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Norris smashes champagne bottle during São Paulo podium celebration

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Norris’s customary champagne spray after the São Paulo victory went awry when he struck the bottle too hard against the ground.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

After his victory in the São Paulo Grand Prix, Lando Norris’s customary champagne spray went awry: he hit the bottle too hard and smashed it against the ground. The mishap came after the British national anthem and the presentation of his trophy.

Norris took a few moments to compose himself. It was his second podium incident: at the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, he accidentally brought his champagne bottle too close to Max Verstappen’s winner’s trophy, knocking the trophy off the top step and smashing it.

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