Norris trumps Verstappen for maiden F1 triumph
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Lando Norris took advantage of a timely caution, scored his rst career victory and handed Max Verstappen his rst South Florida defeat, taking the win on Sunday in the Miami Grand Prix at Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida.
After the rest of the eld pitted before the halfway point, Norris stayed out until Lap 30 after Landon Sargeant and Kevin Magnussen collided in Turn 3, bringing out the safety car.
Norris, 24, pulled away from Verstappen by 1.5 seconds two laps into the restart and eventually grew the lead to over ve seconds with 10 circuits remaining. He beat Verstappen by 7.612 seconds for his rst win in 110 career starts for McLaren.
Norris’ win broke
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Norris celebrates his momentous victory.
stappen’s six-race winning streak in the U.S.
The results:
1. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1h, 30:49.876, 2. Max Verstappen
(Red Bull) + 7.612, 3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 9.920, 4. Carlos Sainz Jr. (Ferrari) 11.407, 5. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 14.650, 6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 16.585, 7. Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls) 26.185, 8. George Russell (Mercedes) 34.789, 9. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 37.107 10. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 39.746, 11. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) 40.789,
12. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 44.958,
13. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
49.756, 14. Guanyu Zhou (Sauber) 49.979, 15. Daniel Ricciardo (Racing Bulls) 50.956, 16. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber) 52.356, 17. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 55.173, 18. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1:04.683,
19. Alexander Albon (Williams) 1:16.091l; DNF: Logan Sargeant (Williams).
The standings (top five): Drivers: 1. Verstappen 136 pts.,
2. Perez 101, 3. Leclerc 98, 4.
Sainz Jr. 85, 5. Norris 83. Constructors: 1. Red Bull 237 pts., 2. Ferrari 189, 3. McLaren
124, 4. Mercedes 64, 5. Aston Martin 42.
Easily done
Indian boxers claimed ve gold medals in the youth category — three men and two women — while nine others nished with silver medals at the ASBC Asian Under-22 & Youth boxing championships in Astana on Monday.
Brijesh Tamta (48kg) and Aryan Hooda (51kg) registered unanimous 5-0 wins against Tajikistan’s Muminov Muinkhodzha and Kyrgyzstan’s Kamilov Zafarbek in their respective nals.
Meanwhile, Yashwardhan Singh (63.5kg) had to work hard against Gafurov Ruslan of Tajikistan before registering a 4-1 victory.
Among the women, reigning junior World champion Nisha took gold in the 52kg, winning 5-0 against Kazakhstan’s Otynbay Bagzhan.
Laxmi (50kg) dominated completely to force a Referee Stops Contest in the second round against Enkh Nomundari of Mongolia.
Sagar Jakhar (60kg), Priyanshu (71kg), Rahul Kundu (75kg), Aryan (92kg), Tamanna (54kg), Nikita Chand (60kg), Shrushti Sathe (63kg), Rudrika (75kg) and Khushi Pooniya (81kg) came second best.
India nished the Youth competition with 22 medals.