This is how British media react to the Norris and Verstappen incident

Daily Mail: "A friendship in the freezer"

Before this race, the friendship between Verstappen and Norris was blossoming, both always having positive things to say about each other in press conferences and outside of F1. However, The Daily Mail now know this friendship will take a huge hit after their crash, saying that it is now "in the freezer."

"Verstappen couldn’t hear Norris saying it to the media but the message was this: he wants an apology from a ‘stupid… reckless… desperate’ Max. That’s what it meant to be best mates last night, or at least closest chums in the paddock. Such a close relationship can never survive the Venus heat at the sharp end of Formula One."

Sky Sports: An incident "was going to happen at some point"

Sky Sports also agrees with the Daily Mail and highlights how the friendship may be rocked after this incident, an incident that the British broadcaster also said was bound to happen, saying, "That was going to happen at some point. They were getting so aggressive with each other. Max veered left towards him; he squeezed him out. Max will have to take the blame for that one, in my view. That was sort of Max reverting to early years Max, getting the razor blades on his elbows into the braking zones. I don't know how those plane journeys, dinners and gaming is going to go between Verstappen and Norris now. That's taken a turn, hasn't it?"

BBC: "Verstappen overstepped the mark"

As always, BBC Radio had live coverage of a Grand Prix weekend. This weekend they had former Williams driver Jack Aitken in the commentary box. Here is the reaction from the current WEC competitor: "It’s very clear to me that Verstappen overstepped the mark. He was pushing the limits and it’s very clear from the rules by the book he was reacting too late.

"It’s a very difficult track to stay clean on but you still have to leave room for your competitors, leave them space if they come up the inside, and he wasn’t doing that today. He was lucky not to get a penalty before and the penalty for the incident with Norris was deserved.”

The Guardian: Max at fault, but Norris sees the "harsh reality" of a title battle

The Guardian also agreed with the stewards that it was Verstappen's ill-judged manoeuvre that caused the Turn 3 collision, although Red Bull tried their best to plead their case: "A racing incident was the assessment of Red Bull and Verstappen, perhaps an exercise in wishful ­thinking and damage limitation given the stewards, and inevitably McLaren, saw it differently."

However, the newspaper comments on the appearance of Norris after his retirement, with the 24-year-old reflecting on what could still be yet to come in 2024, as the medium continues by saying, "By the close, Norris was left staring stonily at the monitors in his garage, jaw set firmly and eyes cold as he took in the harsh reality of just quite what a championship fight with Verstappen might entail."

The Independent: Verstappen "called into question"

Verstappen's defending tactic has been picked up and scrutinised by The Independent: "For the first time in this ultra-dominant Red Bull era, Verstappen’s racing craft has been called into question. Of course, 2021 was the season everyone remembers for some thrilling racing between Lewis Hamilton and Verstappen but, within that, came some on-the-limit, edge-of-a-cliff manoeuvres. Brazil that year, for instance, saw Verstappen go unpunished for forcing Hamilton off-track.

"Norris will be desperate to convert the speed advantage into race wins. Nowhere better would he like to do that than at his home race at Silverstone this coming weekend. Verstappen is not exactly the most popular man around there, either."