Lando Norris copied the trend started by Carlos Sainz of needing some sort of medical attention before winning a race in 2024. The Briton also followed the footsteps of Max Verstappen and became good friends with Martin Garrix. Now, Norris is back to adopt another driver’s love, as he was spotted at Real Madrid’s Champions League Triumph. But where was Carlos Sainz?

Carlos Sainz and his whole family are huge Real Madrid supporters, which makes sense since the Spaniard was born in Madrid. The Ferrari driver has been spotted multiple times wearing the Real Madrid jersey and watching the matches. He once even refused to sign a fan’s shirt because it was a Barcelona jersey. Yet, Carlos Sainz was nowhere to be seen during Real Madrid’s UCL final against Borussia Dortmund. 

Seems like during the Carlando bromance time at McLaren, the Spaniard made Lando Norris a Real Madrid fan too. The McLaren driver was spotted at Wembley Stadium where the final took place. After the match, where Real Madrid took the win, Lando Norris got together with Man of the Match, Dani Carvajal, and took some pictures with the Real Madrid star. In the pictures, Carvahal was holding the Man of the Match trophy and Norris was clicking a selfie with him.

Even at the Semi-Finals against Bayern Munich, Carlos Sainz was absent but countryman Fernando Alonso was present to witness the match. Regardless, let’s see how the match went for Real Madrid and how they won yet another Champions League.

Real Madrid beats Borussia Dortmund to lift 15th Champions League Trophy

Coming into the match, Real Madrid were the favorite to win. But somewhere in every football fan’s heart, they wanted Dortmund to win for Marco Rues in his last match for the club. The game started with Dortmund piling the pressure on Real Madrid and Thibaut Courtois had to make a couple of great saves to keep the Spanish side in the game. At Half time the score was 0-0. However, the tables turned in the second half.

Couple of great freekicks that required saving Gregor Kobel, a goal from Toni Kroos’ corner met by Dani Carvajal and a costly mistake by the Dortmund defense that led to Vinicius Jr’s goal, and the game was sealed by Real Madrid. Although Dortmund scored a goal in the dying moment, it was flagged offside and the expectations of a nail-biting final 10 minutes were taken away. As Real Madrid won 2-0, they lifted their 15th UCL cup and added to their record of being the most successful team in the Champions League.

What did you make of Lando Norris being at the UCL final but not Carlos Sainz?