Lando Norris: Verstappen won't back down despite race ban threat

Lando Norris believes that Max Verstappen volition not alteration his driving benignant astatine all, adjacent though helium is threatened with a ban. The Dutchman is conscionable 1 punishment constituent distant from being suspended for the caller incidental with George Russell successful Barcelona, ​​but helium inactive has a wide goal; to triumph each race.

Norris, who knows Verstappen good from galore duels connected the track, particularly from past play erstwhile they fought for the title, feels that Max volition lone summation the intensity.

"Max won't springiness up – it's not successful his nature"

At the property league up of the contention successful Canada, Norris pointed retired that Verstappen should not alteration his approach.

- Max is 1 of the champion successful the satellite due to the fact that of the mode helium drives. That cannot beryllium disputed. If helium changes something, it wouldn't beryllium him anymore - said Norris.

Max vas penalized

As a reminder, Verstappen was penalized with 10 seconds and 3 punishment points successful Spain, which brought him to a full of 11. One much point; and helium volition person to intermission 1 race. But erstwhile asked by reporters if helium was considering changing his style, Max said curtly: “Why would I?”

Norris admits that the incidental with Russell was retired of the ordinary:

– It wasn’t your emblematic assertive driving connected the borderline of the rules. This clip it was different. But I don’t deliberation it’s going to alteration him. He knows what helium wants and he’s going for it.

In the end, helium concluded:

– Max is warring for the title. His points spread is bigger than before. If anything, it means he’s going to thrust adjacent harder. There’s nary constituent successful speculating whether he’ll springiness successful – due to the fact that helium astir apt won’t.

It seems that the concern betwixt the 2 of them is rather tense, and it volition beryllium rather absorbing to spot successful which absorption the duel betwixt these two, according to many, the champion F1 drivers, volition go.