{"id":4225,"date":"2025-05-06T01:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/verstappen-playing-dirty-norris-lashes-out-at-the-champion-and-sparks-controversy-in-miami\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T01:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:05:03","slug":"verstappen-playing-dirty-norris-lashes-out-at-the-champion-and-sparks-controversy-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-playing-dirty-norris-lashes-out-at-the-champion-and-sparks-controversy-in-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen, playing dirty? Norris lashes out at the champion and sparks controversy in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Norris criticizes Verstappen&#8217;s style in Miami<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lando Norris expressed his opinion on Max Verstappen&#8217;s driving in the Miami Grand Prix, suggesting that the current world champion did not employ a smart race strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verstappen and Norris engaged in an intense battle for second position, coming close to a collision at one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norris, who also had a wide exit that allowed Oscar Piastri to overtake him, commented after the race that facing Verstappen implied &#8220;crashing or not overtaking&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It was okay. He&#8217;s struggling hard, but it&#8217;s up to him to do it. He&#8217;s ruining his own race. He&#8217;s not racing very intelligently. We probably could have finished 1-2 today, and we didn&#8217;t because of that. So yeah, he&#8217;s struggling, that&#8217;s always expected, but that&#8217;s what it is.<\/p><cite>Lando Norris<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Piastri, who ultimately won the race, managed to overtake Verstappen before Norris could get close enough to challenge for the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Both are very different challenges, I would say. On days like today, our two cars were clearly the best in the field by a certain margin. I know how strong Lando is as a driver, being his teammate now for a couple of years. It&#8217;s never easy. But also, racing against Max is never easy, as we saw. Both are very different challenges. In the long run this season, it&#8217;s clear that it&#8217;s going to be a tough fight between Lando and me, but both are challenging.<\/p><cite>Oscar Piastri<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Red Bull boss Christian Horner called Verstappen&#8217;s racing style &#8220;brave&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I was surprised that Max could hold them back for about 14 or 13 laps. I thought it was a very brave display. Arguably that can be a detriment to our own race because you&#8217;re fighting hard, your tires are getting hot, but you&#8217;re leading the Grand Prix. You have to go for it. I thought he did an outstanding job to keep Oscar behind as long as possible and then Lando.<\/p><cite>Christian Horner<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norris criticizes Verstappen&#8217;s style in Miami Lando Norris expressed his opinion on Max Verstappen&#8217;s driving in the Miami Grand Prix, suggesting that the current world champion did not employ a smart race strategy. Verstappen and Norris engaged in an intense battle for second position, coming close to a collision at one point. 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