Lando Norris is hopeful of attending a Kansas City Chiefs NFL game after the McLaren driver met tight end Travis Kelce following his Miami Grand Prix victory.

British F1 driver Lando Norris expressed his excitement about potentially experiencing a Kansas City Chiefs NFL game following his chance encounter with Travis Kelce, the club’s three-time Super Bowl-winning tight end. Norris, who recently claimed victory for the first time in F1 at the Miami Grand Prix, ran into Kelce at Carbone Beach while celebrating his maiden win.Kelce is not just an NFL star but also an investor in Alpine, a rival of Norris’s McLaren team. The incidental meeting has spurred hopes for Norris of attending a Chiefs game in the future. The pair even swapped contact information, promising a greater likelihood of making Norris’ dream of attending a game come true.

“He was an awesome guy,” Norris gushed on Radio 1 about Kelce, who is reportedly dating music sensation Taylor Swift. “We exchanged numbers and hopefully I can get to a [Chiefs] game one day. He’s about double my height, but he was a legend.”Remaining positive about future races, Norris firmly believes that McLaren can keep up with Max Verstappen and Red Bull in the coming years. Verstappen, who currently holds six pole starts from six races and four race wins, is set to face strong competition from Norris.

“We can win more races this year, we can compete against Red Bull,” Norris confidently told Sky Sports News. “We’re looking at an exciting season between us, Red Bull, Ferrari. We still have work to do, we’re not at the level they are just yet. There’s going to be races that we’re competitive enough but on average we’re not quite where we want to be. We still have our feet on the ground. We have more work to do.”