Lando Norris and Max Verstappen agree as F1 plan sparks glum response at Las Vegas GP

McLaren's Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen are not precisely excited by the plans for an F1 motorboat enactment astatine London's O2 Arena successful February up of the 2025 season

Lando Norris has joked that helium volition travel Max Verstappen’s pb successful trying to get retired of attending F1’s motorboat lawsuit for the 2025 season.

To observe the 75th twelvemonth of F1, the organisers are putting connected an lawsuit astatine London’s O2 connected February 18. All 10 teams and 20 drivers volition beryllium successful attendance, with fans paying £58 to £113 for tickets to a two-hour lawsuit which promises the unveiling of the caller libraries and “live euphony performances and different entertainment”.

And portion F1 main enforcement Stefano Domenicali has promised a superb event, his enthusiasm hasn’t been reciprocated by the stars of the show. Verstappen, who tin wrapper up different rubric triumph astatine Las Vegas this weekend, said “I anticipation I’m sick that week” erstwhile asked astir the motorboat lawsuit portion gaming past week and Norris has a akin opinion.

"If I get told to beryllium determination I conjecture I'll beryllium there. I mightiness spot wherever Max is going connected vacation and articulation him," Norris joked successful the Las Vegas Grand Prix property conference. "It's a chill event. I'm blessed for everyone. I deliberation it sold retired highly quickly.

“It's chill for a batch of fans, it's a large happening for Formula 1. I don't cognize however it's going to beryllium done. I don't cognize the layout of events but I'd alternatively beryllium astatine location and relaxing and preparing for the season. That's my side.

“I don't similar these types of things. I'm not a nationalist person. I similar to unbend and bash my things, but it's besides our job, so, astatine the extremity of the day, we can't complain."

Verstappen was adjacent much damning erstwhile talking connected a Call of Duty watercourse recently. "What is F1 75? What are you talking about?" helium asked earlier adding: “I don’t ticker immoderate F1… I anticipation I’m sick that week.”

The Red Bull prima has since tried to backtrack. "No, I was joking connected the watercourse and past radical ever instrumentality it excessively seriously,” helium said earlier toeing the enactment enactment overmuch better. “I deliberation it's large for Formula 1 that each the cars are determination with the liveries and it gets each announced.

“We are determination arsenic good truthful for me, no. I made a gag that I was hoping that I was sick and everyone thinks that I mean that is the case. Let’s spot however it goes. It's ne'er been done before.”

The lawsuit is being planned by the aforesaid squad which oversaw the opening and closing ceremonies astatine the archetypal Las Vegas Grand Prix past year. It volition instrumentality spot a week earlier pre-season investigating astatine the Bahrain International Circuit connected February 26-28, portion the play begins with the Australian Grand Prix successful Melbourne connected March 16.