It is believed that after bad luck comes good fortune. Unfortunately, this was not the case with Lando Norris back in May 2022. After retiring from the 2022 Miami GP, Norris would’ve believed it was time for some good luck to follow him. But the Briton stayed back in the USA for some time and attended the 5th Game between Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns. However, bad luck followed the 23-year-old to the game, as he was almost arrested for something he did not intend to do.
Lando Norris somehow manages to play and watch various sports in his tightly squeezed calendar. The Briton loves playing golf and was recently pictured playing golf with Lewis Hamilton. The McLaren driver also supported the basketball team Phoenix Suns and was seen watching their game against Dallas Mavericks last year after the Miami Grand Prix. Norris recently revealed a funny story about this game on his Twitch channel.
Lando Norris is quite active on Twitch and regularly shares insights about his life over there. He recently told his fans about an incident that happened during the Suns vs Mavericks game after the Miami GP. The 23-year-old explained how somebody recognized him and put a Tweet out, mentioning Norris was going to run toward the court mid-game.
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According to express.co.uk, Lando Norris said, “So, all of a sudden, I didn?t know it at the time but now I know? Security started to huddle around standing in front of me and to my sides and I didn?t know this at the time. And they think I?m going to run onto the court! So they come up to me, ‘Hi sir, can you come backstage?’ So I?m like, ‘okay? Whatever.’ I was just a bit confused. And they were like, ‘Sir please come with us, we?ve been told you?re a security risk.'”
Lando Norris shares a lot on Twitch and has made some blunders on the platform as well. The most recent example of which is he called Lewis Hamilton, an eight-time world champion. But not only personal life, Norris talks about his career as well. So what does the Brit make of his performance at the Australian GP?
What does Lando Norris think of McLaren’s performance at the Australian GP?
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McLaren scored a hefty 12 points at the Australian GP, all thanks to the crazy demolition derby towards the end of the race. However, Lando Norris was quite happy with the pace itself before the mayhem as well and explained how the MCL60 was able to match the pace of those around them like the Haas and AlphaTauri. He further added how they seemed to be quicker and more responsive, which encouraged him to have some fun and attack those in front.
According to Formula1.com, Lando Norris said, “For sure, our best weekend so far. All my comments and my feelings [after qualifying], I didn?t have my hopes too high, but actually since Lap 1 the pace compared to some of the cars around us ? like the AlphaTauri, like the Haas ? was a bit closer. I felt a little bit quicker, so I could race against them, I could actually have some fun, attack, and have a bit of racing action.”
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What do you make of Lando Norris’ story of him being taken backstage during the Phoenix Suns’ game?