Max Verstappen claims he met Lando Norris day after the Austrian GP clash

Max Verstappen has discussed the Austrian GP collision with Lando Norris one day after the Austrian GP as both of them are back to good terms now.

Max Verstappen claims he met Lando Norris day after the Austrian GP clash

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (Via: Imago)

Max Verstappen received a lot of backlash over his collision with Lando Norris at the Austrian GP. Verstappen’s race win at Red Bull’s home ground was ruined due to the crash. However, Norris was visibly frustrated by the incident and blamed the Dutchman for colliding. The Dutchman’s priority was however to meet up with the Briton and sort out the issues.

Lando Norris was heated after the incident and claimed that his friendship with Max Verstappen depended on how the latter reacted to the situation. Verstappen refused to take blame for the crash at the Austrian GP. Even Norris backed down on his words and noted that the Dutchman didn’t need to apologize for the crash.

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Regardless, Verstappen and Norris met up a day after the crash to make up with each other. The most important thing for the 26-year-old was to chat with the Briton about the incident and solve it. Both of them met up on Monday and solved the matter with a mature conversation. Both drivers agreed that they were upset with the collision that was caused due to fighting for the lead of the race.

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For me, most important of course coming out of the weekend was just chatting with Lando and we did that immediately on Monday. He was upset with it, I was upset with it, that - as friends also - we got together fighting for the lead.
Max Verstappen said during an interview.

Max Verstappen claims he had a ‘good battle’ with Lando Norris at the Austrian GP despite crashing

Max Verstappen received a ten-second time penalty after pitting while Lando Norris had to retire from the race. Hence, the collision ruined the races of both drivers despite Verstappen finishing in P5. Regardless, Verstappen labeled the race as a ‘good battle’ with the Briton for the race lead. According to the 26-year-old, It was ‘unfortunate’ that there was a silly incident puncturing both the chassis’ tires.

But looking back at it we had a good battle. Unfortunately it was actually just a silly little touch that we had that gave us both a puncture and ruined the race.
Max Verstappen added.
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (via IMAGO)

Max Verstappen reckoned that it was a ‘shame’ that the two collided and brought a disappointing end to the race. Regardless, the two accepted that they had to continue to race hard as they liked it the most. As a result, Verstappen and Norris will continue to battle it out hard on the track despite suffering from a disappointing race end.

It was a shame but we also said to each other, ‘we have to race each other hard’ because that’s what we like to do – both of us – and that’s what we’ll continue to do.
Max Versatppen noted.

The competition between Verstappen and Norris could put forth a great rivalry for the 2024 season. Although the Briton is a bit lacking in the drivers’ standings, a few good races could reduce the deficit. Hence, the 2024 season will be extremely exciting for the fans of both side as this is the most amount of racing action since the ground-effect era.

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