Lando Norris’s commanding win on the Mexico Grand Prix allowed him to safe the lead within the drivers’ championship. Heading into the ultimate 4 race weekends of the season, the Briton now leads the standings over his team-mate Oscar Piastri by one level.
The McLaren driver dominated the race on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez by changing his pole place right into a win with a spot of greater than 30 seconds over Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.
“Yeah, stunning weekend, effectively finished everybody. Unimaginable outcome, fantastic automotive,” Norris mentioned to his race engineer Will Joseph in the course of the cooldown lap. “Thanks for the onerous work, stick with it, we have to stick with it.”
Regardless of the robust efficiency, Norris was met with booing crowds in the course of the post-race interviews.
“I find it irresistible. What a race. I might simply maintain my eyes centered and ahead and concentrate on what I used to be doing,” he mentioned after the race.
“A reasonably simple race for me, which is simply what I used to be after. An excellent begin, an excellent launch, an excellent first lap and I might go from there.
“I bought a significantly better launch than the blokes round. It is my first win in Mexico and an attractive one to get.”
Lando Norris, McLaren
Picture by: Andy Hone/ LAT Photos by way of Getty Photos
Responding to the boos and taking the lead within the championship, the McLaren driver added: “It is one weekend at a time. I am glad, I am centered on myself. I maintain my head down, I ignore all of this, maintain to myself. It is working on the minute, so I am glad.”
Reacting to the second, Sky Sports activities F1 analyst and former Components 1 driver Karun Chandhok claimed Norris must be applauded after an “excellent job”.
“I hate booing. Each time it occurs, I hate it. When folks booed Max at sure races.. It is simply mistaken. Lando did an impressive job and that must be applauded.”
Following Norris and Leclerc was four-time champion Max Verstappen in third, Haas’s Oliver Bearman in fourth and Piastri in fifth.
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