Norris scraps the Verstappen Cup: the manufacturer recreates the trophy

(Motorsport-Whole.com) – It occurred throughout the glowing wine bathe after the award ceremony in Hungary: System 1 driver Lando Norris slammed his bottle onto the rostrum on which Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen had positioned his trophy. The shock induced the trophy to tip over and break in two on the bottom. So the injury has been completed, however who has to pay for it now?

Norris shied away from duty within the press convention after the race and easily stated: “Max simply put the trophy too near the sting.” Verstappen appeared to simply accept that. He stated: “I will take them subsequent time [vom Podest] down.” Norris: “Or simply maintain her.”

Norris additionally stated, extra jokingly, “I do not know [wie es passiert ist]. The trophy fell over I suppose. And that is not my drawback, it is [Verstappens]!”

Porcelain producer creates a brand new trophy for Verstappen

Attila Simon, then again, would not care in regards to the query of guilt. “The groups must make clear that amongst themselves,” says the managing director of the Herendi porcelain manufacturing unit, which manufactured the trophies for the highest three System 1 drivers on behalf of the Hungarian Grand Prix – painstakingly by hand and over a interval of six months. The prices for this are most likely round 40,000 euros per piece.

And now the work for the Herendi workers begins once more: “We now have the joyful but additionally heavy burden of creating one other trophy,” says Simon. Manufacturing has already began. Nonetheless, Verstappen mustn’t have to attend six months for his trophy: the Herendi specialists wish to provide the System 1 world champion a lot earlier.

All as a result of Norris wished to shine within the glowing wine bathe. The McLaren driver has been noticed a number of occasions tapping his bottle on the ground first, in order that the contents shoot out of the bottle in a big fountain – splendid for the boozy celebration after the trophy presentation.

And it’s attention-grabbing: Norris instantly acknowledges in Hungary what he has completed, pulls a brief grimace. However then he grins and throws himself into the glowing wine bathe on the rostrum along with Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Solely then does he level out the injury to Verstappen. The race winner finally ends up taking each items of the damaged trophy with him, unaware that he’ll obtain a totally new one.