Lando Norris has been suggested to get his “elbows out” at Silverstone if one other battle with Max Verstappen kicks off.
Norris was left fuming together with his buddy Verstappen after contact on the Austrian Grand Prix final weekend ended his promising race prematurely.
It was – not for the primary time – an uncompromising second of driving for Verstappen who was hit with a 10-second time penalty, however walked away from Austria together with his championship lead prolonged from second-placed Norris.
“We’ve seen over the previous few years that Max is a tricky racer, an uncompromising racer, in the identical method that Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna have been earlier than,” Karun Chandhok informed Sky Sports activities.
“Lando shall be conscious of that.
“There’s little doubt that, in that sure incident, Max was the one who moved and deviated from his line. He moved to the left-hand facet.
“However he’s not the primary to try this. We noticed within the earlier 12 months with Carlos Sainz and Max.
“We noticed it with Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. They prevented contact.
“It felt like a careless contact. Max was making an attempt to squeeze Lando out, to verify Lando didn’t get a run for the following nook. I feel that’s what occurred.
“Max deservedly took the blame and the penalty.
“It’ll be behind Lando’s thoughts, the following time they go wheel to wheel. Does he have to present Max extra room than different drivers?”
The query was posed: does Purple Bull’s Verstappen deliberately search an ‘intimidation issue’ towards his shut rivals?
Chandhok answered: “I feel he’s achieved that.
“Numerous drivers, together with Hamilton, stated ‘you assume otherwise once you race Max’.
“That’s what Senna, Schumacher and the greats did. They get into the minds of their rivals even earlier than they arrive facet by facet, wheel to wheel.”
Chandhok stated about their scrap final weekend: “This was totally different to Lewis at Silverstone in 2021 when he put the nostril in, and stated ‘I’m not giving in’.
“It was two drivers making an attempt to get on the identical little bit of tarmac in a clumsy method. It was a careless tangle of the rear wheel.”
Crucially McLaren driver Norris has been informed to battle fireplace with fireplace at this weekend’s F1 British Grand Prix.
Chandhok stated: “Lando was a real contender for victory within the final three races, however hasn’t gained within the final three races.
“A house victory on the British Grand Prix? Going wheel to wheel with Max? I anticipate to see his elbows out a bit extra.”
