{
  "id": 15199217,
  "title": "Lando Norris sparks controversy after appearing to mock Lance Stroll in viral video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/lando-norris-sparks-controversy-after-appearing-to-mock-lance-stroll",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-17T13:05:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/lando-norris-sparks-controversy-after-appearing-to-mock-lance-stroll-in-viral-video/10865840/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A viral video showed McLaren driver Lando Norris seemingly mocking Aston Martin's Lance Stroll during a night out in Singapore after the Singapore Grand Prix. The clip, posted by fan account MV3daily, has garnered over three million views on social media platform X. In the video, Norris can be heard shouting \"Where's Lance, where's Lance?\" to the crowd, who were raising a sign that read \"To the best driver.\" Fans interpreted this as a jab at Stroll, who had not scored a point in the 2023 season and had reached 100 Q1 eliminations that year. MV3daily criticized Norris for his behavior in the post, stating that he should show more respect to Stroll. The post received significant attention, with nearly 3.3 million views, 19,000 likes and 564 comments, some of which were supportive and others mocking Norris. The controversy heated up, leading MV3daily to ask its followers to be more considerate in their comments. Norris and Stroll have not commented on the video. The incident occurred after a challenging weekend for reigning world champion Stroll, who collided with McLaren's Oscar Piastri during the sprint race, resulting in Piastri's retirement and Norris's eighth-place finish. McLaren ended the weekend with one point, while Red Bull, led by Max Verstappen, was closing in on third place in the constructors' championship. Norris currently sits sixth in the standings with 201 points, just seven points behind McLaren and Red Bull in the championship. The team heads to Texas with a seven-point gap between them and Red Bull for the upcoming United States Grand Prix.",
  "summary": "A video is doing the rounds on social media, appearing to show Lando Norris mocking Lance Stroll on a night out after the Singapore Grand Prix. It's now been viewed more than three million times on X. The clip was posted by the fan account MV3daily on the night of the race. In it, the McLaren driver is seen out with Haas Formula 1 driver Ollie Bearman while someone in the crowd raises a sign ...…",
  "key_points": [
    "Lando Norris appeared to mock Lance Stroll in a viral Singapore video.",
    "Norris shouted \"Where's Lance, where's Lance?\" to the crowd.",
    "MV3daily criticized Norris for disrespectful behavior towards Stroll."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}