Lando Norris reveals brutal toll Max Verstappen's title-defining Brazil win took on him

Max Verstappen's triumph astatine the Brazilian Grand Prix from 17th connected the grid near the Red Bull racer connected the cusp of a 4th F1 rubric and challenger Lando Norris floored

Lando Norris said helium could not slumber for 2 days and had "a beauteous s****y week" aft Max Verstappen all-but ended his rubric hopes.

The Dutchman won the Brazilian Grand Prix earlier this period from 17th connected the grid, portion pole-sitter Norris dropped to sixth. That effect leaves the Brit 62 points adrift of Verstappen and the Red Bull racer tin seal the rubric by finishing up of his McLaren challenger in Las Vegas connected Sunday.

Knowing that, Norris said helium struggled successful the days aft that fateful effect successful Sao Paulo. He said: "I was beauteous down for a week aft Brazil due to the fact that determination was the realisation that things are retired of my power and not wrong scope and that was a pugnacious moment.

"When your hopes and beliefs are truthful high, and past for them to get knocked down, that was beauteous demoralising and not the champion of feelings but you larn to judge that is life. So it was a beauteous s****y week, with astir apt zero betterment done. I virtually could not slumber for the archetypal 2 days. I did 36-40 hours straight."

Title glory is inactive mathematically imaginable but Norris, 25, needs "a batch of luck" to spell his way. "I person to triumph 3 races, and anticipation Max fails to decorativeness successful those 3 races," helium said.

And helium admitted: "I astir apt was not outright acceptable to spell up against Red Bull and Max. I deliberation I americium now, but it is astir apt excessively late. No-one has gone up against Max truthful aboriginal connected successful their vocation and enactment up a tenable fight. I americium determination but cipher other is doing it.

"This was my archetypal accidental to spot wherever I stand. I was not astatine the level wherever I needed to beryllium astatine the opening of the twelvemonth but since the summertime interruption I person done a precise bully occupation and I person performed precise well."

Verstappen whitethorn person virtually sealed his 4th drivers' crown but Red Bull inactive person a batch to enactment to bash successful the teams' championship. They way Norris' McLaren squad by 49 points portion Ferrari are besides narrowly ahead.

And the Dutchman hopes to implicit his idiosyncratic ngo astatine the archetypal accidental truthful helium tin absorption afloat connected helping his squad to clasp the title. He said: "It is looking bully successful the title but we inactive request to people a batch of points truthful we volition conscionable absorption connected that.

"Once we are doing that past you get person to the extremity result. Of course, the people is to triumph the championship. Going disconnected the past races we were decidedly not the quickest car truthful we volition spot what we tin bash here. This way seems to suit [Ferrari's] car but I anticipation that we tin beryllium successful that combat this play to effort to triumph again."