Damon Hill warns Lando Norris: Don’t fall into Max Verstappen “trap” again

Damon Hiဣll warns Lando Norris ahead of the 2025 F1 season

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris

1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill says168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris needs to see 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen as his “worst enemy” rathᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚer than his friend if he’s to win this year’s worldౠ championship.

Verstappen claimed his fourth consecutive drivღers’ title in 2024, seeing off Norris’ late-season charge.

The Dutchman managed to keep Norris at arm’s length, particularly during the pair’s ⛦on-track battles.

Even though Verstappen was penalised twice for incidents with Norris, the wheel🅘-to-wheel fights often benefitted 𓃲the Dutchman more.

Norris was criticised for being naive ꦐagainst Verstappen on track, as he was unable to take the title race down to the wire in Abu Dhabi.

Speakin🐽g to the , Hill has warned Norris from falling into one “trap” again in 2025.

“I still think he can beat Oscar. Oscar is brilliant, but Lando has pulled ou൩t a bit extra when needed. Oscar is talented but Lando is a force,” Hill said.

“I think he fell into the trap last year of thinking when going up against 🔯Max that he was racing against his mate. Actually, despite their friendship, he was taking on his worst enemy. And in Max’s mind when he is driving there isꦇ just Max.

“Lando blames himself when he makes mistakes. He is v✨ery hard on himself. He is not happy if he doesn’t think he has got 100 per cent out of his💯 potential. It is a hallmark of a great driver. I also like his personality. It is very appealing.

“Because I ﷺlive ꦦin Guildford, McLaren are my local team. I would like to see them do well, but not to be dominant. I would prefer it to be a hard fight, good for the fans. Formula 1 is so much more complex than when I was driving. It was relatively simple then.

“You would get radio messages occasionally. But often nobody had any idea of what to💜 say to help. Now the information comes quick and fast. Lando is one of those drivers who can take in the information without missing a beat.”

Norris seen as the favourite heading into Australia

It’s wi🅰dely acc♎epted that Norris is the heavy favourite heading into the new F1 season.

McLaren’s pre-season testing pace w𒐪as impressiv🍌e, particularly Norris’ long run on the second day in Bahrain.

Norris was approximately six-tenths faster than 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Kimi Antonelli during the race runs.

Similarly, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri was just over 0.3s faster than 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell.

However, with 💜Bahrain being unusually cold, the picture could be entirely different in Australia this weekend.

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