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Lando Norris cut a slightly lonelier figure than his fellow Formula One stars, as most of the grid and their glamourous partners hit the red carpet in New York for the glitzy premiere of 'F1', the new film starring Brad Pitt.
While many of the drivers and actors turned up at the A-list event in Times Square with their other halves for a mass date night, Norris flew solo without girlfriend Margarida Corceiro on his arm.
Norris, 25, put on a brave face and appeared to enjoy the event regardless - despite his calamity at the Canadian Grand Prix at the weekend.
The British driver crashed into his own team-mate, Oscar Piastri, on Sunday.
The collision ended Norris's participation and plunged him 22 points back from Piastri, who went on to finish fourth. It was a massive blow to Norris, whose race craft under pressure is now the hottest topic in Formula One. He accepted full responsibility for the incident.
Norris did his best to shake off the negativity swirling around him at the event on Monday night.
Lando Norris flew solo at the world premiere of 'F1' on Monday night, with girlfriend Margarida Corceiro not in attendance for the glamourous event in New York
Corceiro, a model and actress from Portugal, has had an on-off relationship with Norris
Charles Leclerc and Alexandra Saint Mleux (left) and Liam Lawson and Hannah St. John (right) were among the many couples present at the premiere
Corceiro was not in attendance, while Norris faced up to the cameras after a tough weekend
He was without the company of girlfriend Corceiro, a 22-year-old Portuguese actress and model with two million Instagram followers.
Norris and Corceiro were first seen together in 2023 following her break-up with Chelsea star Joao Felix and she's attended a number of races to watch her boyfriend in action.
Norris and Corceiro continued to attend events together throughout much of 2024 before reports claimed that the pair had ended their short-term relationship.
Confirming the news ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, Norris coolly stated on-stage amidst a packed crowd after being asked if he would like a dog: 'If I do I need a girlfriend, and I don't have one.'
However, it appeared the pair have rekindled their romance after Corceiro was spotted by TV cameras during qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix in May.
She was absent on Monday night from the premiere but at least Norris was not the only driver flying solo, with Lewis Hamilton also turning up unaccompanied.
Pitt, Javier Bardem and Damson Idris all star in the new movie, which tells the story of an ex-F1 driver as he makes a comeback to partner new team mate Joshua Pearce at the fictional team.
The real life drivers rubbed shoulders with the big names of the silver screen on Monday evening at a glamourous reception before the film was shown.
Norris crashed into his team-mate Oscar Piastri and hurt his world championship chances badly
Norris endured one of the worst weekends of his Formula One career so far
Geri Horner and Red Bull team principal Christian chat to Carlos Sainz on top of the Rockefeller Center
Norris reportedly rekindled his romance with Portuguese model Margarida Corceiro this year
Jenson Button poses with Brittny Ward at the reception for the F1 movie
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was pictured with wife Geri, who wore a white halterneck dress.
Charles Leclerc donned a white suit and his girlfriend Alexandra Saint Mleux, a 22-year-old art history student from Italy, was on his arm.
British youngster Ollie Bearman was pictured with girlfriend Alicia Stent-Torriani, while Estaban Ocon and partner Flavy Barla were also in attendance.
Liam Lawson of New Zealand posed for snaps with Hannah St. John, while Gabriel Bortoleto of Brazil and Isabella Bernardini also enjoyed the reception at the top of the Rockefeller center.
Norris' calamitous weekend was still a hot topic on Monday and his team principal Andrea Stella was asked on the red carpet about his incident.
He said: 'This may have an impact in terms of his confidence.
(Left to right) Alicia Stent-Torriani, Ollie Bearman, Estaban Ocon and Flavy Barla were in attendance
Brad Pitt is the star of the 'F1' movie and attended the premiere with girlfriend Ines de Ramon
Toto Wolff posed for photos on the red carpet alongside daughter Rosa on Monday
Lewis Hamilton shared a picture with Javier Bardem on Monday evening
'We will have conversations, and the conversations may even be tough, but there's no doubt over the support we give to Lando and over the fact that we will preserve our parity and equality in terms of how we go racing at McLaren between our two drivers.
'The situation would have been different if Lando did not take responsibility and apologise. Lando will have to show his character to overcome this kind of episode and make sure that he only takes the learnings to become a stronger driver.'
Former world champion Nico Rosberg had warned on Sky Sports that it could start a negative cycle of thoughts for Norris now.
He said: 'It becomes a little bit traumatic because you start spiralling negatively down and down, and you get this repetition of, 'I'm making mistakes, and I'm not good enough', and it starts to get to you in your head.
'It can get really dark, and I've been through this, especially when you make a mistake like Lando's where everybody can see it. You even hit your team-mate, so your whole team is thinking, 'What's going on?' It will be difficult for Lando to get back out of that.'
Norris himself was more positive, saying: 'There are plenty more races left. I don't expect to catch Oscar easily. I have to work hard for it and make fewer mistakes than this weekend.'
He has the chance to steady himself with a more solid performance at the next race two weeks from now in Austria.
