Max Verstappen hits out at McLaren for ‘complaining a lot lately’ after Lando Norris penalty

Max Verstappen's v🌃erdict on the incident with Lando Norris at the United States G𝓀rand Prix.

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has hit out at McLaren for ‘complaining a lot lately’ following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris’ penalty at the United States Grand Prix.

Norris was hit with a five-second time p🐬enalty for ‘leaving the track and gaining an advantage’ during his battle w൩ith Verstappen.

The McLaren driver attempted to overtake Verstappen into Turn 12 - the☂ brak♊ing zone after the DRS straight.

Both drivers went off t�✨�he track after Verstappen broke later into the corner - but Norris gained the position.

The stew๊ards deemed that Norris did so🗹 illegally and thus was handed a penalty.

McLaren boss Andrea Stella was frustrated with the situation afterwards, stating it was “inappropriate” for the stewards to get involved with the battle between the two F1 🃏title protagonists.

Giving his view on things, Verstappen felt it’s “very clear in the rules” and that McLaren “complain about a lot late༺ly”.

“No. I don’t. They 🌳complain about a lot lately anyway,” he said in the FIA press conference in Austin.

“It’s very clear in the rules. Outside the white line you 🎉can’t pass. I’ve beenꦜ done for it as well in the past.”

Reflecting on the battle with Norris, he added:  “I just tried to do the best I could. The balance wasn’t great. I was not ab💮le to attack the corners. He♓ was putting a lot of pressure. Around here, it’s quite a good track to defend. There’s a lot of possibilities. It makes it good for racing.

“I think it’s quite clear you can’t overtake out of the white line. I got done for it in 2017 or whatever it was s⛦o I lost my podium like that. I was just remaining calm,  do the best I could after that to bring the car until the end. It wasn’t easy with the tyres and situation I was in. Overall, I still really enjoyed that battle we had.”

Verstappen finis🐟hed a distant third as the Ferrariꦯ’s secured their third 1-2 finish of the year.

The 𒉰three-time world champion conceded Red Bull had gone backwards re🐈lative to the sprint.

“I think today wasn’t the best race for us compared to yesterday꧂ for example,” he exp𓂃lained.

“Just struggling for balanc❀e, for grip. Couldn’t really brake, rotate the car. Quite quickly onwards I realised we’re not going to win the race. Just tried to do my own race.

“I think we did the best strategy we could as a team. It was just surviving until the end. Lando arrived. We had some good battles.🀅 It was a lot of fun. Overall, it was still quite a tough race for me.”

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