Lando Norris is winning his battle to be fit for the Miami Grand Prix this weekend following a horror facial injury.
The McLaren driver was spotted with his face heavily bandaged on board a boat in Amsterdam a week before the next Formula 1 race.
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BREAKING: Lando Norris, the McLaren driver, has been photographed with bandages after getting a facial injury before the upcoming Miami Grand Prix next weekend.
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The Brit star had been enjoying some downtime between the fifth and sixth rounds of the F1 season in the Dutch capital.
Norris seemingly revelled in the country’s Koningsdag (King’s Day) celebrations on Saturday when he was filmed partying on a boat.
However, images quickly circulated on social media of the 24-year-old with a bloodied and bandaged face.
Is Lando Norris fit for the Miami GP?
Norris is not expected to miss the Grand Prix at the Miami International Autodrome.
PlanetF1 have reported that Norris is ‘completely fine’ after the incident as the injury looked far more dramatic than it was.
Norris was said to have picked up a cut on his nose caused by broken glass during the boat party.
Images released later showed the Bristol-born racer without the bloodied bandages and instead left with only a slight scratch.
Norris’ fitness comes a huge boost to McLaren following an impressive start to the F1 2024 season.
The teams’ top driver sits fifth in the Drivers’ Standings having claimed two podium finishes in the first five races.
While his next immediate target will be to finally win a race of his own, Norris also has one eye on challenging Max Verstappen for the Drivers’ Championship title.
He told the Guardian: “I believe I can achieve a championship at McLaren, that’s why I signed another contract. I absolutely think I can go up against Max and give him a good challenge. But I also rate Max, so for anyone it’s extremely difficult to go up against Max in his team and challenge him for a world championship.
“He could have moved to Mercedes back in the day and gone up against Lewis [Hamilton] but would it have been a smart idea to have done that? Probably not and he probably wouldn’t be in a Red Bull now and it would be a different story.”
He later added: “I am not afraid in any way of Max, I’m excited to be against Max. People rate him as up with the best, so I would like to prove myself by going up against that.
“I look forward to being able to battle him, but genuinely for position and not have him half a second a lap quicker and just drive past me.”
Source: TalkSport.com Motorsport
