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Lando Norris accuses British rival George Russell of ‘enjoying thoughts video games’
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Lando Norris accuses British rival George Russell of ‘enjoying thoughts video games’

By Miles Cooper March 21, 2025
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Lando Norris accuses British rival George Russell of ‘enjoying thoughts video games’

Lando Norris has accused British rival George Russell of “making an attempt to play thoughts video games” with him by relentlessly speaking up McLaren’s automobile. However he says he’ll “not fall for them”, including that if something it exhibits he’s contained in the Mercedes driver’s head slightly than the opposite means round.

Norris, 25, held off Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen to final weekend after he and team-mate Oscar Piastri took a one-two in qualifying, greater than 0.3 seconds away from the sphere.

Forward of this weekend’s , Russell informed reporters that McLaren ought to actually win each race this season since their benefit was larger than “something Pink Bull ever had”, together with the 2023 season when Pink Bull received 21 out of twenty-two races.

Norris laughed when that concept was put to him. “Ha! What? A much bigger benefit than the 2023 [Red Bull] that received every little thing? Proper. I believed he [Russell] was a bit smarter than that, however clearly not. I don’t even have to say something. I believe it’s apparent sufficient that it’s not.”

Norris added: “George thinks he can play loads of video games however… I don’t fall for any of them.

“The automobile clearly isn’t [as strong as Red Bull in 2023]. It’s excellent however the reality he’s been a lot ‘the season’s over’ after one race is a bit bizarre. However he can do no matter he desires. I’m comfortable he thinks these issues.”

Requested whether or not Russell’s phrases may get in his head, Norris countered: “No. If something, it appears the alternative. It looks as if he’s completed with [the season]. It looks as if I’m in his head, if he thinks they will’t catch up.”

Norris and Russell are nearly two years aside in age. Whereas they get pleasure from a very good relationship, there may be possible a component {of professional} jealousy at play. Russell beat Norris to win the Formulation Two championship in 2018. Norris is now favoured to win the drivers’ title.

Norris advised he had learnt from final season when he faltered underneath the strain utilized by Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen and misplaced the drivers’ title.

Requested whether or not he would converse to Russell, Norris mentioned: “I’ll most likely say it to him and he’ll say: ‘Oh, uh, er,’ however this 12 months particularly I don’t care about any of it. I by no means actually have. I discover individuals enjoying video games amusing. I prefer to click on on these hyperlinks as a result of it’s amusing to see what individuals will attempt to create out of nothing, particularly when you understand the reality. These video games between drivers I’ve by no means understood a lot. It might be as a result of I’m horrible at them. However they don’t have an effect on me in any means.”

Brown steps up Horner feud

In the meantime, McLaren chief govt Zak Brown has claimed rival Christian Horner ought to be feeling “weak” as Pink Bull staff principal after shedding senior employees final season equivalent to Adrian Newey after which being booed eventually month’s F1 season launch on the O2 Area.

“Once I go and meet my board, I’d not be feeling nice as a result of they might be going, ‘Nicely, why did he depart? Why did he depart? And why did he depart? Oh, and by the way in which, you didn’t appear to get a really heat welcome on the launch’,” mentioned Brown, who has engaged in a tit-for-tat with Horner going again years. “I don’t understand how [Horner] feels. However I’d really feel weak.”

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