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Combating in pubs and on monitor – Norris, Verstappen on title combat
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Combating in pubs and on monitor – Norris, Verstappen on title combat

By Miles Cooper February 28, 2025
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Max Verstappen and Lando Norris had been thick as thieves as the 2 title challengers from final season joked about combating in an area pub forward of renewing their on-track battles in 2025.

The pair are long-term mates, however that relationship was seemingly strained at instances final 12 months as they had been combating for the drivers’ crown, which was finally retained by Verstappen. Having had time to replicate on 2024, Norris and Verstappen sat alongside each other throughout a media session on the second day of pre-season testing in Bahrain and went into one thing near a comedy double-act when answering how their relationship now stood.

“It’s a horrible relationship. We don’t get on anymore, it’s taken its toll. Large drama,” mentioned Verstappen as Norris chuckled alongside.

It was then the McLaren man’s flip: “We had a combat the opposite day in an area pub,” he added.

Like several well-oiled Saturday Evening Stay sketch, Verstappen jumped straight again in.

“We needed to get escorted (out of the pub). I all the time say, you must see the opposite man… however he nonetheless appears to be like good, so, no matter!”

Combating in pubs and on monitor – Norris, Verstappen on title combat

Max Verstappen, Pink Bull Racing RB20, leads Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38

Photograph by: Andy Hone

Earlier title rivals could not have sat sniggering like youngsters being disciplined — certainly, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, and Damon Hill even Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, had been extra more likely to have really tried to settle their variations by brawling in a bar. For Norris, who ended the season 63 factors behind Verstappen, insists each he and his Pink Bull rival are extra involved about what’s to return.

“I believe we each look ahead to extra of final 12 months, extra battles,” he mentioned.

“I do not assume it is simply going to be us. I believe there’s going to be others concerned, which is able to make it extra thrilling for everybody. However yeah, I do know they are going to be robust battles and I am certain a few of them aren’t all the time going to finish the best way I need or hopefully Max needs, however we’re racing drivers.

“We get alongside. We have all the time mentioned these form of issues. I do know everybody tries to make their very own factors and say what’s appropriate and what’s not appropriate, however we respect one another loads and we look ahead to extra racing on monitor.”

Requested if he had something so as to add, perhaps predictably by that time, Verstappen replied: “No, that’s fantastically mentioned.” Perhaps their relationship actually is solely beautiful… .

Pictures from the Bahrain Pre-Season Testing – Day 2

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