Lando Norris says he will try to work out a way to prevent another on-track clash with Max Verstappen following their collision while battling for victory at the Austrian Grand Prix.
“We want to race hard and we both know that,” the McLaren driver said in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport before this weekend’s British Grand Prix.
Speaking in the McLaren factory a couple of days after the incident, Norris says the pair have been in contact - and will be so again for a more extensive clear-the-air conversation. “Definitely my adrenaline side probably got a little the better of me in a few of the comments. I don’t think everything I said was probably as correct as what it should be.
All the drivers know how Verstappen races - he gives no quarter at all. The question for Norris now - just as it was for Lewis Hamilton when he was battling for the title with the Dutchman in 2021 - is how to deal with that and come out on top.“It’s understanding what he thinks, how he thinks, all those types of things, is the mentality you need to go in with.”Norris says he will spend time analysing the way Verstappen races to come up with a strategy.
“I love that. It was nerve-wracking. It was exciting. Even for me inside the car. My eyes were wide open. I was loving it. As much as I wanted it to be that little bit easier, I loved it, and it was tough and that’s why I do what I do.”Norris has already beaten Verstappen once this year - with his maiden victory at the Miami Grand Prix back in early May. And since that race he and his team have emerged as Red Bull’s most consistent rivals.
Gone is the domination of 2022 and 2023. At every race now there is an expectation that McLaren will be fighting for victory with Verstappen.
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