Lando Norris says he wouldn’t change what he did in System 1’s Austrian Grand Prix, regardless of his race ending in a collision with Max Verstappen.
The British driver was concerned in a frenetic battle for the race lead with Verstappen’s Pink Bull after they got here to blows on lap 64.
Verstappen squeezed Norris on the entry to Flip 3 and so they made contract – with each choosing up punctures and needing to return to the pits consequently.
Whereas Verstappen was in a position to proceed, and was later given a 10-second penalty for having brought on the collision, McLaren driver Norris needed to retire because of the subsequent injury his flailing tyre had brought on.
Though Norris’s race led to disappointment, he informed the Chris Moyles Present on Radio X on Wednesday that he feels he did the suitable factor and has no regrets about taking the battle to Verstappen.
“I reviewed the whole lot, we’ve gone over stuff, and let’s say I gained’t actually change what I did,” he stated.
“I used to be preventing, and that’s what we wish – we need to battle!
“We don’t need to complain, we don’t need issues to finish like they did, each from my Max’s aspect and from my aspect. So, that’s life generally.
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, retires within the pits after contact with Max Verstappen, Pink Bull Racing RB20, while battling for the lead
Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Photos
“We’re preventing, we each need to win, and we’re going to push it to the boundaries – some barely greater than others.
“On the similar time, I’m excited. We’re going to have extra fights collectively, and I sit up for these occasions.”
Whereas opinion between followers is split about who was responsible for the incident, Norris acknowledged that within the warmth of wheel-to-wheel competitors it may be troublesome generally to be pinpoint positive of the place your automobile is.
“It’s powerful,” he stated. “It’s loads more durable to do some issues once you’re behind the wheel.
“It’s by no means as simple as saying, ‘Why did you try this? Why didn’t you do that?’ As a result of once you’re within the automobile and also you’re making these choices…”
He added: “It’s so exhausting to be as correct as what it appears to be like like on TV. So when it’s these two centimetres that it needs to be or stuff like that, it’s nearly unattainable to guage.
“However that’s what it’s, that’s the competitors we’re in opposition to, and we find it irresistible. We need to exit and race exhausting and we wish it to be simple, as a result of we simply need to win.
“However on the similar time, it places a smile on our face once we can have that competitors in a race, and I believe it’s good for everybody watching.”
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