168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris has claimed he “won” the battle with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen at the Austrian Grand🤪 Prix earlier this year despite it ending with a DNF.

Norris and Verstappen collided while bat♚tling for the lead at the Red Bull Ring.

The pair’s contact forced Norris to retire from the race, while Verstappen could only finish fifth, handing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell an unlikely race victory.

Verꦛstappen had been cruising up until the fi🌳nal round of pit stops.

However, a slow Red Bull🌠 pit stop left him vulnerable to Norris, who was on a fresh set of tyres at the time.

Fortunately for🐈 Verstappen, he was able to outscore Norris by 10 points, r🐷ather than lose seven points in the race for the title.

While at🍎 the time, it wasn’t expected that Norris would be in title con🌞tention, come the end of the year, the events of Austria could be pivotal in deciding who wins the drivers’ title.

In an interview with The Athletic, Norꦬris re🥂flected on his intense duel with Verstappen.

“Things didn’♑t end the way I🐬 wanted them to,” Norris conceded.

“And I still feel like on that Sunday, I prob🌱ably won the battle of … taking the fight to him, although I did🥂n’t win who came out on top that day.”

Verstappen is widely regarded as the “hardest” driver to race against on tra♛ck.

He’s often unforgiving with his defending, as seen against 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton in 2021.

Norris conceded that racing Verstappen at the fღront in F1 is “still quite new”, admitting the Dutchman has🍌 an advantage given his experience in the sport.

“Max is probably the ha🌃rdest guy to race on the track,” Norris added.

“He’s probably one of the most aware in terms of situations. An🤡d helped by him ꧒being in this position for the last four or five years. For me, it’s still quite new.”

Heading into next weekend’s United States Grand Prix, Verstappen sits 52 points ahead of ꦓNorris with six rounds to go.