Japanese Grand Prix: 'It was quite clear' Max Verstappen tried to block me says Lando Norris about incident

Lando Norris believes that Max Verstappen should face a penalty for blocking his path at the Japanese Grand Prix. The pair almost collided at Suzuka in qualifying on Saturday when Verstappen swerved to his left suddenly as Norris was approaching at speed going into the final chicane.

Ad The McLaren driver had to take evasive action and drove off the track in order to avoid the Red Bull. He suggested that the world champion was attempting to block his path deliberately.

Japanese Grand Prix'I was just driving quite slow' — Verstappen blames cold tyres for Norris near miss44 MINUTES AGO «I mean it was quite clear he tried to do that,” Norris told Sky Sports. »There’s no rule on what you can do, but doing what he did is something that you cannot do.

«People always overtake before the last corner, as much as everyone agrees to it [a gentleman’s agreement], everyone always does it, so it doesn’t matter, he probably would have done the same if he was in my situation, but I wouldn’t have swerved at him if I was in his situation.» When asked if he thought he would expect a penalty had he done the same, Norris said: «Oh yeah, for sure.» Red Bull team principal Christian Horner defended Verstappen. «They're both on out laps and there's a gentleman's agreement between the drivers that when you get to that part of the circuit you hold position and they file through the last chicane one-by-one,” he explained.

Verstappen grabs pole at Suzuka as Leclerc misses out by 0.01s, faces investigation for Norris scare How Verstappen can win world championship at Japanese Grand Prix Russell leads Mercedes one-two at wet Suzuka in FP2 »So, Lando has decided that he wants to jump the queue as they head up to that final chicane. They've been