Lando Norris, reigning world champ, dominates Miami F1 Sprint Race
Lando Norris secured his second consecutive Sprint Race victory at the Miami Grand Prix, leading all 19 laps.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Reigning world champion Lando Norris answered his victory a year ago with a strong, unchallenged run to a second straight Sprint Race triumph Saturday at the Formula 1 Crypto. com Miami Grand Prix – leading all 19 laps from pole position at the Miami International Autodrome.
The 3. 36-mile Miami circuit around Hard Rock Stadium has been a positive place for Norris and his McLaren Racing team. It was the site of the British driver's very first F1 victory in 2024.
His teammate Oscar Piastri, the defending Miami Grand Prix race winner finished second to Norris in Saturday’s Sprint by 3. 766-seconds Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc rounded out the podium marking the first race of any kind this season not won by a Mercedes driver and the first podium with no Mercedes driver hoisting a trophy. “Perfect way to start the weekend,’’ said Norris, who received his winning hardware from NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, just back from leading that historical trip around the moon.
“Probably the first weekend all year I‘ve not had any drama,’’ Norris said. “Could just go out and do my program and learn from the beginning and not feel like I’m a step behind on anything. ’’ Piastri was similarly encouraged.
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