168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris have made light of their F1 rivalry ahead of the 2025 season.

The pair are once aga✱in expected to be protagonists at the front-end of the 2025 world championship after engag꧑ing 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 in the championship at the end of hi🌠s strongest F1 season to date.

Vers🍸tappe♛n and Norris made headlines 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 on the second day of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain, Verst♎appen joked: “It’s terrible, ๊the relationship. We don’t get on anymore. It’s taken its toll.

“Big drama now, big problems.”

Norris then jumped in༒ to quip♔: “We had a fight the other day in a local pub.”

To which, Verstappen jo꧂ked: “We had to get escorted.”

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

“I know they will be tough battles and some o⛎f 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 look froward to racing each other on track.”

Asked if he wanted to add anything 𓂃else, Verstapp♋en responded: “No that’s beautifully said.”

McLaren and Norris have been tipped as th🌱e early pre-season title favourites for both world championships this year.

𝓰Norris ended the opening day of pre-season testing with the fastest time.