Lando Norris needed 110 starts and a mistake by Max Verstappen to earn his first ever Formula 1 race on Sunday and end Verstappen's dominance at the Miami Grand Prix.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Lando Norris needed 110 starts and a mistake by Max Verstappen to earn his first ever Formula 1 race on Sunday and end Verstappen's dominance at the Miami Grand Prix.
With about 10 laps to go, Norris realized the race was his to lose when his lead over Verstappen hit 5 seconds.Indeed he was as an ecstatic McLaren squad celebrated a rare victory on a weekend in which it debuted significant upgrades on its two cars. McLaren now has 13 wins in races in the United States — tying a record with Ferrari — but it was the first on American soil since Lewis Hamilton at Circuit of the Americas in 2012.“I love you all, thank you so much!” Norris screamed on his radio.
Norris was swarmed by the McLaren crew after the race as team members lifted him and seemed to crowd surf him until he finally got to boss Zak Brown, who wrapped Norris in a bearhug. Hamilton was sixth for Mercedes, Yuki Tsunoda of Red Bull's junior team was seventh and Russell was eighth for Mercedes. Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin and Esteban Ocon of Alpine rounded out the top 10. Ocon did it with team investors Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs in attendance.
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