{"id":344257,"date":"2025-12-13T00:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/344257\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T00:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:27:12","slug":"fia-president-pokes-fun-at-lando-norris-in-bizarre-f1-awards-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/344257\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA president pokes fun at Lando Norris in bizarre F1 awards act"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMohammed Ben Sulayem messes Lando Norris’ hair at the FIA Awards.<\/p>\n

Norris was presented with the Formula 1 drivers\u2019 championship trophy at the FIA Awards, but not before a bizarre sequence.<\/p>\n

As he walked onto the stage, he was greeted by Sulaymen who shook the champion\u2019s hand before aggressively messing up the Brit\u2019s hair.<\/p>\n

There was laughter among the presenters and accompanying McLaren team members Andrea Stella, Zak Brown, and Oscar Piastri, but the moment received a terse reaction on social media as fans questioned the act.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope my hair\u2019s not too bad now, I put so much effort into that,\u201d said Norris at the end-of-season gala in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n

Norris then offered some reflections on his battle with Verstappen, where he dropped an F-bomb.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, the second half of the season, Max was catching up, putting pressure on both of us, and all of us as a team,\u201d said Norris.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had some great moments, of course. We\u2019ve had some great wins, winning in Monaco was a dream for me and Silverstone was a dream, but I and we had our share of mistakes and fuck-ups. Can I say that here? Oh sorry, I got fined. I can pay it off now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still made a fair share of mistakes and tough moments along the way, but it was all worth it, and all part of the story, and fierce for many more years to come. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before presenting the trophy, Sulayem joked that Norris would be better off fixing his hair.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he said the F[-word], I was going to give you a 5000 [dollar] fine, but now I think you need it for your hair after I messed it,\u201d said Sulaymen.<\/p>\n

Before the bizarre interaction, Norris offered his congratulations to McLaren and paid homage to his teammate Oscar Piastri for pushing his development.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations and thank you to McLaren, the team I\u2019ve been with for many, many years on giving both of us an incredible car that at times made our life very easy and beautiful and we could bring home many wins, all the way to the end of the season,\u201d said Norris.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, Mr Piastri, the incredible teammate that I\u2019ve had, who has helped me improve so much over the last few seasons and made us the team that we are, allowed us to turn into the team. Winning two constructors\u2019 back-to-back.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, to Max as well, for challenging us the whole way, putting us under pressure, just doing what Max does.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was incredible, obviously this is a lot of people\u2019s dreams, a lot of racing driver\u2019s dreams, and I got to finally live that one dream that I had when I was a little kid. I remember standing on the stage here many, many years ago in 2014 with Jackie [Stewart].\u201d<\/p>\n

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