Verstappen and Russell see eye-to-eye after Canadian Grand Prix thanks to Norris
George Russell and Max Verstappen had a war of words late in the 2024 campaign. Photo: RacePictures
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Lando Norris crashed into the back of his teammate Oscar Piastri for all the world to see, including the top 3 place-holders after the Canadian Grand Prix. Here's what the trio had to say.
The eventual winner of the race, Russell, said: “This is going to be the lap surely, no?” To which his teammate replied: “No, this the lap. I was a bit uncertain over who to give the slipstream to, you know. They were both DRS, I was like: ‘Left or right?'”
To which Verstappen quipped: “So what did you do? In the middle?”
As the trio laughed, Russell and Verstappen compared the Norris-Piastri clash to another controversial crash between tht then McLaren teammates, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.
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Russell said: “That’s literally like Lewis and Button in 2011.” A statement Verstappen agreed with.
Max Verstappen at the Canadian Grand Prix
There was no gap Norris could go for ahead of Piastri-clash
Judging the incident the Mercedes senior driver said: “I mean… there was not really a gap there, was there?” To which Verstappen responded with a clear-cut: “No.”
Antonelli then revealed that the crash was not without its dangers to other drivers. “That was scary, though," said the Italian rookie. To which his teammate replied: “Yeah, ’cause that could have…”
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Verstappen, said: “Luckily, they put that barrier there.”
Antonelli then saw what he would've done, had Norris' car ended up in the middler of the track: “Oh, yeah! Because oh my God. For me, I would have cut the chicane straight.”
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