Formel 1 Grand Prix in Miami
“Norris has proven that he can outdo Verstappen”
Status: 06.05.2024 | Reading time: 3 minutes
Lando Norris wins a Grand Prix for the first time in Miami
Surprise in the USA: Lando Norris wins the first Formula 1 race victory in his career. In Miami, the McLaren driver triumphed ahead of world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. Nico Hülkenberg in the Haas came in eleventh.
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Formula 1 has a new race winner: Lando Norris wins a Grand Prix for the first time in Miami. The McLaren driver sees himself rewarded for his patience. Did Donald Trump also have a hand in it? The press reviews.
For Lando Norris, his first victory in Formula 1 was long overdue. “It was about time. It’s been hinting at it for a long time, I’ve finally done it,” said the McLaren driver after his success at the Grand Prix in Miami. With a bit of racing luck, the 24-year-old defeated three-time world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull and crossed the finish line first for the first time in the 110th Formula 1 appearance of his career.
“So that’s how it’s done. Finally. “I’m so happy,” the Brit radioed to his team afterwards. Already in the morning he felt that it could work this time after a few missed opportunities in the past. “Many people had doubts about me along the way. “I have also made mistakes in the last few years,” said Norris and enthused before the award ceremony: “This is a moment you will never forget.”
Make McLaren great again – Donald Trump was a guest of the racing team and witnessed Lando Norris’ first Grand Prix victory
Quelle: Getty Images via AFP/MARK THOMPSON
This is what the international media wrote about the Brit’s victory, which relegated Verstappen to second place for the first time this season.
Great Britain
„The Sun“: “British Lando Norris wins his first F1 Grand Prix, shocking champion Max Verstappen in Miami.”
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„The Guardian“: “This moment has been a long time coming, but Norris has earned it and has finally proven that with the appropriate equipment he is more than capable of outdoing world champion Max Verstappen.”
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„Daily Mail“: “Donald Trump, wearing his famous red cap, would be the last person to think he couldn’t make the Formula One championship great again. It was his first known visit to the world’s leading racing series and he was a guest of McLaren. And as if by magic, Lando Norris won his first race on a sunny day in Miami.”
USA
„Miami Herald“: “An improved car will help a driver who has never won a Grand Prix end one of the most dominant winning streaks by a driver in a sport characterized by dominance. That was the 2024 F1 Grand Prix in Miami on Sunday.”
Spain
“Brand”: “It is the first F1 victory for the young Brit from McLaren, who has finally established himself as a big star of motorsport in Florida, in a race in which the safety car helped him decisively, but which he then won on the asphalt. “
Unusual position for Max Verstappen – the Dutchman is not at the top of the award ceremony
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“Sports world”: “McLaren’s improvements worked perfectly and made Verstappen and Red Bull look absolutely beatable, something that hadn’t been seen for a long time.”
Austria
“Kronen Zeitung”: “Formula 1 has a new Grand Prix winner! Lando Norris had already finished on the podium 15 times and was never able to win. Until Sunday”
Switzerland
„Blick“: “At the third Miami GP in history, for the first time the winner is not Max Verstappen. Big surprise in Miami! Dominator Max Verstappen has to admit defeat.”
