The 21-year-old’s £ 40,000 team-issued watch was stolen when he was attacked by two men while returning to his McLaren GT sports car in an official Wembley car park.
A statement from McLaren said Norris was “uninjured but understandably shaken” by the incident that occurred after England lost to Italy in a tense penalty shoot-out after the game ended 1-1 after extra time.
The Euro 2020 final was overshadowed by violent scenes before and after the match on Sunday evening, with a number of un-ticketed fans breaking into Wembley Stadium.
The Metropolitan Police said up to 53 arrests were made in Wembley amid the rioting, while nineteen police officers were injured.
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Brown told Sky Sports that he “talked about it a lot” with Norris and shared his own raid experience when he was younger.
“I was mugged three times when I was younger in Los Angeles, so I told my story [with Lando]”Said Braun.
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“It’s easy to feel responsible as a victim, if that makes sense then you have a nice guard. The reality is that he did everything he should.
“I have some bad people in the world. That wasn’t a well-run event – I left and that was just not acceptable behavior.
“So that has to be remedied because you should never feel in danger at a major sporting event, you would never see that in Formula 1.
“But he’s fine. A little traumatized, as you would expect, he explained it to me, it wasn’t a very nice experience, but he’s healthy and will be fine.”
Norris posted a message to well-wishers on Instagram: “Thanks for all the messages to everyone.
“I thought I’d let you know I’m fine and I’ll try to make sure I’m ready and in the right zone to do my best this weekend.
“I love you all and can’t wait to see so many of you back on track this weekend.”
Norris is fourth in the championship and is the only driver to have scored points in each of the nine races this season leading up to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend.
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