(Video) Lando Norris’ engineer gives an emotional tribute to his late father after McLaren topple Red Bull for the championship lead

Lando Norris' race engineer Will Joseph dedicated McLaren's lead in the WCC to his late father who passed away 10 years ago on this day.

(Video) Lando Norris’ engineer gives an emotional tribute to his late father after McLaren topple Red Bull for the championship lead

Lando Norris and Will Joseph (via racingews365, @milclaren/X, Screenshot)

McLaren’s highly dominant performance in the 2024 season has enabled them to achieve the Constructors’ championship lead. Red Bull has been ousted from the top spot for the first time in the ground-effect era. Hence, the entire team was extremely pleased with the result as Lando Norris‘ race engineer Will Joseph took the moment to tribute the lead to his father.

Will Joseph was extremely respectful and asked Lando Norris after the race if he could dedicate the lead to someone. Norris didn’t hesitate to allow his long-time race engineer to voice his contentment with the lead. Joseph remembered his father on the special day and drew attention to his late father’s content if he were to be alive.

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Joseph noted that his father passed away ten years ago on the same day McLaren gained the lead. Additionally, Joseph’s father had passed away while his son was traveling to Singapore for his F1 duties. Hence, the Briton dedicated McLaren’s WCC lead to his late father and claimed that the latter would be very proud of the team.

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My dad passed away 10 years ago today as I was on the way to singapore, so this is to him. He would be very proud of us all.
Will Joseph said on the team-radio
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Lando Norris had crushing hopes of a great performance after qualifying in P17 for the main race. However, the Briton drove exceptionally well to avoid danger on the track and finally scored a P4 finish. As a result, Norris reckoned that he wasn’t expecting the race to be so good. Additionally, the 24-year-old noted that Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz’s crash helped him a lot as well.

I am happy. I wasn't expecting it to be so good. And the two cars crashing infront helped a lot. As soon as Alex got out of my way the pace was good. And Oscar winning was also good for the team.
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McLaren’s lead in the championship standings has more or less sealed the team’s victory down the season. Hence, it is all up to Lando Norris to keep up with such performances to deem a better end to his season. The Briton has continued to close in on Max Verstappen for the lead in the drivers’ title tussle.