Lando Norris has accused Max Verstappen of “ruining his personal race” via “not racing very sensible” after their newest wheel-to-wheel battle on the F1 Miami Grand Prix.
Norris completed second after battling his means again via from sixth place after dropping locations in the beginning when he challenged pole sitter Verstappen for the lead into Flip 1.
The Briton complained that Verstappen had ran him off observe however the stewards deemed that the transfer was truthful and opted towards taking any motion.
Norris and Verstappen had one other intense battle as he caught again as much as the Purple Bull driver on his restoration drive to P2 behind McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.
Requested about his battle with Verstappen within the FIA press convention, Norris replied: “It was high quality. He’s combating exhausting, however it’s as much as him to try this.
“He’s ruining his personal race. He’s not racing very sensible. We most likely may have completed 1-2 at the moment, and he didn’t due to that.
“So yeah, he’s combating, that’s all the time anticipated, however that’s what it’s.”
Norris and Verstappen do battle in Miami
Norris questioned Verstappen’s racing conduct instantly after Sunday’s race when he spoke in parc ferme.
“What can I say if I don’t go for it, individuals complain; if I am going for it, individuals complain,” he stated.
“So, you’ll be able to’t win. But it surely’s actually this with Max, you recognize, it’s, it’s crash or don’t move. And, you recognize, except you get it actually proper and you set him within the good place, then you’ll be able to nearly get there.
“However I paid the value for not doing a ok job at the moment, however I’m so pleased with second.”
Norris has now fallen 16 factors behind Piastri within the championship after the opening six rounds.
Piastri’s victory was his third in a row and fourth from six races this season.
