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05/06/2024 – 7:16
Lando Norris won his first Grand Prix in Formula 1. This Sunday, the 5th, in Miami, the English McLaren driver started in fifth, but had a more efficient strategy, had the safety car and won in Florida (USA). Dutchman Max Verstappen, from Red Bull, who started on pole and ran over a cone, was second, with Charles Lecrerc, from Ferrari, in third.
Norris, 24 years old, had already reached the podium on 15 occasions, but never in the highest place. This was also McLaren’s first victory of the season. Previously, Verstappen won four (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Japan and China) and Carlos Sainz, from Ferrari, one (Australia).
“We had some mistakes, but we got the strategy right and I thank McLaren and also my parents,” said an emotional Norris after the victory. “I’m proud, I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but today we did everything right. It’s a memory forever”, he added.
Despite finishing second, Verstappen increased his lead this season. He reached 136 points and now has 35 over second-placed Sergio Perez, also from Red Bull, who finished fifth in the Florida GP. Leclerc has 98 and is followed by Sainz (85) and Norris (83).
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The race
Verstappen started on pole and immediately opened up an advantage over his rivals and did not allow Leclerc’s first attack. Norris, in turn, lost a position at the start.
On lap 23, the Dutchman from Red Bull lost the line and hit a traffic cone. The virtual safety car had to be activated until the object was removed and Verstappen, luckily, only needed to change the tires. The stop dropped the Dutchman to fourth place and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) became the new leader. The McLaren driver left first position when he entered the pits on lap 28. Norris then took advantage and took the lead, opening up a large advantage over Verstappen.
Six laps later, the safety car had to enter the track due to the crash caused by Kevin Magnussen (Haas) in Logan Sargeant (Williams). It was then that Norris decided to go and change tires and he did well. Upon resumption, the Englishman had a 1s2 advantage, but tried to increase it lap after lap until finishing more than 7 seconds ahead. The next GP will be on May 19th in Emilia-Romagna, in Imola.
Check out the Formula 1 Miami GP classification:
1st – Lando Norris (ING/McLaren), 1h30min49s876
2nd – Max Verstappen (HOL/Red Bull), at 7.612
3rd – Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari), at 9.920
4th – Carlos Sainz Jr. (ESP/Ferrari), at 11s407
5th – Sergio Pérez (MEX/Red Bull), at 14.650
6th – Lewis Hamilton (ING/Mercedes), 16s585
7th – Yuki Tsunoda (JAP/RB), at 26s185
8th – George Russell (ING/Mercedes), at 34s789
9th – Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin), 37s107
10th – Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine), at 39s746
11th – Nico Hülkenberg (ALE/Haas), at 40s789
12th – Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine), at 44s958
13th – Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren), at 49s756
14th – Guanyu Zhou (CHN/Kick Sauber), at 49s979
15th – Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RB), at 50s956
16th – Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Kick Sauber), at 52s356
17th – Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin), at 55s173
18th – Kevin Magnussen (DIN/Haas), 1:04.683
19th – Alexander Albon (TAI/Williams), 1:16.091
Did not complete: Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams)
