Lando Norris' trademark champagne celebration went wrong on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix podium as his winning bottle of bubbly smashed on impact with the ground, leaving him momentarily stunned

Lando Norris' signature celebration backfired spectacularly on the São Paulo Grand Prix podium. The Brits sparked a scary moment after his victory bottle of champagne shattered into pieces and he was hit by a firework.

Norris clinched his first win since the Dutch Grand Prix in August by capitalising on a Kimi Antonelli spin to triumph in Brazil, and he was thrilled to return to the top step of the podium just seven days after it was confirmed he had surrendered his Formula One world title.

The British national anthem rang out across São Paulo as Norris and McLaren celebrated their return to form. However, the remainder of the podium ceremony went spectacularly off-script.

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The drivers grabbed their champagne bottles, ready to spray them in time-honoured motorsport fashion. Yet Norris has a rather distinctive method of popping his bottles, having developed a habit of smashing them against the ground to dislodge the cork.

Until Sunday, this had never caused an issue, but this time proved to be the exception as the bottle exploded on contact with the ground.

Norris then found himself in the wrong place as a sparkled at the front of the stage went off and struck him in the eye.

For several seconds he remained motionless, his hand raised to his face. Once second-placed Max Verstappen clocked what had happened, he immediately ceased spraying his own champagne and stepped forward to check on his fellow competitor, reports the Express.

Thankfully, Norris appeared to have escaped unscathed from the flying fragments of glass. TV cameras zoomed in for a close-up of his face, revealing no visible cuts to his skin, with his eyes wide open.

The shattered glass didn't prove too much of a safety concern either, as Mercedes staff swiftly took over the podium, celebrating their newly-clinched constructors' championship.