SAO PAULO, Nov 9 — It was almost a flawless day for Lando Norris yesterday when he won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix for McLaren - until he climbed on the podium and lifted the victor’s champagne bottle.
Having survived 71 laps of intense rain-hit racing, the 26-year-old outgoing world champion attempted his usual trick of crouching down and banging the base of the bottle on the floor to release the fizz.
This time the bottle gave way and shattered, filling the podium with broken glass, before he seemed to walk into the podium firework display.
It was his only mishap, but not his first embarrassing podium ceremony. And this time the incident went viral on social media.
