Lando Norris has denied “trying to have a dig” at Max Verstappen when he used his rival’s “simply lovely” catchphrase to have a good time victory eventually weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.
Norris produced a shocking efficiency to beat Verstappen by 22 seconds in Zandvoort, inflicting a primary house profession loss on the Dutchman and decreasing his world championship result in 70 factors.
Crimson Bull’s Verstappen, who’s chasing a fourth successive drivers’ title, has celebrated a lot of his 61 F1 wins by saying “simply lovely” to his staff over the radio on the finish of races.
Requested forward of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix concerning the radio message, McLaren’s Norris insisted there was no ailing will supposed.
“Well, I mean he’s won a lot of races and he’s said a lot of things,” Norris mentioned. “I am not ready for it, I do not put together myself for it, so it simply felt like the simplest go to.
“It does not imply something to me from that aspect. I am not making an attempt to make an announcement. I simply need to go and win, and go house.
“I do not care about making an attempt to make statements and making an attempt to do all of this. It simply popped into my head and I assumed I might say it.
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Norris regains the lead on the Dutch GP after a profitable overtake of Verstappen
“It’s a fun thing. I can’t think of those things. I’m not trying to have a dig or anything, like a lot of people want to come up with and headline with, and all of that nonsense.
“It was extra a humorous factor to do and clearly I respect Max so much. So I stole one from his many, many wins that he is received.”
You can watch more of Ted Kravitz’s interview with Lando Norris and the McLaren driver’s race engineer Will Joseph during Sky Sports F1’s build-up to the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday from 12.30pm.
Ricciardo: Verstappen won’t have taken message well
Daniel Ricciardo, who has previously been team-mates with both Verstappen and Norris, believes the Red Bull driver will not have taken the radio message “very properly or too nicely”.
Ricciardo, who at present drives for Crimson Bull’s junior squad RB, was paired with Verstappen from 2016 to 2018. The Australian then featured alongside Norris at McLaren in 2021 and 2022.
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A glance again on the hilarious space-hopper race at Silverstone between Daniel Ricciardo and Norris which noticed the Australian driver disqualified for violent conduct!
“They both are obviously supremely talented,” Ricciardo mentioned. “I’ve had the pleasure of being team-mates with both of them.
“Lando, I believe his confidence is rising the longer he spends time within the sport and the extra success he has.
“Very confident to throw out a ‘simply lovely’ after the race. As much as [Max and Lando] are friends, I know how competitive Max is.
“He wouldn’t have taken that very properly or too nicely, so we’ll see how he responds this weekend.”
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Saturday August 31
8.25am: F3 Dash
11.15am: Italian GP Apply Three (session begins 11.30am)
1.10pm: F2 Dash
2.15pm: Italian GP Qualifying build-up
3pm: ITALIAN GP QUALIFYING*
5pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday September 1
7:30am: F3 Characteristic Race
9am: F2 Characteristic Race
11am: Porsche Supercup
12:30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Italian GP build-up
2pm: The ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
4pm: Chequered Flag: Italian GP response
5pm: Ted’s Pocket book
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