Lando Norris needed 110 starts and a mistake by Max Verstappen to earn his first ever Formula 1 race and end Verstappen’s dominance at the Miami Grand Prix. Verstappen started from the pole and was out front when he hit a chicane and knocked a cone out of place on the circuit.
McLaren driver Lando Norris , of Britain, steers his car during the Miami Formula One Grand Prix auto race Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain is shown before the start of the Formula One Miami Grand Prix auto race at the Miami International Autodrome, Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla.
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.Logan Sargeant is the only American driver in F1.
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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