„We have handled him as a menace the entire yr, even when he was just a few extra factors behind.“
– Lando Norris
Speaking to GPblog in Qatar, the championship chief defined that the workforce all the time considers Verstappen a menace.
He started: „We have handled him as a menace the entire yr, even when he was just a few extra factors behind. Each briefing we had earlier than each race, we all the time have our little workforce conferences, each single race we deal with him as a menace, as a result of we all know what he is able to, we all know what Crimson Bull is able to.
„Due to this fact nothing modifications now as a result of he is nonetheless the menace, he is all the time been via the entire yr. Nothing modifications from anybody’s aspect you understand from engineers, mechanics, myself, we deal with it very usually.
„There is not any level attempting to deal with it any in a different way as a result of we have been doing job and I am very proud of the job we have all been doing, we all know what areas we have to do higher, we all know what issues we have to enhance on this yr, subsequent yr, all the usual stuff. I actually try to not deal with it any in a different way as a result of there isn’t any level.“
Norris leads Piastri and Verstappen by 24 factors – Photograph: Race Photos
Norris underlined his lead stays unchanged
The Dutchman is now stage on factors with Piastri and trails Norris by 24 factors, which implies the Briton has the identical hole to his closest chaser as he did in the USA.
He defined: „The hole earlier than was 24 and it is nonetheless 24. My hole within the lead is similar. Nothing wants to alter.
„I believe we had been nonetheless fast final weekend. We’d have been even faster with out the problems.
„I believe we all know Crimson Bull have simply been fast currently. So we anticipate them to be faster this weekend. We anticipate them to be good subsequent weekend.
„However there’s nothing that should change from anybody’s aspect. And like I mentioned, we handled him and Crimson Bull as a fantastic workforce and a fantastic competitor the entire season. And that simply continues now. So no, nothing, nothing modifications for all of us,“ Norris concluded.
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