Lando Norris slammed Max Verstappen for “not racing very smart” after the intense battle in the Miami Grand Prix.
According to BBC, McLaren's Oscar Piastri, who started fourth on Sunday, May 4, 2025, beat teammate Norris in an action-packed Miami Grand Prix to win his fourth race of the year.
After a hard-fought win, Piastri became the first racer to claim back-to-back victories for McLaren since Ayrton Senna back in 1988, from fourth on the grid.
Meanwhile, his teammate Norris finished 4.6 seconds after Australian driver George Russell of Mercedes, finishing third in the race, 37.6 seconds behind the British driver.
Lando Norris's frustrations with Max Verstappen
After a second-place finish in the race, Lando Norris expressed his frustration with Max Verstappen.
The McLaren driver began a race with a pace for victory, but while chasing his tail throughout the 57 laps, he tangled with Verstappen on the first lap, which sent him off the track.
Following the lap incident, Norris lost positions and fell to fourth, but he quickly fought back and duelled with Verstappen once again later in the race.
He also briefly pushed the Red Bull driver off the track but gave the position back and then passed him properly.
After the race, the 25-year-old expressed, “He's fighting hard, but it's up to him to do that. He's ruining his own race. He's not racing very smart. He probably could have finished third today, and he didn't because of that. So yeah, he's fighting; that is always expected, but that's what it is."
Meanwhile, Verstappen defended his action, saying, “Honestly, it's not frustrating at all (to lose a podium). We are here to win, and today we were miles off that, so it doesn't really matter if you are a P3 or P4."
"I had nothing to lose, so I also just wanted to have a bit of fun out there," he added.
Notably, the next Formula One race, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, on the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari track, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
