Lando Norris had to endure a chorus of boos following his second straight Formula 1 victory after the Brazilian Grand Prix.
It comes after the McLaren star was showered with boos in awkward scenes after romping to victory during the Mexican Grand Prix.
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Footage however of the most recent incident whipped around social media with one team forced to offer up an apology over the actions of one staff member.
As the winner’s trophy was presented to Norris, one Racing Bulls staff member appeared to be encouraging the behaviour and could be seen in the footage giving a thumbs down before a fellow staffer pulls him into line.
In a statement, Racing Bulls said it was “aware” of the video and stressed “it doesn’t reflect our team’s values or the spirit of VCARB”.
“The matter has been handled internally,” the statement added.
“We believe in celebrating great racing and showing respect to every driver, team, and fan both on and off the track.”
The crowd’s behaviour was later condemned, although Norris himself didn’t seem too fussed by it.
“It’s one weekend at a time. I’m happy, I’m focused on myself,” Norris said.
“I keep my head down, I ignore all of this, keep to myself. It’s working at the minute, so I’m happy.”
Norris has completely flipped the Formula 1 title race on its head with the Brit racing away to hold a 24-point advantage over teammate Oscar Piastri.
Piastri held a 34-point lead in the drivers’ standings following the Dutch Grand Prix, but the Aussie has failed to stand on the podium over the past five races.
His wretched run of form commenced during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and has dragged on into the most important stages of the season.
Piastri admitted a controversial team orders call that unfolded during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza was weighing on his mind throughout the weekend in Baku.
The Aussie had a chance to extend his championship lead at Monza and was tracking for a P2 finish before McLaren ordered him to let Norris go ahead.
Norris had been running second for the majority of the race but a faulty wheel gun delayed his pit stop, seeing Piastri move ahead before later being requested to give back the position to his teammate and championship rival.
Reflecting on his struggles at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Piastri suggested he was finding it hard to move past what happened at Monza as well.
“Ultimately (it’s) a combination of quite a few things,” Piastri said on the podcast. “Obviously, the race before that was Monza, which I didn’t feel was a particularly great weekend from my own performance and there was obviously what happened with the pitstops.
“But then also in Baku itself, Friday was tough, things weren’t working, I was overdriving, I wasn’t very happy with how I was driving and ultimately probably trying to make up for that a little bit on Saturday.
“I think there was kind of some things in the lead-up, let’s say, that were maybe not the most helpful and then things that happened on the weekend.
“We had an engine problem in FP1 that kind of unsettled things a bit, and then I was driving not that well. We were on C6 tyres that weekend, which are notoriously tricky to handle. There were just a lot of little things that eventually kind of added up.”
Piastri will look to bounce back in the championship fight when the Formula 1 paddock takes to the streets of Las Vegas on November 23.
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