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lando norris Hits back at Max Verstappen’s comment that he could have “easily” won the world championship mclaren Claiming that there are certain things his opponent “doesn’t know much about”.
On the eve of the final round of the season QueueRed Bull’s Verstappen attacks Norris and teammate oscar piastri When he said that if he drove his car then the title fight would be over.
Piastri won Saturday’s sprint race from pole position, reducing Norris’ championship lead from 24 points to 22. Norris finished third, one place ahead of Verstappen, who is now 25 points behind. British Driver.
Norris will secure his first world title on Sunday if he beats Piastri by four points and remains ahead of Verstappen in any event.
Responding to Verstappen’s taunt, Norris said: “Max is very welcome to say whatever he wants. He’s kind of earned the right because he’s won four world championships.
“I have enormous respect, and she has achieved an incredible feat – more than anyone could dream of achieving – and that gives her credit to anyone.
“Generally he has a good knowledge of a lot of things, but there are also a lot of things he doesn’t know much about.
“But it’s also Red Bull’s way of doing things, an aggressive nature and just talking nonsense most of the time.
“It depends on whether you want to hear it and talk about it like he wants you to do, or do what we do as a team which is keep our heads down and stay focused.
“Maybe he could have done that (win the title easily) but he hasn’t done it yet.”
Norris’s mistake in the final meters of qualifying on Friday allowed Piastri to take pole for the sprint.
And the Australian started the day on the final day of August before delivering a composed performance to take his first win of any kind since the Dutch Grand Prix and boost his title hopes.
Norris started third and came within inches of a tangle with George Russell at the opening corner. Further back, Verstappen was leading.
He launched his car under the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso at the first turn and then moved ahead of his Red Bull teammate Yuki Tsunoda and gave him a free pass.
Norris’ papaya mirrors were occupied by Verstappen, and, at the start of lap three, the four-time world champion yanked to his right in the braking zone of the first turn. Verstappen was far behind and was only moving forward to scare his rival. it did not work.
Verstappen was then complaining on the radio about the handling of his Red Bull machine, before Norris soon moved out of DRS range, increasing his advantage over the man he was looking to dethrone as champion by more than a second.
In a race with little drama, Piastri finished 1.3 seconds behind Norris, finishing 4.9 seconds clear of Russell. Verstappen was nine seconds behind Piastri.
Qualifying for Sunday’s main event will take place at 2100 local time (1800 GMT).