‘I’m not there to crash you out’ – Max Verstappen shares details of post-Austria chat with Lando Norris after ‘silly’ coming together | Formula 1®

“We were both of course… We looked at the incident and it was such a silly, little touch that had of course great consequences for both of us, and naturally a bit more for Lando with how the puncture then evolved.

“But we like to race hard. We’ve done this for many years, not only in F1, even in online racing when we have a lot of fun together. These things have to carry on, because that’s what we like to do, and I think it’s great for F1 as well.”

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Pushed on how much he discussed with Norris, and how they both now look back on the clash, Verstappen continued: “We agree with 99% of everything, so I think that’s a lot already.

“Naturally, I always said to Lando, when you go for moves up the inside, outside, you can trust me that I’m not there to try and crash you out of the way, same the other way around, because we spoke about that as well.

“There’s always a human reaction when someone dives up the inside or outside that you have a bit of a reaction to it, but I felt everything that I did was nothing massively over the top.