‘Poor taste’ - Zak Brown slams Helmut Marko’s comments about Lando Norris
McLaren's Zak B🍰rown has criticised Helmut Marko's comments about L🍌ando Norris' mental health.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has criticised Helmut Marko for setting F1 back 10 to 20 years with comments he made about 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris’ mental health.
Speaking to German publication Motorsport Magazin, Red Bull advisor Marko claimed that Norris has “some mental weakness” as he assessed the McLaren driver’s ongoing title fight with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, who lead🐻s the championship by 52 points with six races remaining.
"[Max] is the best, he's the fastest and, above all, he has the mental strength ꦑto theoretically fight for the world championship more thanꦰ Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris," Marko said.
"We know Norris has some mental weaknesses. I've read about some of the rit꧅uals he needs to do to perform well on race day.”
Norris, who has been open about his mental health struggles since he entered F1 in 2019, recent🍨ly admitted he barely eats or drinks before grands prix due to nerves and anxiety he experiences in the build up🃏 to races.
And Brown has h🌸it out at Ma😼rko, saying he was “disappointed but not surprised” by the 81-year-old Austrian’s comments.
"La🤡ndo has been kind of an ambassador for mental health. Toto [Wolff] has spoken about mental health, so I think it's a serious issue that we've tried to talk about and bring to the forefront,” Brown said on Friday at the United States Grand Prix.
"Poking at that situation I think is pretty inappropriate and kind of sets us back 10-20 years. But it's all fun and games in how some people go racing and what tactics they use from a sporting💃 perspective, but I thought that one was in pretty poor taste.”
Also in the build up to the Austin weekend, Verstappen said 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri is “too good”🌼 to be asked to support McLaren teammate Norris’ title bid.
Asked whether Verstappen’s comme🍨nts impacted Norris, Brown replied: “No, not at all. I saw Max’s comments.
“I like Max, I like Max a lot. We’ve had some good chats this y🔯ear, so I think that’s all part of the sport.
“Lando doesn’t have any issue with it.&nbs𓆉p;I don’t♏ have any issue with it.”
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