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Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that his friendship with Max Verstappen leads him to race the F1 world champion differently to his other rivals.
In last year’s United States Grand Prix, the McLaren driver was accused of letting Verstappen pass too easily, but put up a stronger fight against Hamilton. Norris explained that he reads the situations he is in, knowing who he’s racing against and who he’s not. He acknowledged that it was realistic to expect to lose positions to both Verstappen and Hamilton. Norris believed that the chances of keeping Verstappen behind were practically zero due to his speed and tyre degradation. He emphasized that he didn’t want to jeopardize his own race by racing against someone who had a 99% chance of beating him. Despite his friendship with Verstappen, Norris is determined to beat him and believes it actually motivates him more.
