New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cSo, it\u2019s not always the nicest thing to say but I also want to be realistic as a driver.\u201d <\/p>\n
On Wednesday, seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton also weighed into the debate demanding the FIA, the sport\u2019s governing, would resolve different interpretations of the new regulations to ensure all 11 teams start \u201con an equal playing field\u201d. <\/p>\n
Lando Norris took a cheeky swipe at VerstappenSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
World champion Lando Norris responded to Verstappen\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really enjoyed it so… if he wants to retire, he can retire!\u201d Norris said. <\/p>\n
\u201cFormula One changes all the time. Sometimes it is a bit better to drive, sometimes not so good to drive. But I mean, we get paid a stupid amount of money to drive so you can\u2019t really complain at the end of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny driver can go and find something else to do. It\u2019s not like he has to be here, or any driver has to be here. It\u2019s a challenge, but it\u2019s a good, fun challenge for the engineers, for the drivers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s different. You have to drive in a different way and understand things differently, and manage things differently. But you still get to drive cars, and travel the world and have a lot of fun, so nothing to complain about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norris said he expected Verstappen to be committed once the first race of the season gets underway in Australia next month,<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t expect Max is going to go out and not give a s—,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s going to try to win. He\u2019s just not going to smile as much maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the track on Thursday, Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets in his Ferrari while putting in 128 laps.<\/p>\n
World champion Lando Norris, who was quickest on Wednesday, was just behind after putting his McLaren though 139 laps, while George Russell was third quickest in his Mercedes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four-time world champion Max Verstappen launched a scathing broadside at the new breed of Formula One cars, describing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[1724,64,63,936,242760,13275,18241,242755,72812,242757,223183,817,242761,813,816,3875,2105,16200,10114,1737,16201,825,668,16193,147258,14640,242758,22305,241736,85,242759,242754,242756,12000,2753],"class_list":{"0":"post-476875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-asia","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-bahrain","12":"tag-car-looks","13":"tag-charles-leclerc","14":"tag-clive-rose","15":"tag-corniche-circuit","16":"tag-energy-management","17":"tag-energy-side","18":"tag-engine-side","19":"tag-f1","20":"tag-factory-built-power-units","21":"tag-formula-1","22":"tag-formula1","23":"tag-george-russell","24":"tag-getty-images-inc","25":"tag-honda-motor-company","26":"tag-isack-hadjar","27":"tag-lando-norris","28":"tag-ltd","29":"tag-max-verstappen","30":"tag-press-conference","31":"tag-regulation-changes","32":"tag-rules-change","33":"tag-saudi-arabia","34":"tag-scathing-broadside","35":"tag-seven-time-champion","36":"tag-spooks-rivals","37":"tag-sports","38":"tag-stunning-attack","39":"tag-teams-start","40":"tag-title-dynasty","41":"tag-western-asia","42":"tag-world-champion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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