Max Verstappen aims cheeky dig at Lando Norris’ boss after F1 title win

Max Verstappen couldn’t defy a cheeky excavation astatine 1 of his F1 rivals aft clinching his 4th consecutive drivers’ title astatine the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

George Russell claimed triumph connected Sunday successful an action-packed race but Verstappen was the speech of Sin City aft finishing up of Lando Norris to unafraid the 2024 title.

The Red Bull operator looked acceptable to cruise to glory again aft dominating the first-half of the season, but McLaren’s turnaround successful gait allowed Norris to equine an improbable rubric challenge.

Despite picking up respective wins, the spread was conscionable excessively large for the Brit to adjacent with the Dutchman wrapping up proceedings and cementing himself arsenic an F1 fable with 2 races of the play inactive to go.

Verstappen and Norris and their teams person clashed respective times implicit the past year, with McLaren CEO Zak Brown not holding backmost successful his disapproval of Red Bull and their squad main Christian Horner.

In May, Brown notably suggested that Verstappen’s performances were not that special, claiming ‘six oregon seven’ drivers connected the grid would triumph the title if fixed his car.

There was nary specified hostility betwixt the brace successful Vegas nevertheless arsenic Brownwent to congratulate Verstappen arsenic helium was being interviewed by Sky Sports, though the 27-year-old intelligibly hadn’t forgotten his rival’s comments.

‘You pushed america each the way,’ Verstappen said to Brown arsenic they shook hands.

The American replied: ‘You earned it. Four world championships. Beat my Senna guy,’ referring to McLaren fable and three-time champion Ayrton Senna.

‘Like you said before, I could lone triumph it successful the fastest car. This year’s been a small different!’ a grinning Verstappen jested, with Brown laughing beforereplying ‘exactly’.

Norris, who finished 1 spot down Verstappen successful sixth, offered his ain congratulations, saying: ‘Knowing the title is 100 per cent over, we ever had a small anticipation wrong but helium drove an unthinkable season. 

‘When helium had the quickest car, helium dominated. When helium didn’t, helium was inactive determination and ever successful my heels.

‘He made my beingness tough. We made his pugnacious I’m definite astatine times. But helium drove a amended play and of people a large congrats to him. That’s the main thing.’

Brown and Norris tin inactive get 1 implicit connected Horner and Verstappen though arsenic McLaren pb the constructors’ title with conscionable the expansive prix successful Qatar and Abu Dhabi to go.

The British squad are 24 points up of Ferrari, with Red Bull 53 points down and looking improbable to support their crown.

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