Lando Norris Takes Back Statements After Max Verstappen Incident

Lando Norris had heated comments for Max Verstappen after the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend which resulted in the two cars making contact and Norris retiring from the race.

Verstappen finished first. “If he said he did nothing wrong, then I’d lose a lot of respect for that,” Norris said on Sunday. The incident sparked plenty of controversy and cheeky interactions on social media.

Now, though, Norris has walked some of his opinions on the incident back. “I don’t think [Verstappen] needed to apologize,” Norris said on Thursday. “I think some of the things I said in the pen after the race were just more because I was frustrated at [the] time, a lot of adrenaline, a lot of just emotions. And I probably said some things I didn’t necessarily believe in, especially later on in the week.”

Norris went on to reflect on the incident and the magnitude of it relative to how it felt immediately after the race.