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Max Verstappen claps back at Lando Norris as the F1 title mind games ramp up.
The mind games between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris have intensified before the Qatar Grand Prix with Verstappen claiming he would have secured the championship if he had been in Norris’s McLaren. Norris retaliated against Verstappen’s comments, calling them non-sensical. With Norris having a match point for the F1 world title in Qatar, tensions are high as he starts second behind McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. If Norris wins the Grand Prix and maintains his 22-point lead over Piastri, he will secure the championship with a race in hand. Verstappen, 25 points behind Norris, remains confident and plans to be aggressive at the race start, knowing a loss could eliminate him from the title contention.
