Max Verstappen hits out at McLaren for ‘complaining a lot lately’ after Lando Norris penalty

Max Verstappe💧n's verdict on the incident with Lando Norris at the United States Grand 🅘Prix.

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has hit out at McLaren for ‘complaining a lot lately’ following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris’ penalty at the United States Grand Prix.

Norris was hit with a five-second ൩time penalty for ‘leaving the track and gaining an advantage’ durin🦂g his battle with Verstappen.

Theღ McLaren driver attempted to overtake Verstappen into Turn 12 - the braking zone after the𒈔 DRS straight.

Both drivers went off the track after Verstappen broke later into the corner - b🧸ut Norris gaღined the position.

The stewওards deemed that Norris did so illegally and thus was handed a penalty.

McLaren boss Andrea Stella was frustrated with the situation afterwards, stating it was “inappropriate” for the steward🏅s to get involved with th🔥e battle between the two F1 title protagonists.

Giving his view on things, Ver⛦stappen felt it’s “very clear in the rules” and that McLaren “complain about a lot lately”.

“No. I don’t. They complain about a lot lately anyway,” he said ꦍin the FIA press confe🧔rence in Austin.

“It’s very clear in the rules. Outside the white line you can🌠’tꦓ pass. I’ve been done for it as well in the past.”

Reflecting on the battle with Norris, he added:  “I just tried to do the best I could. The balance wasn’t great. I was not able to attack the corners. He was putting a lot of pressure. Around here, it’s ꩲquite a good track to defend. There’s a lot of possibilities. It makes it good for racing.

“I think it’s quite clear you can’t overtake out of the white line. I got done for it in 2017 or whatever it was so I lost my podium like that. I was just remaining calm,  do the bes💝t I could after that to bring the car until the end. It wasn’t eas꧒y with the tyres and situation I was in. Overall, I still really enjoyed that battle we had.”

Verstappen finished a d🦹istant third as the Ferrari’s secured their third 1-2 finish of the year.

The three-time world champion conceded Red Bull had gone backwards relative to the sprin🌌t.

“I think today wasn’t the best race for us compareꦰd to yesterday for example,” he explained.

“Just struggling for bal🍰ance, for grip. Couldn’t really brake, rotate the car. Quite quickly onwards I realised we’re not going to win the race. Just tried to do my own race.

“I think we did the best strategy we could as a team. It was just surviving until the end. Lan🌳do arrived. We had some good battles🍰. It was a lot of fun. Overall, it was still quite a tough race for me.”

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