TRAGEDY: Max Verstappen the RED BULL F1 rider has just announces retirement today due to the...

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing. 21.09.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Preparation Day. - www.xpbimages.com, EMail: requests@xpbimages.com © Copyright: Moy / XPB Images

Norris heads into F1’s most famous event on the back of the best sequence of results of his career having finished in the top-two in each of the past three grands prix, a run which included his maiden victory ahead of Verstappen in Miami.

The McLaren driver threatened a repeat triumph last Sunday in Imola when a late-race charge saw him finish within one second of Red Bull’s world champion. As Norris, his good friend, closed in, Verstappen was heard on team radio complaining about his car’s lack of grip and lapped traffic.

Speaking to Sky Sports News on Wednesday in Monaco, Norris was asked whether he had watched last Sunday’s race back and whether, had he known of the agitated nature of Verstappen’s late-race radio messages at the time, he could have done anything differently earlier in the race to further crank on the pressure on the race leader.

“I did everything I believed was right at the time,” said Norris.

“When it’s so close you always think ‘what really could I have done that little bit differently’ but you always could have done something a little bit better or a little bit differently. I’m sure Max could have reviewed things and said the same thing.

“But nice to know it wasn’t an easy one for him. It’s about time someone put him under pressure and he felt a bit of nerves again, because I’m sure he hasn’t felt it for a while.

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