Norris benefits from late safety car to win Miami GP Sprint

McLaren’s Lando Norris has benefited from a late safety car to secure victory at the Miami Grand Prix sprint race, ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri. 

Feature image credit: McLaren Racing

After a delay to proceedings, thanks to pre-race rain, Norris sealed victory when he led the pack across the finish line under safety car conditions.

Piastri had led for the majority of the race, having snatched the lead away from pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli into the first corner ,but the race lead fell away from him as the safety car came out.

Norris was in second place, behind Piastri, as the conditions transitioned from wet-weather tyres to slicks. Piastri took the first stop, leaving Norris to lead the race. However, as Norris entered the pits, Alonso and Lawson collided and prompted the safety car.  The Briton returned to the track in the lead.

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There was not enough time left in the race to clear away the debris, which meant the safety car led the pack to the chequered flag. 

Norris claimed victory, from third on the grid, ahead of Piastri and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, who pitted early and benefited from the early stop.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had held onto third place before the stops, but was slapped with a 10-second time penalty for an unsafe release and crashed into Antonelli.

The polesitter finished the race in 10th, whereas Verstappen dropped to 17th after his penalty.  

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Kamron Kent

Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.