“It’s hit or not to pass”

The confrontations on track between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen have been the usual tonic in the last year and a half. The most aggravated of all was the one lived during the 2024 Austria GP, where both pilots were touched, ending with the British out of the race and with the Dutch clicking tire. While it is true that what has lived in Miami has not been so striking, the reality is that both pilots have had their more and less on several occasions.

Confrontation between Verstappen and Norris

From the exit, The Dutch pilot extended the braking inside, while Lando Norris tried to perform the overtaking maneuver from the outside, getting out of track. This relegated it outside the Top 5, but the McLaren had a rhythm to be able to overcome. In fact, at a few laps and with an Oscar Piastri who had already managed to move to 1, both pilots saw each other on track.

This confrontation He made Oscar Piastri be distancing almost 10 seconds from that 2nd position for which they were fighting McLaren and Red Bull. In spite of this, after several attempts of the British abroad, he would finally advance to the world’s tetracampeon, who lost the bellows of the first laps falling even outside the Top 3. A confrontation that he wanted to speak of the papaya.

“What can I say? If I don’t try, people complain. If I try, people complain, so you can’t win”McLaren’s pilot said.

“But so it is with Max. You know, it is to collide or not to happen, less than you do well and place it in the perfect position, you can almost arrive. But I paid the price for not having done a good job today, but I am very happy that we are seconds, ”he continued.

“Well, it’s never the best feeling, but the team has done incredible job, so I can’t criticize them at all. Good stop stops, great rhythm. Yes, we were later, so it was a good feeling, but Oscar piloted well. Max fought well, as always, and I paid the price, but things are, ”Lando Norris concluded.

This is how the McLaren pilot has ended in the 2nd position after several track clashes with Max Verstappen.