Max Verstappen expects ‘many more battles’ with Lando Norris
Maxꦓ Verstappen predicts more close battles with Lando Nꦯorris after beating his friend to F1 title.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen says he expects to have “many more battles” with F1 rival and friend 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.
The Red Bull driver finished fifth, one place ahead of Norris, at the Las Vegas Grand Prix to clinch his fourth consecutiv𝕴e world championship with two races remaining this season.
Verstappen ended the race with an unassailable 63-point lead over Norris, who e🐈merged as the Dutchman’s nearest cha✃llenger throughout the year.
“We have a lot of incredible young talen♚t in the sport and Lando is definitely one of them. And of course, at🃏 times, he made it very difficult for me,” Verstappen said.
“We simply didn't have an answer in many races where they were just clearly faster. So that made it, of course,𒊎 difficult.
“But to win a championship, you ne🐠ed to be consistent. Sometimes you try to overperform. It doesn't happen every weekend, but sometimes yo♔u can. And that's what we did.
"But of course, McLaren at the moment, you know, they're extremely strong. And of course, you know, Lando, I know him, of course🐭, for a long time already. So also to ra♎ce a friend of yours to the title is always a little bit different.
“But I think we have a lot of respect for each ꧋other. And yeah, well, I'm sure that we'll have many more battles to come.”
Asked if there was ever a point he felt Norris had a better chance of winning the title, Verstappen replied: “I would say from Miami onwards, most of the time we were not the quickest anymore.✃ And Miami is still very early on in the season.
“So, you know, 50 points, 60 points, they can very easily be overturned if you keep maximisinꦍg results and not do anything cℱrazy. So, I mean, I've experienced that myself, being 30, 40 points down. I think in ‘22.
"Anything is possible, so I had that always in the back of my mind, but at the sameﷺ time, it's just focus on what I could control within the team and just gi﷽ve it everything every single weekend.”
Versta💛ppen said he expects next seไason to be "a proper battle between a lot of cars, but I’m hungry".
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