Verstappen backs 'flying' Norris for MORE F1 wins - Miami top three verdict
Verstappen backs 'flying' Norris for MORE F1 wins - Miami top three verdict
An electric Miami Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen beaten on track for the first time in 2024, with Lando Norris consigning the reigning world champion to the second spot on the podium with a truly stunning drive.
The British driver took advantage of a cheap pitstop during a safety car to position himself just ahead of Verstappen, and simply drove away from the championship leader to the flag.
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The Brit held off Verstappen following the safety car restart, extending his lead to finish over seven seconds ahead of the Dutch driver.
McLaren dedicated their race win to their former sporting director Gil de Ferran, who passed away at the end of last year.
Here is what the top three had to say after the Miami Grand Prix...
Lando Norris
“Oh wow. About time huh? F***. Sorry! About time! What a race. It's been a long time coming. Finally I've managed to do it. I'm so happy for my whole team. I finally delivered for them. Long day, tough race. Finally on top, so I'm over the moon.
"The whole weekend has been good. I've had some little setbacks along the way but I knew on Friday we had the pace. Just a couple mistakes here and there. Today we managed to put it together. We did the perfect strategy and it all paid off."
"Thanks to McLaren, everyone. I'll give a shout out to my mum and dad of course."
On his message for McLaren, he added: "I'm just proud. A lot of people doubted me along the way. I've made a lot of mistakes over my last five years in my short career but today we put it altogether.
"This is all for the team. I stuck with McLaren because I could believe in them and do believe in them. Today we proved exactly that."
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Max Verstappen
"You win, you lose. I think we’re all used to that in racing, right? Today was just a bit tricky. I think already on the mediums, it didn’t feel fantastic. We were pulling away but not like it should be and once we made the pit stop and I heard the lap times the McLarens were doing, I was like, ‘wow, that’s pretty quick'.
"Once they switched onto the hard tyre, they just had more pace, and especially Lando, he was flying. It was incredibly difficult for us on that stint, but if a bad day is P2, I take it.
"I’m very happy for Lando. It’s been a long time coming and it’s not going to be his last one, so he definitely deserves it today. I mean understeer, oversteer, just very low grip on four wheels, and that’s something that we have to understand.
"They came with an upgrade. For sure it looks like it works, right? So we have a bit of work to do from our side. I think definitely it wasn’t our strongest weekend in terms of race pace, but we’ll analyse it all and we’ll try to come back stronger from it."
Charles Leclerc
"It was very tricky at the start. Checo was on my inside. I didn't get a very good start, as soon as I left, I had wheelspin. I saw Checo on the right but there was very little grip, so he locked up.
"I thought we would all crash but unfortunately for everybody we all got out of the first corner. Then it was all about trying to focus on ourselves. But today, again, we were missing a little bit of pace.
"We did our best but the timing of the safety car wasn't great for us and we had the oldest tyres. But we managed everything quite well and P3 was the best we could do and we are satisfied with that."
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22 - 24 Mar
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- Oliver Bearman
- Charles Leclerc
- Carlos Sainz
- Lando Norris
- Oscar Piastri
- Pierre Gasly
- Esteban Ocon
- Sergio Pérez
- Max Verstappen
- Alexander Albon
- Logan Sargeant
- Lewis Hamilton
- George Russell
- Nico Hülkenberg
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- Fernando Alonso
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- Daniel Ricciardo
- Yuki Tsunoda
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- Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Australia 2024
- MSC Cruises Grand Prix of Japan 2024
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- Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2024
- Grand Prix of Monaco 2024
- AWS Grand Prix du Canada 2024
- Gran Premio de España 2024
- Grand Prix of Austria 2024
- Grand Prix of Great Britain 2024
- Grand Prix of Hungary 2024
- Grand Prix of Belgium 2024
- Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Italy 2024
- Grand Prix of Azerbaijan 2024
- Grand Prix of Singapore 2024
- Grand Prix of the United States 2024
- Gran Premio de la Ciudad de Mexico 2024
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