Max Verstappen expects ‘many more battles’ with Lando Norris
Max Verstappen predicts more close battles with Lando Norris after beating his friꦍend 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 consecutive world cham🍌pionship with two races remaining this season.
Verstappen ended the race with an unassailable 63-point lead over Norris, who emerged as the Dutchman’s nearest challenger throughout the ꦜyear.
“We have a 🍒lot of incredible young talent in the sport andꦆ 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 a♋nswer in many races where they were just clearly faster. So that made it, of course, difficult.
“But to win a championship, you need to be consisten💙t. Sometimes you try to overperform. It doesn't happen every weekend, but sometimes you can. And that's what we did.
"But of course, McLaren at ꦕthe 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 race 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, theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy can very easily be overturned if you keep maximising results and not do anything crazy. 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 same time, it's just focus ✱on what I could control within the team and just give it everything every single weekend.”
Ve🔯rstappen said he expects next season to be "a proper battle between a lot of cars, but I’m hungry".
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