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Lando Norris was subjected to boos and jeers after his win in Mexico City.
“The booing of Lando Norris following his victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix has been labelled as “odd.”
Norris was on the receiving end of heavy booing after taking a dominant victory in Sunday’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as he reclaimed the lead of the F1 world championship from McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.
Boos and jeers from the crowed drowned out Norris as he conducted his post-race interview in the Foro Sol stadium section, before he was met with an equally harsh reception when he went on the podium to collect his winners’ trophy.
Mexican journalist Carlos Jalife from Fast Mag later revealed that the response stemmed from McLaren’s controversial use of team orders at the Italian Grand Prix, where Piastri was instructed to swap places with Norris following a slow pit stop for the latter.
The incident was discussed on Sky Sports’ The F1 Show podcast between host Simon Lazenby and guests Martin Brundle and Jacques Villeneuve.
“Lando answered it quite rightly, I suppose, with two years ago, he could have won the race in Hungary, but he gave the place back to Oscar Piastri to win that one,” Lazenby said.”
