Norris takes dominant win in Miami sprint race

Lando Norris took McLaren’s first victory of the season with a dominant drive from pole position in the Miami Grand Prix sprint race.

The world champion was untroubled as he converted pole into a lead at the first corner and controlled the race from there.

Norris led a McLaren one-two ahead of Oscar Piastri, who fell back from Norris as the race developed and was forced to hold off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the closing laps.

Kimi Antonelli won a scrap with Mercedes team-mate George Russell for fourth on track, but was penalised for exceeding track limits too many times and given a five-second penalty.

That dropped him behind Russell and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who had earlier emerged on top after a tense battle with Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari.

“Nice to be back on the top step, even if it is the sprint,” said Norris. “It was a good day for us, massive job to the team in bringing the upgrades. It feels like everyone is saying the same thing, but ours have really helped this weekend.” (BBC) 

 

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