Sky Sports forced to apologise as Lando Norris swears live on TV moments after emotional British Grand Prix win
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Sky Sports were forced to apologise after Lando Norris swore on live TV
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Norris was overcome with emotion after winning the British GP for the first time
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The Bristol-born McLaren star capitalised on a ten-second time penalty for team-mate Oscar Piastri after he abruptly stopped under the safety car.
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But race stewards slapped the Aussie driver with a severe penalty for a safety car infringement.
Norris was reduced to tears over the team radio as he roared: 'Wooo, we did it."
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And back in parc ferme, he struggled to keep his emotions in check during his post-race interview with former F1 world champion and Sky Sports F1 pundit
Asked about his race after taking the lead, Norris said: "Your mind just goes pretty blank. Everything you might think before the race, you forget.
"The main thing is just don't f*** it up, that's rule number one.
"The last few laps I was just looking into the crowd. I was just trying to take it all in, enjoy the moment, because it might never happen again.
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"I hope it does. But these are memories that I'll bring with me forever. An incredible achievement."
Button swiftly apologised for the swear word, while Norris also added his own apology.
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Norris might have landed a fine from the FIA earlier in the season, but the governing body climbed down from its harsh stance over driver swearing in interviews and on the team radio.
He then extended some praise to his team-mate, who he called "fast the whole way" and thanked his team for the car.
Norris said: "In terms of being a stressful race, this is as stressful as you can get. It was a good race for Oscar as well.
"I've got to give credit to Oscar, he was fast the whole way. So a round of applause Oscar, because he put up a good fight.
"I enjoy those moments together when we're on track, not as much when he's ahead of me as when he's behind, but that's life.
"Credit to him and to McLaren, to win at home in front of all the friends and family we have here, it's pretty amazing."
Norris shared the podium with Piastri and Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg, who scored his first-ever F1 podium after 239 races in the motorsport and a number of near misses.
The trio and the winning constructor were presented with trophies made entirely out of LEGO Bricks.
In his own post-race interview, Piastri, 24, was visibly fuming about the controversial decision which went against him.
He said: "I'm not going to say much. Well done to Nico, I think that's the highlight of the day. I'll leave it there.
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Norris was presented with a remarkable trophy made entirely out of LEGO Bricks
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Norris was joined on the podium by Oscar Piastri and Nico Hulkenberg
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"Apparently you can't brake behind the safety car anymore. I did it for five laps before that. I'm not going to say too much because I'll get myself in trouble.
"Thanks to the crowd for a great event. Thanks for sticking through the weather. I still like Silverstone even if I don't like it today."
Hulkenberg, 37, cast a far happier figure.
The German said: "It has been a long time coming, hasn't it? I always knew we have it in us, I have it in me somewhere.
"What a race, coming from virtually last, doing it all over again from last weekend, it's pretty surreal to be honest.
"Not sure how it all happened but obviously crazy conditions, mixed conditions. It was a survival fight for a lot of the race.
"I think we were just on it, the right calls, the right tyres, the right moment, made no mistakes and yeah, quite incredible."
Hulkenberg's podium finish was just ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who was hunting for his first Ferrari podium at the track where he holds the record for the most wins (nine).
With Hamilton in P4, Verstappen managed to recover to P5 after his late spin under the safety car which had dropped him from P2 to P9.
Norris now sits eight points behind Piastri in the drivers' standings.
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