Max Verstappen and Lando Norriswere in fine fooling form at the pre-season test in Bahrain with the pair expectant of a closely fought but respectful contest on track when the world championship begins and poking fun at any notion of lingering tension between them.
When a light but persistent rain began falling on Thursday morning with only two teams having brought wet weather tyres, running all but ground to a halt for over an hour.
After the race in Mexico City, where Verstappen was penalised, Norris stated: “Today was not fair, clean racing, therefore he got what he had coming to him.”.
I know they’re going to be tough battles and I’m sure some of them are not always going to end the way I want or hopefully Max wants.
Esteban Ocon ventured out for a couple of laps for Haas, a brief foray but enough for the team to put the boot in on social media.“Where’s everyone else at on track?