168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris have made light of their F1 rivalry ahead of the 2025 season.

The pair are once again 𒀰expected to be protagonists at the front-end of the 2025 world championship after engaging in their first title fight last season.

Red Bull’s Verstappen ultimately prevailed to win a fourth successive drivers’ crown, while Norris had to settle with runner-up spot inಞ the championship at the end of his strongest F1 season to🍨 date.

Verstappen and Norris made heaꦚdlines after being involved in several controversial on-track clashes as they battled for supremacy at the head of the F1 field last year.

But both were quick to downplay suggestions that their relationship as friends has been impacted by their b🐻attles on track.

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris grilled about friendship

Speaking in a press conference ꩲon the second day of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain, Verstappen joked: “It’s terrible, the relationship. We don’t get on anymore. It’s taken its toll.

“Big drama now, big problems.”

Norris then jumpe♓d in to quip: “We had a fight the other day in a local pub.”

To which, Ver🐼stappen🐠 joked: “We had to get escorted.”

Norris then added: “No, it’s fine. I think we look forward to more battles. I don’t thi🐓nk it’s just going to be us, I think there will be 🎐others involved, which will make it more exciting for everyone.

“I know theꦇy will be tough battles and some of them won’t end the way I want, or hopefully Max wants. We’re racing drivers, we get along. I know everyone tries to make their own points and say what’s correct and what’s not correct.

“But we respect each🀅 other a lot and we lookﷺ froward to racing each other on track.”

Asked if he wanted to add anything else, Verstappen responded: “No that’s beautifully said.♈”

McLaren and Norris have beeꦛn tipped as the early pre-season title favourites for both world championships this year.

Norris ended the opening day of pre-season testing with the fas⛦test time.