I guess the 110th time was the charm for Lando Norris, who won his 1st race at the Miami Grand Prix Formula 1 race over the weekend.
I’m a huge Formula 1 fan, ever since I used to sit on the couch watching with my dad when I was little. I’ll fully admit I got busy in life, but I came back to the sport with Netflix’s “Drive To Survive” series during Covid and it’s become like a religion to me.
And as a self avowed “car guy”, McLarens are my favorite cars (but don’t tell my Porsche loving family).
As you can imagine there was a lot of celebrating by Lando Norris and his McLaren team, but what I was most struck by were all of the other Formula 1 drivers on the grid who came up to him in the winner’s circle to congratulate him including his former teammates at McLaren such as Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz, fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton, and Fernando Alonso. That was in addition to good friend Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who came in 2nd in the Miami Grand Prix, and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who came in 3rd.
I loved seeing not only one of my favorite drivers win, but also for a Formula 1 driver to get their very first win after 110 races and 15 podium finishes.
Congrats Lando Norris on your first of many wins to come.
McLaren’s Lando Norris wins his first Formula 1 race at thrilling Miami Grand Prix