“Shaquille O’Neal was as tall as Lewis Hamilton on that podium”: Fans react hilariously as Lakers legend presents winners trophy to Max Verstappen in Austin after an uproarious entry

Tanish Chachra | 25/10/2021
"Shaquille O’Neal was as tall as Lewis Hamilton on that podium": Fans react hilariously as Lakers legend presents winners trophy to Max Verstappen in Austin after an uproarious entry

Shaquille O’Neal visits the Circuit of the Americas to facilitate the podium winners of the US Grand Prix; fans react hilariously to his entry.

Basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal was one of the most prominent American celebrities to visit the US Grand Prix this weekend, as F1 returned after a year-long hiatus.

Despite the abundance of celebrities at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), The former Lakers star took the whole event by a laughing storm. The 49-year-old O’Neal entered the grandstand in an EPIC longhorn car.

O’Neal was holding the Grand Prix winner trophy, which he was supposed to hand over to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who won the race after tiresome 56 laps long tussle.

However, the show wasn’t limited till here. The Lakers legend then stood alongside the three drivers on the podium, giving a rather funny sight to the fans.

Despite Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez standing on the podium, they were still smaller than O’Neal in height, leaving fans in hysteria, and obviously, social media erupted.

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Shaquille O’Neal and Christian Horner also prompted Twitter to reacts

O’Neal was also spotted at the start of the race chatting with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, and it took only a few moments for fans to circulate photos on Twitter. However, over here also for the fans, the height comparison between the two was their major talking point.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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