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Norris underlines it is not what Verstappen wants: 'We enjoy fair battles'
- Corwin Kunst
Lando Norris remained calm following the Mexican Grand Prix, where the Briton finished eventually in second position. The McLaren driver was also involved in a heated battle with Max Verstappen, and underlined that he has a lot of respect for his rival, however, he also believes the Dutchman is not racing 'fair' against him. Norris underlined that on his side, he will keep it clean.
Is it possible for Norris to fight fair against Max Verstappen, the Briton was asked following the race. "I've always fought fairly. That's who I am. That's who I am as a racer. So that's my way of driving every day," Norris underlined following the Mexican GP.
He continued: "Maybe sometimes I've lost out because I've been too fair and not aggressive enough. And that's where I have to find a better balance and those are the things, the changes I've said I've had to change since last weekend and the course of this year, that when you're racing these top guys you learn things and you have to understand better these balances of attacking, defending, risk management, aggression all of those types of things."
'I hope Max does that'
On the other hand Norris, hopes that Verstappen will be more fair during the rest of the year. "For me it's I don't even worry about them, it's got nothing to do with me in a way, I mean I'll do what I can, I'll race fairly, if he doesn't then things will go like they did today. But I think he wants to race fairly. I hope he does. I think he enjoys those moments, too, when it's a fair battle. But all I can do is keep doing what I'm doing. I feel like I'm doing a good job and we'll see what happens," the three-time Grand Prix winner concluded about the matter.
This article was written in collaboration with Kada Sarkozi
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