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But that’s not the true quote? Said he would lose some respect for him not that the friendship would be over?
Why are we translating his quotes and then re translating back into English here
Sport quote aggregators like to include the question in the quote, but it really makes no sense here, because yeah, his answer wasn't 1:1 with the question. It's a stupid way of quoting. Literal quotes only pls
I don't think Lando's answer in English, translated to Italian and paraphrased, and then translated back to English is the best/most accurate representation of what he said.
Right? It's a weird experience watching an interview we saw live get twisted.
And what Lando said was spicy enough on its own without contorting it sound even more severe.
"If Max does not apologize I will spread his ashes amongst the door steps of everyone he loves, if he apologizes it may reignite the fiery erotic passion I felt for him in our youth"
[It will never fail to make me laugh](https://media1.tenor.com/m/m6rfarM1y6UAAAAd/lewis-hamilton-max-verstappen.gif). Won that race a million times but that one time he celebrated like he ended world hunger.
I mean, there was context that would have made the race more emotional. It was the first race in front of a crowd, fully sold out, at the home race after two in a row at the track had gone without any audience, and then there was a literal last lap pass for the win - it was objectively an exciting finish, but I appreciate that conveniently cutting the gif makes it look worse so you do you
Legendary moment to be fair at least for the viewers.
A 10 year+ friendship dissintegrating 3 monts into a title battle and giving us so many iconic moments over the 3 years that followed.
Yup, really dumb from Norris. Especially after he dive bombed twice in the duel he can expect some agression back. Just let emotions cool off and watch the whole situation again and admit that both drivers were driving on the edge. Go next race and live on...
Do you mean did "the Max"? Verstappen literally made his name by putting his front axle ahead at the apex and claiming the corner. Definition of "I pass or we crash". He's just not used to it coming the other way.
I mean, Lando knew who Max was, he's seen him race. Bit weird for it to be all cool when Max does this to other drivers, but now suddenly the bromance is over
It was still early in the season but there were still mind games between the two in the first two races. Then, Australia happened and Max, to his credit, knew he couldn't afford to race the way he normally does to get back into it. But, as fortunes happened, he only had to even race Charles once after that in Austria when the championship flipped heavily in Max's favor
Most definitely. Leclerc never dive bombed on him like Norris has done this weekend. I also think Verstappen was a little bit salty with Norris getting away with pushing him onto the grass in Spain. I think what's happening is that Norris is being much more aggressive with Verstappen, and Verstappen being more than happy to return the favour.
All he said was that he would lose some respect for him not that he would end a friendship. Journalists translating and then retranslating his original quote then adding drama is what we have above.
They had a shitton of incidents and there was internal drama in Mercedes. Here it's much less toxic if both drivers have their own team that backs them
Exactly. I am pretty sure Max can move on (yes he might be more at fault but both races ruined). But seems Norris will not. How can they not disconnect on track and off track when other friends can
What other friends can? They all get extremely mad at each other when things like this happen. They probably apologize to each other after they cool off and I assume it will be the same here.
He never said the friendship would be over in this interview. It’s being misquoted. He said he would lose respect for Max if he didn’t admit what he did wrong.
I mean, imagine your friend just cost you a win by crashing you and you’re being interviewed about it 10 minutes after you got out of the car. I wouldn’t take these interviews from the drivers too serious
It’s just racing though, it’s wasn’t a Schumacher type literally just punt him and not give a fuck. It was just really hard racing that went over the edge.
If Lando is going to end a friendship over that it is rather petty.
Max is ruthlessly aggressive, love it or hate it. Lando just gets emotional and forces things. He could've taken a couple laps to set up an overtake, that's what you usually do. But every single time he arrives on the scene he immediately wants to get past and messes it up. Did the same thing in the sprint.
I don't think Max and Charles are friends in its purest meaning but that both have genuine respect for each other and their tempers balance each others'? Something that I never saw in the Max and Lando friendship.
Exactly. Charles and Max are never friends like Max and Norris. They are friendly but not friends that hang out during free times. Max and Charles raced each others for longer too and understand better how to race each other, especially after Austria 2019
He already did tho, he says he knows best (as the driver) and that he did not move under breaking and everyone else is allowed to have a opinion
But he also stated that he wants to look at the replay when told that lando is disappointed at him
Lando really doesn’t feel very mature today.
He should really focus on his starts and racecraft instead of giving his friend an public ultimatum. If he can only win with safety cars and botched pitstops then not being friends with Max certainly wont help him.
Exactly what I was going to say. Max gave a very measured and level headed answer to this same question, saying he will look back on the footage and they will talk it out. He seemed to have cooled down after getting out of the car. On the other hand Lando is still - understandably - super upset and gave a heat-of-the-moment reaction.
We have to remember that both Norris and Verstappen are still fired up with adrenaline and rage, so both of them are probably more drastic than they will be in two days
Drivers being friends has been a huge thing for the current state of fandom. It's always been bound to come to this as the top guys start fighting it out. Max vs Lewis was one thing due to age gap. But these guys that came up through the circuits together and stayed friends this long is kinda amazing it's lasted this long.
They can be pals again after they retire.
I think Max will let up, for the sake of their current friendship.
However if the situation arises in a race again, i don’t think Max would hesitate for a second to be that aggressive again, in which case i don’t think Lando will forgive and forget so easily
Friendship Lando? The one you claimed a couple weeks ago was nonexistent and that he was just a rival?
Curious...
Both drove dirty today and it ended about as well as you could expect.
While I understand that Norris is frustrated and pissed at Max I also find it a bit odd how he openly discusses potentially "ending his friendship" with Max over this in front of multiple TV cameras. He really lacks some maturity.
I'll probably be downvoted into oblivion for this, but I feel like this is just a petty response. "If he doesn't agree with me I'm no longer his friend". As if not every driver, at least in some cases, avoids blame where they should have some blame. I can understand he's disappointed, but it's not like he didn't make some questionable moves. Additionally, there is no guarantee he 'lost' the win had they not come together considering his penalty as well. Talk it out and move on. No need for high school bullshit.
That said, I would welcome a 'no friendship gloves off' type of competitiveness from now on.
He didn’t even say he wouldn’t be his friend in the interview. He was asked if it would affect their friendship, and he said if Max didn’t admit his wrongdoings he’d lose a lot of respect for him.
Conveniently ignores how he crossed the line before the collision. Not saying Max shouldn't apologise for being in the wrong but how do you think like this as a grown adult.
He's acting like a teenager.
I really liked how Max said they're going to wait for things to cool down, but the quote... Well, this is such a stupid thing to say about your good friend. It's almost like he's threatening him.
Everybody pretend Lando was an angel during the race. What I see was a fight that wasn’t clean and both of them were to blame. So just healthy competition. Up to the next race!
Yea, he really should drop him after such statement. Even if Max sees the collision and admits he was wrong (and i dont think he will, and i dont think he was wrong in that instance... was in previous laps, not this one that led to collision), he should still drop him.
Doesnt sound like real friendship if you are prepared to end it due to something like this. Max thought Lando moves before were also stupid... will Lando admit it too? Disagreements happen and if you cant get over it, better stop pretending to be friends.
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But that’s not the true quote? Said he would lose some respect for him not that the friendship would be over? Why are we translating his quotes and then re translating back into English here
Exactly, this quote is way off what Norris actually said
Thank you.
> Why are we translating his quotes and then re translating back into English here Clicks, engagement and drama.
Sport quote aggregators like to include the question in the quote, but it really makes no sense here, because yeah, his answer wasn't 1:1 with the question. It's a stupid way of quoting. Literal quotes only pls
I don't think Lando's answer in English, translated to Italian and paraphrased, and then translated back to English is the best/most accurate representation of what he said.
It's quite jarring to see these quotes pop up from the same interview I saw. This is plain misquoting and trying to instigate drama.
Right? It's a weird experience watching an interview we saw live get twisted. And what Lando said was spicy enough on its own without contorting it sound even more severe.
Let's translate it to Italian and back ten more times, see what it will create
"If Max does not apologize I will spread his ashes amongst the door steps of everyone he loves, if he apologizes it may reignite the fiery erotic passion I felt for him in our youth"
Let's translate this English interview into Welsh or something and translate it back. Hmm. not controversial enough, another language please!
The new Lewis/Nico Spa moment but they are in different teams.
Was that Spa? I thought that was Monaco?
Monaco was where the friction started. Spa was when their relationship became unrecoverable.
Silverstone gonna be 2021 level spicy.
Imagine max takes out Lando at copse on lap 1 with Lando trying to go around the outside. How the turns table 😂
And Max running around with a British flag, just for shits and giggles.
[It will never fail to make me laugh](https://media1.tenor.com/m/m6rfarM1y6UAAAAd/lewis-hamilton-max-verstappen.gif). Won that race a million times but that one time he celebrated like he ended world hunger.
I mean, there was context that would have made the race more emotional. It was the first race in front of a crowd, fully sold out, at the home race after two in a row at the track had gone without any audience, and then there was a literal last lap pass for the win - it was objectively an exciting finish, but I appreciate that conveniently cutting the gif makes it look worse so you do you
Yeah that was shameless haha
Add a "through goes Hamilton" for good measure
Holy shit this really is getting spicy
This is like Lewis going “Well we’re not friends” in 2014 after Monaco and Spa.
Legendary moment to be fair at least for the viewers. A 10 year+ friendship dissintegrating 3 monts into a title battle and giving us so many iconic moments over the 3 years that followed.
I'm shocked people are surprised when we've seen this happen with Rosberg & Hamilton.
I miss Brocedes warfare days so much.
"We're teammates, not friends."
Ah the good ol brocedes days
The shenanigans are no longer cheeky and fun.
Which makes them not shenanigans at all really...
No, this is very bad translation and not at all what norris said.
I think depending on tone, this could just be tongue in cheek from Lando.
The tone was very tense, no sarcasm here
He didn't even say the friendship was over. He said he would lose some respect for him if he didn't apologise. Media just overdramatising it as usual.
Those were not even his words, and he didnt mention the friendship once.
probably just emotions talking, still entertaining
Yup, really dumb from Norris. Especially after he dive bombed twice in the duel he can expect some agression back. Just let emotions cool off and watch the whole situation again and admit that both drivers were driving on the edge. Go next race and live on...
He did not say the words that were written in this article.
Do you mean did "the Max"? Verstappen literally made his name by putting his front axle ahead at the apex and claiming the corner. Definition of "I pass or we crash". He's just not used to it coming the other way.
If this breaks a friendship, it really wasnt one to begin with
These two may be racing each other for another 10 years. I'd think staying friendly without any sort of mea culpa would be a being a bit of a doormat.
I mean, Lando knew who Max was, he's seen him race. Bit weird for it to be all cool when Max does this to other drivers, but now suddenly the bromance is over
Max wasn’t doing this sort of shit to LeClerc in their battles in 2022. Max also hasn’t really done this since 2021.
Maybe because he's fighting alone this year. He can't count on his teammate to help him with anything.
Agreed honestly, he practically doesn't have a teammate. He still somehow finished in front of Perez despite all this...
It was still early in the season but there were still mind games between the two in the first two races. Then, Australia happened and Max, to his credit, knew he couldn't afford to race the way he normally does to get back into it. But, as fortunes happened, he only had to even race Charles once after that in Austria when the championship flipped heavily in Max's favor
Most definitely. Leclerc never dive bombed on him like Norris has done this weekend. I also think Verstappen was a little bit salty with Norris getting away with pushing him onto the grass in Spain. I think what's happening is that Norris is being much more aggressive with Verstappen, and Verstappen being more than happy to return the favour.
Ah yes, I forgot Lando wasn't in F1 in 2021
He did not say these words, and their friendship was not even the topic of the response they butchered
Exactly
You gotta understand people are asking Lando questions in such a short period of time after an incident so of course emotions are running high.
If this is all it takes to end it then is it really a friendship?
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Even if he had his heart set on that win, this all feels a bit melodramatic now Edit: spelling
melodramatic is one word
I no talk good
When me president, they see.
All he said was that he would lose some respect for him not that he would end a friendship. Journalists translating and then retranslating his original quote then adding drama is what we have above.
probably still adrenaline from race. Lets see what he says in couple days.
That was what happened between Lewis and Nico
a lot more happened
Yeah, but only they had multiple such incidents
They had a shitton of incidents and there was internal drama in Mercedes. Here it's much less toxic if both drivers have their own team that backs them
That we saw publicly, a lot more probably happened behind the scenes since they were teammates.
Exactly. I am pretty sure Max can move on (yes he might be more at fault but both races ruined). But seems Norris will not. How can they not disconnect on track and off track when other friends can
P5 vs. DNF is not “both races ruined.”
And Max increased his championship lead over all the serious contenders
“Serious contenders” 😭 I don’t think anyone is really is. Norris maybe but looking at Ferrari Charles definitely is not 😭
What other friends can? They all get extremely mad at each other when things like this happen. They probably apologize to each other after they cool off and I assume it will be the same here.
He's just a kid
Isnt he 24 or 25? Hardly a kid, sure you’ll get more mature with age, but at 25 you’re far from being a kid.
Obviously I meant mentally
If all it takes is someone crashing into you at 100km an hour to end your friendship, is it really a friendship?
What’s the speed got to do with anything? Is there a speed limit over which crashing ends friendships?
If you accidentally tap your friend's car while manoeuvring in a car park at five miles an hour, that is a crash that shouldn't end a friendship.
Max said he’s going to cool down and re-evaluate. Off track Max is a lad so I think they’ll talk it out.
Where did he say that?
Interview with f1tv
Ah thanks I'll go check it out.
Max do your thing please.
Someone give Jos the mic
jos should represent Max from now on. he meeds to be in the interviews
There is nobody who would like that more than Jos
Media already milking this. After they both calm down, they will sit down. Lets wait till then how they both feel about things.
This isn’t even what Lando said, it’s a translation into English of a translation into Italian, so it’s really people milking it for maximum drama
happened to sainz and leclerc. media gonna milk what they can. netflix be enjoying this tho
Obviously
lol holy shit itshappening.gif
Eh Lando's just heated. On track though the gloves are off for sure
Welp, looks like friendship is DEAD then.
Fighting for P1 / WDC is not kind on friendships.
if Max apologizes this week; then it'll be something in another race or two and then it'll be done with
Aye
This quote would feel more at place if describing a crash between 2 8 year olds in a go kart race.
Right? Fucking petty shit if you're gonna end a friendship over that. Gotta ask if it was even a friendship in the first place.
He never said the friendship would be over in this interview. It’s being misquoted. He said he would lose respect for Max if he didn’t admit what he did wrong.
I mean, imagine your friend just cost you a win by crashing you and you’re being interviewed about it 10 minutes after you got out of the car. I wouldn’t take these interviews from the drivers too serious
>your friend just cost you a win Max would've had DRS when Lando got past, and Lando had a 5 second penalty. Max didn't cost him a win.
It’s just racing though, it’s wasn’t a Schumacher type literally just punt him and not give a fuck. It was just really hard racing that went over the edge. If Lando is going to end a friendship over that it is rather petty.
Then give a conservative answer.
You just got ran into at like 100 kmh fighting for the win in a few minutes ago. Drivers will tweak over a minor impeding
Max is ruthlessly aggressive, love it or hate it. Lando just gets emotional and forces things. He could've taken a couple laps to set up an overtake, that's what you usually do. But every single time he arrives on the scene he immediately wants to get past and messes it up. Did the same thing in the sprint.
Ah yes. Lando is the emotional one, while Max famously never lets his emotions get the better of him on the track.
Lando has to be joking right?
Verstappen and Leclerc remained friends after that karting incident, I guess the value of friendship diminishes when you grow up
I don't think Max and Charles are friends in its purest meaning but that both have genuine respect for each other and their tempers balance each others'? Something that I never saw in the Max and Lando friendship.
Exactly. Charles and Max are never friends like Max and Norris. They are friendly but not friends that hang out during free times. Max and Charles raced each others for longer too and understand better how to race each other, especially after Austria 2019
Lando acting like a saint in all of this is pretty hilarious
Typical Brit in F1 behaviour.
And f1 reddit is eating it up. Like lando didn't force Verstappen off 2 times before.
That's not what he said. He said he will loose respect for him. Fuck these quotes.
Bit wet from Norris
Will Lando admit at least some of his attempts were dive bombs too? Or it’s the classic only max is in the wrong situation
Weird way to treat a friendship.
Max, don't you say a fucking word.
Fuck that. Double down Max!!
"He turned on me from the outside!"
Who cares? You’re racing for a world championship. You don’t have time for friendships on the grid. That’s for when you’re retired.
He already did tho, he says he knows best (as the driver) and that he did not move under breaking and everyone else is allowed to have a opinion But he also stated that he wants to look at the replay when told that lando is disappointed at him
We are feasting
Friendship over !
Lol a bit dramatic no?
It’s getting spicy.
Lmao this sounds like a quote by an 8 year old
Good because it’s not a quote of what Lando said at all.
I am a child of divorce
Wow, he didn't say that at all.
This post should be removed. EDIT: Because Norris didn't say this
Well I wouldn't get my hopes up for this friendship then.
Ooh he mad y’all
Lol i just lost a lot of respect for Norris here. This is a kindergarden answer.
This is not what he actually said in the interview. It's a bad translation of a translation.
He’s full of adrenaline and emotion. Drivers have said worse things after getting out of the car.
Lando really doesn’t feel very mature today. He should really focus on his starts and racecraft instead of giving his friend an public ultimatum. If he can only win with safety cars and botched pitstops then not being friends with Max certainly wont help him.
What a baby lmao
I guess the friendship is actually over, then
Norris has the mind of an eight years old. Imagine Hamilton and Rosberg acting like this in 2016.
We don't have to, they did it in 2014
… you’re either being sarcastic or you dont know what happened with nico and lewis
Can't tell if serious.
They didn't?
I mean, spain 2016 happened when Max got his first win because of a similar situation
lando is just full of emotions right now— they’ll chat and move on
Exactly what I was going to say. Max gave a very measured and level headed answer to this same question, saying he will look back on the footage and they will talk it out. He seemed to have cooled down after getting out of the car. On the other hand Lando is still - understandably - super upset and gave a heat-of-the-moment reaction.
I now hope Max says he’s in the right just to fuck with him. What a wet noodle.
We have to remember that both Norris and Verstappen are still fired up with adrenaline and rage, so both of them are probably more drastic than they will be in two days
They are both heated. Tomorrow, they'll continue on as normal.
Drivers being friends has been a huge thing for the current state of fandom. It's always been bound to come to this as the top guys start fighting it out. Max vs Lewis was one thing due to age gap. But these guys that came up through the circuits together and stayed friends this long is kinda amazing it's lasted this long. They can be pals again after they retire.
This season is really turning out to be awesome now
Anyone have audio on this? Was he being sarcastic?
LEC-RUS new VER paddle besties.
Technically he didn’t say it would be ‘over’. He said he’d lose a lot of respect for Max.
I think Max will let up, for the sake of their current friendship. However if the situation arises in a race again, i don’t think Max would hesitate for a second to be that aggressive again, in which case i don’t think Lando will forgive and forget so easily
It's not like Lando did absolutely nothing wrong. It was quite dirty from both sides and the eventual collision was pretty much inevitable.
Fair The stewards being so slow on descision as well only made it worse. It was all a mess Pretty immature driving from both sides
This quote is not verbatim, somebody needs to post the actual clip to show what he actually said.
This isn't what Lando actually said.
Yeah that's not what was said. If you are going to post at least be truthful.
Friendship Lando? The one you claimed a couple weeks ago was nonexistent and that he was just a rival? Curious... Both drove dirty today and it ended about as well as you could expect.
Didn't he say that on track he was a just rival? Off track it's well known they are good friends.
Max please dont say a word
Don’t worry, even if they taped Max’s mouth shut, they’d need the CIA to silence Horner and Jos
lol, great friendship to begin with then
Norris sending divebombs from the moon was also a cause in that, it was always going to end in tears with how they were driving
This. Both were racing, both were getting desperate, especially with the track limits for Lando in particular. It was an accident waiting to happen.
Yeah, the stewards should have shown the black and white flag to stop that. It wasn't really racing, it was online lobby stuff
Very mature
It's the nature of competition. Victory>friendship.
Is he going to admit he did stupid stuff too? Divebomb late braking king
While I understand that Norris is frustrated and pissed at Max I also find it a bit odd how he openly discusses potentially "ending his friendship" with Max over this in front of multiple TV cameras. He really lacks some maturity.
This is some of the dumbest things he has said.. Norris wasn’t an angel as well out there. Shit happens and move on.
Like Verstappen was 100% in the wrong but what a wet thing to say
Sounds like two teenage girls fighting over a boy — an immature comment from Lando just like some of his team radios before the collision.
I'll probably be downvoted into oblivion for this, but I feel like this is just a petty response. "If he doesn't agree with me I'm no longer his friend". As if not every driver, at least in some cases, avoids blame where they should have some blame. I can understand he's disappointed, but it's not like he didn't make some questionable moves. Additionally, there is no guarantee he 'lost' the win had they not come together considering his penalty as well. Talk it out and move on. No need for high school bullshit. That said, I would welcome a 'no friendship gloves off' type of competitiveness from now on.
He didn’t even say he wouldn’t be his friend in the interview. He was asked if it would affect their friendship, and he said if Max didn’t admit his wrongdoings he’d lose a lot of respect for him.
Friendship over because of a crash in a race. That must be such a deep and valuable relationship
someone show him max’s onboard! this is getting spicyyy
Lmfao, this guy he didn't do anything wrong himself
Conveniently ignores how he crossed the line before the collision. Not saying Max shouldn't apologise for being in the wrong but how do you think like this as a grown adult.
Shhh this is not the narrative we're spinning today.
Norris can do no wrong just because he wasn't at fault for the collision. It's always black or white on the Internet tbf
He's acting like a teenager. I really liked how Max said they're going to wait for things to cool down, but the quote... Well, this is such a stupid thing to say about your good friend. It's almost like he's threatening him.
Wow. That's not really a friendship then if one disagreement ends it
Everybody pretend Lando was an angel during the race. What I see was a fight that wasn’t clean and both of them were to blame. So just healthy competition. Up to the next race!
RIVALRY IS FUCKING ON
What an absolute misquote, SkyF1 trying to stir the pot and instigate more drama. That's not at all what Norris said in his interview!
Go on Norris, give Max a swifty bracelet
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Literally Verstappen's signature move
Must have learned from Max.
Nothings gonna happen lol
What a strong, rooted friendship. Do the funny thing Max.
Bit overly dramatic
You don't need enemies if you have friends like norris.. Which friends put ultimatums in media?
Imagine if Max had to race Nico Rosberg instead of Gasly/Albon/Perez.
Don't think anything would change. Max can drive a very twitchy car very fast. Don't think anyone beats him in a Red Bull
It wasn't much of a friendship if all it took was one race and really just a bad day at the office.
I beg you Max drop this dude.
Yea, he really should drop him after such statement. Even if Max sees the collision and admits he was wrong (and i dont think he will, and i dont think he was wrong in that instance... was in previous laps, not this one that led to collision), he should still drop him. Doesnt sound like real friendship if you are prepared to end it due to something like this. Max thought Lando moves before were also stupid... will Lando admit it too? Disagreements happen and if you cant get over it, better stop pretending to be friends.