{"id":105617,"date":"2025-10-28T18:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/105617\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:18:13","slug":"fans-started-chanting-one-drivers-name-after-booing-lando-norris-following-his-mexican-gp-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/105617\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans started chanting one driver\u2019s name after booing Lando Norris following his Mexican GP win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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McLaren driver Lando Norris took the lead in the Formula 1 drivers\u2019 championship after a magnificent win at the 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Going into the Mexico City Grand Prix<\/a>, all eyes were on the three main contenders for the drivers\u2019 championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri<\/a> still had a points advantage over his teammate Lando Norris<\/a> before the race, but since his victory at Zandvoort, it had been shrinking rapidly.<\/p>\n

McLaren\u2019s<\/a> peculiar choice to use team orders since papaya rules made its debut at Monza<\/a> last year has also allowed four-time world champion Max Verstappen to rapidly close the gap when he looked out of contention a few months ago.<\/p>\n

However, the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez witnessed what Norris would later call the greatest weekend of his Formula 1 career to take the lead of the championship with four races to go.<\/p>\n

Norris took a brilliant pole position<\/a>, setting a time six-tenths faster than what Piastri could manage.<\/p>\n

He went on to win the race by more than half a minute, barely featuring on the official broadcast because he was so far out in front of all of his rivals.<\/p>\n

However, Norris was booed during his post-race interview<\/a>, with Charles Leclerc and Verstappen receiving a much more pleasant reception.<\/p>\n

Once the boos stopped, fans started chanting for another driver who will be making a very popular comeback to the grid next season: Sergio Perez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: McLaren driver Lando Norris\u2019 life outside F1 from parents to celebration<\/a><\/p>\n

\"FansPhoto by Peter Fox\/Getty ImagesMexican Grand Prix fans started chanting Sergio Perez\u2019s name after booing Lando Norris<\/p>\n

A report from the New York Times<\/a> shared more details about the peculiar reception that Norris received.<\/p>\n

They report that \u2018boos echoed\u2019 around the stadium section of the circuit after the race that hosts the podium ceremony at the end of the Grand Prix, while Norris was speaking.<\/p>\n

However, these boos later morphed \u2018into chants for Cadillac<\/a> Formula 1 driver (and home hero) Sergio Perez\u2019 ahead of his return to the sport in 2026.<\/p>\n

TEAMDRIVER 1DRIVER 2AlpinePierre GaslyN\/AAston MartinFernando AlonsoLance StrollAudiGabriel BortoletoNico HulkenbergCadillacValtteri BottasSergio PerezFerrariCharles LeclercLewis HamiltonHaasEsteban OconOliver BearmanMcLarenLando NorrisOscar PiastriMercedesGeorge RussellKimi AntonelliRacing BullsN\/AN\/ARed Bull RacingMax VerstappenN\/AWilliamsAlex AlbonCarlos Sainz2026 confirmed F1 drivers<\/p>\n

Norris received a poor reception at the Italian Grand Prix<\/a>, when McLaren\u2019s decision to swap their two drivers following a slow late pit stop for the Brit didn\u2019t go down well with a predominantly Ferrari-supporting crowd.<\/p>\n

There have been comments in the past from Norris about Perez<\/a>, but an explanation given to Norris during his post-race interview suggested that their belief that McLaren have manipulated the decision to favour the 25-year-old over Piastri is why he\u2019s not popular in Mexico.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Cadillac driver Sergio Perez\u2019s life outside F1 from net worth to nickname<\/a><\/p>\n

How Lando Norris and Andrea Stella responded to booing at the Mexico City Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Norris admitted after the race, when asked about the booing, that he \u2018can\u2019t stop laughing when I get booed\u2019, although it\u2019s not a pleasant experience for any driver to receive such a reception after what could be a career-defining result.<\/p>\n

Team principal Andrea Stella was also asked about the incident and said: \u201cIt will just strengthen Lando\u2019s confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Lando and Oscar go into the final four races with reasons to be confident, and the team also have more understanding of how to extract performance from the car consistently.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last few races before Mexico, at times, we have left some performance in the garage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 357 2 356 3 321 4 258 5 210 6 146 7 97 8 73 9 41 10 39 <\/p>\n

Perez will hope that it\u2019s the first of many signs that he\u2019s made the right decision to return to Formula 1.<\/p>\n

Many people wondered how much appetite there would be for a race in Mexico City without Perez on the grid.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s race highlighted that the race will continue to be popular until at least the end of its current deal, which expires in 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover McLaren driver Lando Norris took the lead in the Formula 1 drivers\u2019 championship…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[70352,4260,4262,74936,111,139,69,76356,213],"class_list":["post-105617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cadillac","tag-lando-norris","tag-mclaren","tag-mexico-city-grand-prix","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sergio-perez","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}