Lando Norris wasted no time placing a disastrous 2026 Canadian Grand Prix behind him, jetting off to satisfy up with former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo and IndyCar Collection driver Conor Daly following the Indianapolis 500.
Whereas the McLaren driver endured a depressing afternoon on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ricciardo was absorbing the environment of the Indy 500 alongside Daly.
For Norris, the post-race catch-up provided a distraction from a painful outing in Canada. After the Woking outfit opted to begin the race on intermediate tyres, he had a unbelievable begin, leaping from third to first, and even prolonged his result in round two seconds by the top of the opening lap.
However when the rain by no means got here, the tyre alternative in a short time proved to be the unsuitable one, inflicting the Briton to plummet down the order earlier than in the end retiring on account of a reliability difficulty.
In the meantime, roughly 800 miles away on the Brickyard, Ricciardo was experiencing his first Indy 500 as a fan.
Followers have been fast to react to the reunion as Daly shared a photograph on his Instagram Tales. “He wanted a boys evening out after that race,” one fan commented on Reddit, whereas one other added: “I like that Lando and Daniel ended up changing into such good mates. Regardless of every part Daniel went by way of at McLaren, you possibly can see on the time that by the top of their two years there, collectively they cast a real bond.”
“Lando for the triple crown!” one other hopeful fan posted.
“For those who ignore the no good, very unhealthy race, he certain looks as if he is having quite a lot of enjoyable at this time!” another person commented, and one other responded: “Contemplating Daniel is aware of the pains of McLaren’s pitwall first-hand, not unhealthy firm to be in to recover from a troublesome race lol.”
Norris at present sits fifth within the drivers’ standings with 58 factors.
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