George Russell lauded Lando Norris because the “smartest man on the grid” after the Brazilian Grand Prix Dash, joking that he made a Mario Kart-type transfer on Oscar Piastri throughout the race. On Lap 6, Norris went over the kerb at Flip 3, splashing water onto the monitor, which precipitated Piastri to lose traction and crash on the similar nook moments later.
Lap 6 of the Brazilian GP Dash noticed a weird sequence of incidents, virtually concurrently, as championship contender Oscar Piastri misplaced management of his automotive round Flip 3 and crashed into the obstacles. Moments later, Nico Hulkenberg and Franco Colapinto made the identical mistake and collided with the barrier on the skin as effectively.
It was quickly revealed that Lando Norris had gone somewhat broad and onto the kerb in Flip 3 on Lap 6 and splashed some water onto the monitor in doing so. This small puddle caught out three drivers, with Piastri and Colapinto struggling terminal injury.
In the course of the post-sprint press convention on Saturday, George Russell made a hilarious joke concerning the incident, claiming that Norris was the “smartest man on the grid” for leaving a Mario Kart-type impediment on the monitor for his championship rival.
“A bit bit like Mario Kart whenever you throw the banana out behind. Smartest man on the grid, this man!” mentioned Russell.
Piastri’s DNF meant that Russell was in a position to be part of Norris and his teammate Kimi Antonelli on the rostrum for the dash. Norris has prolonged his lead over Piastri to 9 factors within the drivers’ standings. Max Verstappen completed the race in fourth and has moved 39 factors behind Norris within the standings.
Lando Norris displays on his Flip 3 second that precipitated mayhem throughout Brazilian GP Dash
Lando Norris defined that he ran somewhat wider than he would have preferred at Flip 3 on Lap 6 of the Brazilian GP Dash, which led him onto the kerb. The Briton inadvertently created a monitor hazard for 3 drivers behind him as he splashed some water onto the racing line.
Talking within the post-sprint press convention, Norris defined that he would ideally have preferred to keep away from the kerb at Flip 3 altogether, given the slippery circumstances.
“Yeah, I imply, it’s a kerb you all the time use in qualifying. We use it lots. Clearly when it’s moist circumstances like this, you kinda need to keep off all of the kerbs. So I ran somewhat bit broad and I noticed the water come onto the monitor. However, yeah, that was it,” mentioned Norris, through FIA.
Second-placed Kimi Antonelli additionally revealed that he noticed the precise second that Norris ran broad and threw up some water onto the monitor, because the Italian rookie was working very near the championship chief. He additionally shared that the water even went onto his visor, explaining how large a puddle was on the kerb at Flip 3.
Edited by Hitesh Nigam
