Lando Norris opens his 2026 win account in Miami: "A great day for the team"

While the start of the sprint race was somewhat chaotic in the peloton, particularly between Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Franco Colapinto, Lando NorrisHe, however, did not falter. The pole-sitter maintained his lead, taking advantage of the poor start of his front-row teammate, Kimi Antonelli.

Never threatened, neither at the start nor during the following 19 laps, the Briton won his first Sprint of the season, his 5th overall. "It was a good race, and it's great to be back on the top step of the podium, even if it's 'only' a sprint."he smiled as he got out of his car. It's been a good day for us. The team did a great job bringing the upgrades here. It sounds like everyone says that, but it's really true, and the upgrades are helping us a lot. It's hot, but I was still able to push hard, though I had to find the right balance between attacking and managing the race. It's a very good start to the weekend, but we have to do it all again this afternoon in qualifying.

Because the truth of the Sprint qualifying session won't necessarily be the same as that of qualifying: the teams are coming out of the parc fermé period, which prevented them from changing their setups between sprint qualifying and the first race of the weekend. Now, they have just over three hours to try and optimize their cars and change the established order in the Sprint qualifying session. McLarenHowever, there is no intention of revolutionizing a formula that works.

"We're not going to make too many adjustments to the car because, if it works, it's better not to revolutionize everything!" justify Lando Norris. "We're still going to make two or three adjustments, but I think everyone else will too, and we're going to make sure we keep attacking."

It remains to be seen, during the qualifying session scheduled for Saturday, May 2nd at 22 p.m. French time, whether this will allow the Briton to fight for pole position again.

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