Lando Norris has now added his name to the list of Formula 1 race winners – after a fantastic 2024 Miami Grand Prix which played right into the teams hands.
Overall, we could see that it was a strong weekend for the McLaren driver, with the team bringing 10 updates to the car for this weekend.
Despite Norris being knocked out during the sprint race on Saturday, he still felt great on race day saying it was a “day of opportunities”.
Bringing home the chequered flag for the 2024 Miami Grand Prix and remaining ahead of his rival, Red Bull Racing, Max Verstappen.
2024 Miami Grand Prix – Key Points
During the early parts of the race, Norris was in P6 with his team-mate, Oscar Piastri looking to take P2 by running a strong stint.
With a Safety Car making an appearance during the mid-point of the race, the McLaren team brought in Norris, changed tyres and as Norris emerged from the pits, he took the lead with a great pit-stop from the team.
Max Verstappen and the Red Bull Racing team fell back into P2 and Lando Norris maintained the lead, behind the Safety Car – keeping the gap even when the race resumed.
Building a good lead, the driver kept his cool and maintained the distance between himself and his rival in P2.
No other stops took place for the race leader and McLaren albeit nervous, also kept their cool – just referencing to Oscar Piastri to stay calm as they didn’t want another Safety Car during his battles.
Bringing the race home for the team, Lando Norris won the 2024 Miami Grand Prix!
Max Verstappen came in at P2 with a healthy gap between the two drivers.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) came in at P3 and even though he looked stronger during the weekend, it was still a great result for the team.
Carlos Sainz came in further back following a clash with Piastri.
Sergio Perez, the team-mate of Max Verstappen came in at P5 with Lewis Hamilton in P6 and George Russell in P8.
A great race result for Yuki Tsunoda who came in at P7 with the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso in P9.
Esteban Ocon came in at P10 for the Alpine team.
In the next few articles, we will be bringing you driver interviews and much more following on from the Miami Grand Prix!
The Formula 1 Girl 🙂
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