Watch awkward moment This Morning bosses edit Phillip Schofield out of tribute to F1 champ Lando Norris

THIS Morning bosses person "desperately" edited Phillip Schofield retired of a tribute to F1 racing operator Lando Norris.

Phillip, 62, featured successful the archetypal clip of Lando 3 years agone but was removed for a caller tribute to the 25-year-old sports star.

Instead, lone his co-star Holly Willoughby's dependable was utilized earlier it jumped consecutive to footage of Lando unsocial arsenic helium answered a question Phil had asked.

Phillip, who was sacked from This Morning successful 2023, was non existent successful the tribute, contempt the information helium was sat next to Holly and Lando astatine the clip of the archetypal interview.

The caller montage went connected to amusement a big of different This Morning presenters interviewing Lando implicit the years, including Alison Hammond, Josie Gibson and Dermot O'Leary.

As a result, Phillip's lack did not spell unnoticed with eagle-eyed viewers.

After spotting the sneaky determination by producers, 1 instrumentality wrote connected X: "I emotion a montage wherever they are desperately trying not to see Schofield."

Another added: "Wow that editing was STRICT!"

The tribute to Lando and his awesome vocation was shown connected Wednesday's occurrence of This Morning (February 12, 2025).

It came moments earlier the Formula 1 champ was interviewed by hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard via video nexus from McLaren's office successful Woking.

Wednesday's conception began with Cat saying: "On the surface, Formula 1 mightiness beryllium each astir the cars.

"But it's the drivers who supply the bosom and psyche down the instrumentality and determination is 1 operator successful peculiar This Morning has kept a adjacent oculus on."

The surface past flashed to footage of Lando trackside arsenic helium celebrated his F1 Grand Prix win, with Holly's dependable saying: "You've had truthful overmuch occurrence truthful young and I deliberation a batch of radical would beryllium thinking, 'God, what is his concealed to that?'"

Lando was past shown sat successful the This Morning workplace successful 2022, saying: "One of the biggest things is consistency."

In the archetypal interview, however, Lando had really spoken astir "consistency" aft Phillip had asked: "Out of this 19, you've finished sixth.

"Not bully enough, I admit that for you. But not a atrocious play for most. And determination volition person been galore seasoned drivers who would person liked to person been successful that position.

"But however, with those weaknesses, wherever bash you deliberation they were? What tin you improve? Not needfully but with the car?"

Lando had told Phil: "One of those things is consistency and delivering each weekend."

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The tribute continued with a slew of clips of Lando connected This Morning implicit the years.

Alison Hammond was shown astatine Silverstone racetrack calling Lando "This Morning's adopted son".

She was besides seen alongside Dermot O'Leary interviewing the F1 operator connected different occasion, portion 1 clip showed Lando speaking to Dermot and Josie Gibson.

Alison and Dermot were past shown again, with Dermot saying: "On Sunday, Lando Norris yet became Formula 1 Grand Prix winner."

Phillip was dropped from This Morning 15 months aft his and Holly's 2022 interrogation with Lando.

His sacking followed a little matter with a younger subordinate of unit which helium owned up to, prompting an external review of the civilization astatine the programme, which yet cleared ITV of immoderate wrongdoing.

The backlash saw Phil suffer each his TV work, including Dancing On Ice, and helium fell retired with one-time champion friend, Holly, who did not basal by him once the ungraded broke.

Holly later quit the show, leaving the daytime amusement facing its biggest situation successful 35 years.

Ben and Cat made their This Morning debut successful March 2024 successful a bid to rescue the amusement and claw backmost dwindling viewing figures.