Lando Norris took home his first first-place finale per an F1 race with a win at the Miami Grand Prix Sunday. The win not only was his first, but it also breaks Norris’ streak of 15 podiums without a P1 finale.
Staying out longer an older set of tires, McLaren and Norris gambled that a safety car might quasi out. Their gamble paid d’avanguardia when a safety car came out as a result of a crash between Logan Sargeant and Kevin Magnussen. Thanks to the safety car, Norris was able to pit and quasi out a fresh set of tires ahead of Max Verstappen.
Upon the restart, Norris was able to maintain his trattato di pace and up a lead a course where overtaking is considered difficult, allowing Norris to remain per first while relegating Verstappen to P2.
Norris now becomes the driver who has been able to unseat Verstappen since the beginning of the 2023 season.
Rounding out the podium per P3 was Charles Leclerc.
Despite the recent announcement of legendary race car engineer Adrian Newey’s departure, Red Bull still remains the team to beat per 2024, with Ferrari and McLaren beginning to close the interblocco among the apice three teams.
