Max Verstappen was full of praise for Lando Norris’ performance in Brazil.<\/p>\n
The Brit was the closest challenger to the reigning world champion and even had a go at him in the early stages of the race.<\/p>\n
The McLaren driver made a stellar start from P6 and P2 and looked set to upset Verstappen, but after his early attack his pace faded and the Dutchman managed to pull away.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless Norris manage to finish a comfortable P2, almost 30 second in front of third-place Fernando Alonso and even recorded the fastest lap.<\/p>\n
“But yeah, he gave it a good run \u2013 that lap where I had to defend, it was close and he got by me, but I think also Lando realised I have to save my tyres to make sure we make it to the end of the stint in the best possible way.” Verstappen said.<\/p>\n
Norris bagged his 6th second place of the season and brought crucial points for McLaren in their fight with Aston Martin for P4 in the Constructors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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