Lando Norris: “I got taken out” | Friends with Max Verstappen? “It depends…”
Landoꦏ Norris recounts his clash with Max Verstappen at the Austrian Grand Prix.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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 to Turn 3🌸.
Verstappen moved slightly left in th🌠e braking zone, causing contact in the process.
As a result, both drivers picke🦩d up punctures and were fo🦩rced into the pit lane.
While Verstappen was able to continue albeit with a 10-second time penalty, Norris🐼 retired from the race.
It’s the first flashpoint between Verstappen and Norris, who 🥂have often been fi🌠rst and second over the last 12 months.
Reflecting on the battle, Norris said: “I know what to expect. I expect aꩵggression 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 pa🎉st. I know he’s going to be aggressive so I’m in a way not surprise.
“෴I just expected a tough, fair, respectful on the edge bit of racing, and I don’t feel like that’s what I got.”
💛Norris refused to take any blame for the incident.
He added: “I don’t think I need to change anything I’m doing, 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 disappointed it ruined the race, destroyed the car, in terms of upgrades and budget caps and that, so the car s destroyed and these are bit𝔉s we need for next week.
“It's not just a repercussion of things that happen on track it’s now what we carry in🌞to Silverstone and be disadvantaged by, yeah, just expected a bit more from him.”

Norris' DNF means Verstappen has eꦛxtended his l☂ead in the F1 drivers' championship to 81 points.
The🅘 British driver ultimately feels he was "taken out of the race" after delivering an "e𒉰rror-free" grand prix.
“I don’t know what to say," he told Sky. “Disappointed. Nothing more 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 g๊ood job.”
“I got tak꧋en out of the race. Noth෴ing more than that.
Another layer to th꧅e crash is Verstappen and Norris’ close fri𒁃endship.
The pair view each other as their close fri✨ends in the paddock, but clashes like today will only make things more 🌊tense.
Norris conceded that Verstappen’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 nothin💃g 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 to take, fighting for the win.
“I ✤am trying to be fair from my side. And he just wasn’t.”

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