We loved each other so much. Until yesterday, Verstappen and Norris spent a lot of free time together. They played video games, went on vacation together and blah blah blah. With lots of mutual compliments. The Dutchman even once said: “Lando is the teammate I would like to have in my team”.
Well. Actually, bad. Finished. A battle at the door perhaps brought the curtain down on the great friendship. After rotating for first place, the two gave the victory to an incredulous Russell.
McLaren destroyed. Red Bull penalized by the judges. A mess that will have consequences. Also on the championship standings: somehow Super Max saved a placing. While Lando was left with nothing in his hands.
His fault. Afterwards, Norris came down hard: “He was stupid and unfair, he kicked me out, he didn’t defend himself fairly. I’ve always admired him, but if he doesn’t apologize to me he will lose my respect.”
In the immediate aftermath, Verstappen did not heed the appeal: “I don’t think I exaggerated, in my opinion he was too aggressive…”.
See you on the next episode.
Vasseur. And Ferrari? He took a nosedive with Sainz’s third place. Not much, honestly. Fred Vasseur said: “I have mixed feelings, Carlos managed to get on the podium, but overall it’s not a good weekend for the standings. I think that during the weekend, however, we could have achieved a better result. And Leclerc has had a lot of problems from Friday onwards. Now Silverstone? Yes and we will confirm the technical updates we introduced in Barcelona. We need to develop what we have, starting from here , but not enough. The goal is to have both cars fighting.”
Mah.
Sainz. Honest as always, Carlitos, who new rumors want close to Mercedes for 2025. The Spaniard said: “I’m happy with the podium, getting 15 points is a good result for the Scuderia. But we still don’t have what it takes to fight for victory Here we took advantage of the fact that there was a bit of a battle ahead of us. Now will we continue to work to get back to the front, I won’t give up and neither will the team.”
Leclerc. Poor Leclerc’s comment was desolate, as he was already in the pits at the end of the first lap and remained outside the points. “It was a racing accident, but it cost me dearly! Perez should have known that with three cars going through the first corner it wouldn’t end well. There was space and the Mexican tried, okay, he had the right to do it , but it was honestly too optimistic! I was a simple passenger, because I had Perez on the inside and Piastri on the outside, I tried to leave space for everyone but I paid for faults that were not my own…”
Amen.
