1 week Ago By [email protected] (Daniel Moxon)
Max Verstappen left Lando Norris in stitches with a hilariously blunt comment after the Miami Grand Prix . Norris became a Formula 1 race winner for the very first time as he took victory in Florida. And it came at the expense of his friend Verstappen who failed to win for just the second time so far this season.
The Brit was helped to do so by the timing of a safety car period. It was called out when Logan Sargeant crashed, not long after Verstappen had pitted to yield the lead to Norris, who was yet to stop. That afforded the McLaren driver a cheap pit stop and meant he was still leading when the race resumed.
With fresh tyres and an upgraded car, he was able to pull away from the Red Bull and finally secure his first F1 win at the 110th attempt. Lando Norris is Britain's F1 history-maker with £80m contract and ex-football WAG girlfriend Max Verstappen shows true colours after Lando Norris upset win at Miami Grand Prix It is difficult to predict whether Norris would have had the pace to beat Verstappen had he not been able to take the lead with help from the safety car. When asked for his thoughts, the Dutchman directed the question to his rival.
"I don't know what the gap was, to be honest, before the safety car. How far were you behind me?" he asked Norris, who replied: "It would have been tough. I would have had to overtake two Ferraris, a Red Bull, Oscar [Piastri].
Oscar was doing a very good job, so hats off to him." And that was when Verstappen rather bluntly pointed.
