Lando Norris apologises to makers of Max Verstappen's smashed trophy, and regrets joking
The McLaren driver accidentally broke Verstappen’s winner’s trophy - worth £35,000 - when he performed his trademark podium celebration of smashing his bottle on the ground after finishing runner-up to the Dutchman at the🍬 Hungarorin꧒g.
The impact of Norris’ bottle hitting the top step of the podium caused Versta🐎ppen’s trophy to fall off and hit the floor, before smashing into 𝓰several pieces.
Speaking about the incident directly after the race, Norris cheekily suggested that it was Verstappen’s fault, while Red Bull team principal Christian Horner joked that the Briton should 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:foot the bill for the damage.
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But ah💞ead of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, Norris revealed he has since apologised to Verstappen. He also issued an apology to the trophy makers.
“I do wan𝓀t to apologise for it,” Norris said during Thursday’s FIA press conference at Spa-Francorchamps. “I obviously had no intention of doing such a thing.
"I know how much it means t🐼o the Hungarians. It is part🃏 of their culture and so forth.
“I enjoyed the time ♉but it was never my intention to do suc𝓀h a thing.
“I did apologise to Max. I know that I made a couple of joke🉐s about it, which maybe I shouldn’t have.
"I do feel bad. If he did it to🌠 𝓡my trophy, I would be annoyed!
“I do apologise. To the people who put in th🃏e time and effort into making it, I really didn’t mean for it to happen.
“I’ll make sure I’m a lot more careful next ti🔜me on celebrating!”
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