud about.

"It’s definitely just the saying more than anything but also the meaning, the history, the people that have won here in the