According to the network, ESPN2’s telecast of the British Grand Prix averaged 1.5 million viewers, a 19% gain over last year’s telecast and the largest audience ever for the race on U.S. television. That viewership peaked at 1.8 million right around the time Norris took the checkered flag.

F1 has launched another project with Lego - this time redesigning the iconic British Grand Prix winners' trophies in Lego bricks

Listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 commentary and follow text updates of second practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.