Verstappen and Norris warmed up their fight for the F1 World Cup with a tense crossing statements: “I am excited to see the frustration on their face”

This weekend, Lando Norris And his partner Oscar PiastrI see faces against a Max verstappen That, despite having a lower car, is just a point to the leader Landau In general World After three plays the F1 World Cup start racing. McLaren It reached Bahrain With a favorite car and a sign where they can return to Max the blow that Dutch promotes in Japan with a great success. And before that fight on the track, Norris and Verstappen They are responsible for heating that fight F1 World Cup With a tense crossing of statements.

Although both asserted that they were friends outside the track, fighting for the crown did not stop rising that relationship. And another example is what happened after F1 Japan Gp. In Suzuka, Vrstappen did not hesitate to hesitate Lando after a racing and suggested that in McLaren was crushed, a clear dart to Norris, who did not take advantage of his vehicle’s greater efficiency to keep himself from championship before Red Bull improved his car with the arrival of new pieces.

“I also didn’t want to think about what would happen if I was in another car (McLaren). Then you didn’t see me!” He told a journalist. “Are you going to Tokyo?” They asked him. “It can be,” Max replied with a smile on a clear message to Norris.

Verstappen insisted and Norris responded

One week later, Oscar Piastri, at a press conference, took the iron phrase, ensuring that “this was a joke” and it was clear that the race was marked by the position of classification. And but in his appearance before the F1 microphones, Max Verstappen was clearly clear that he thought: “I’m not joking. You thought it was a joke? No, it’s not a joke”.

“We know how difficult it is and how narrow our window is in the car, and then you received that question: ‘What are you going to do in another car? Well, I gave you an honest answer. But I also said in the same interview that it would not happen, so there was no need to think about it, “a Max has been able to reduce losses with respect to McLaren with a lower red bull and it is very difficult to pilot, which can only be driven in one way and where you can just be fast in a very fast use window.

Lando Norris should not like a hair That answer and not hesitant to copy, this time it takes more character than a week ago.

“I don’t care. I can say what I want. I don’t care, sincerely,” Norris said.

“Everyone can say what they want and believe what they want. I think both Oscar (Piastri) and I are great pilots. Maybe he (max) is better in some things, but it’s not better in all places “said Lando.

“I have a lot of respect for Max, but I also know that some things aren’t true. You can come to try our car the day you want, and I’ll be glad to see the frustration on your face when it comes out”The English argued about the 4 -time F1 World Champion, which was clear, as he said weeks ago, that his vehicle was yelling well, but in turn it was difficult to pilot.

In fact, Oscar Piastri himself made sure at a press conference that both of him and Lando had a hard time getting the last tenth of McLaren in Japan and that cost them a pole, but it also made it clear that “If I had to choose between 10 grill cars, I would stay in the pilot.”