Lando Norris says he apologised directly to ಞLewis Hamilton for his comments following the Portuguese Grand Prix.

After Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher’s F1 win rꦜecord at Portimao, Norris was asked🀅 about the achievement after the race, where he replied: "I'm just happy for him, nothing more. 

"It doesn't mean anything to me, really. He's in a car which s🌠hould win every race, basically. He has to🉐 beat one or two other drivers, that's it. Fair play to him, he's still doing the job he has to do."

Norris also ma🎉de strong remarks towards Racing Point’s Lance Stroll following the pair’s colli♒sion at Portimao.

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s ꦓrace ♔at Imola, Norris confirmed his apology was for his Hamilton comments.

“They were more the comments about Lewis and him reaching his 92 w🍌ins,” Norris said. “I have a lot of respect for [that] and I just didn’t choose those words to put it into context.

“I don’t know if he knew about it at the time but I never mean to say something like that in a bad way or put an🅘y bad light on him at all. I 𝓰respect everything he’s done to achieve what he’s done. It’s incredible no matter what.

“It’s just the way I put it was just not the way I wanted to put it across. I said what I said, I apologised and I’ve just🥂 got to move on.”

Norris refuted suggestions he was forced to apologise to the six-time world champi♛o🍸n.

“It was all done off my own back,” Norris said. “No one pressured me, it wasn’t someth🌱ing that anyone even said, it wasn’t something that many people even noticed.

“I woke up in the morning and I looked on social media and there was a lot more bad comments than good about the things I said.ജ I never mean any of it to be put in that way or taken out of context in a bad way, especially against Lewis.

“I saw how it was going down and I felt bad because it’s not the person I am to put shame on anyone or not have the respect for such a driver. So I made the decision in the morning to put out the tweet and jus💜t issue my apology and message Lewis also at the same time to set things straight.”