You’d think Formula 1 racers would be used to breakneck driving, right? Well, a Singapore taxi driver may have been a bit too much for McLaren’s Lando Norris, who said he got “whiplash” from the cabby’s driving.
Cabby 1, Norris 0.
The 22-year-old Belgian-British racer in town for this weekend’s big event shared via Instagram Stories that this harrowing incident occurred almost as soon as he touched down in Singapore.
He posted a photo from inside the cab he took on the way from the airport, with the following caption:
“My taxi driver needs to learn what ‘Control over his feet’ is.
Got whiplash from his braking and extremely sudden throttle technique.”
Morris, who appears to have been one of the first F1 racers to arrive in the city, has been taking in the sights and sounds of Singapore, posting photos of himself on Facebook and Instagram.
He also made an appearance at the Lego Technic McLaren Formula 1 Pop-Up Experience along Orchard Road on Wednesday (Sept 28).
At the event, Morris was asked which Singaporean dish he likes the most or one that he was most excited to try.
The racer answered, “Actually one of my favourites is Singapore noodles,” much to the delight, and puzzlement, of the audience.
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He also met young fans and autographed Lego race car sets and did a Q and A.
The young race driver called Singapore’s F1 Singapore Grand Prix “one of the toughest races” where he loses up to “2, 3, 4 kilos” because of sweating so much.
Norris was last in Singapore for the F1 in 2019, where he finished seventh.
“I’m very excited. Singapore is one of my favourites of the whole season. Obviously, I only drove there in 2019. In terms of a qualifying track, it’s one of the best of the whole season, night race and night qualifying. Extremely difficult track, it’s going to be even more with these cars, as they are terrible over the bumps and bouncing and porpoising and all these things,” he told SkyF1.
“In a way, it’s not gonna be nice to drive, but at the same time it’s one of the most difficult to put together; 24 corners or something, so nailing a lap here is extremely difficult. When you’re closer to doing that, it’s a cool achievement. It feels amazing. Just the whole event, the night race, Singapore, it’s a whole lot of fun.” /TISG
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