Lando Norris: “I got taken out” | Friends with Max Verstappen? “It depends…”

Lando Norris recounts his clash with🌳 Max Verstappen at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38 makes a pit stop with a puncture after contact with Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38 makes a pit stop with a puncture after contact with Max…

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris has described his clash with Max Verstappen as “reckless” and a “little bit desperate” at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix.

After an intense number of laps battling, Verstappen and Norris collided on the approach 𝐆to Turn 3.

Verstappen moved🀅 slightly left in the braking zone, causing c🅘ontact in the process.

As a result𒅌, both drivers picked up pun🦩ctures and were forced into the pit lane.

While Verstappen was able to continue albeit with a 10-second time p𝓡enalty, Norris retired from the👍 race.

It’s the first flashpoint between Verstappen and Norris, who have of🍬ten been first and second over the last 12 months.

Reflecting on t𝓰he battle, Norris said: “I know what to expect. I expect aggression and pushing the limits and that kind of thing, but all three times he’s doing stuff that can easily cause an incident, and in the way it’s just a bit reckless.

“It seemed like a little bit desperate from his side, doesn’t need to be, he’s got plenty of wins, but a bit desperate to do what he could to not let me past. I know he’s going to be aggressive sღo I’m in a way not surprise.

“I just expected a tough, fair, respectful on the eꦕdge bit of racing, and I don’t feel like that’s what I got.”

Norris refused to take any blame for tඣhe incident.

He added: “I don’t think I need to ch🧸ange anything I’m doingﷺ, I was on the edge of the track, I don’t know what else I’m able to do, he’s always a bit like that, but I respect Max a lot.

“There’s times where I think he goes a little bit too far, little bit of that, at the same time these things happen, I’m disa🐼ppointed it ruined the race, destroyed the car, in terms of upgrades and budget caps and that, so the car s destroyed and these are bits we need for next week.

“It's not just a repercussion of things that happen on track it’s now what we carry into Silverstone and be disadv🔥antaged by, yeah, just expected a bit more from him.”

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38 makes a pit stop with a puncture after contact with Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL38 makes a pit stop with a puncture after contact with Max…

Norris' DNF means Verstappen has extended his lead in the F1 d⭕rivers' championship to 81 points.

The British driver ultimately feels he was "taken out of the race" afterඣ delivering an "error-free" grand prix.

“I don’t know what to say," he told Sky. “Disappointed. Nothing mo🦋re than that, honestly. It was a good race. I looked forward to a fair battle. A strong, fair battle. I wouldn’t say that’s what it was, in the end. Tough one to take. It was a mistake-free race from my side. I felt like I did a good job.”

“I got taken out o🉐f the race. Nothing moꦕre than that. 

Another layer to the crash is Verstappen and Noꦦrris’ close friendship.

The pair view each other as their close friends in the paddock, but clas🃏hes like today will only make things more tense.

Norris conceded that Verstappe𝓡n’s reaction to the incident will determine whether they remain good friends or not.

“I don’t know.🌼 It depends what he says. If he says that he did nothing wrong, then I will lose a lot of respect for that," he explained.

“If he admits to being a bit stupid and running into me, and being a bit reckless in a way, then I’d have a small amount of respect for it. But it’s still✨ a tough one toღ take, fighting for the win.

“I am trying to be fair from my side🥂. And he just wasn’t.”

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