Renowned Formula 1 journalist Peter Windsor has praised Brazilian GP winner Max Verstappen while criticizing McLaren’s Lando Norris. The latter commented that Verstappen’s victory at Interlagos involved luck as well. Lando Norris finished P6 in a disappointing afternoon at Sao Paolo, where he started in pole position.

The 24-year-old has been phenomenal for the Papayas across a few races this season. He has been far from clinical in the others, such as the one at Interlagos. Peter Windsor claimed that Max Verstappen tactfully utilized his tires during the first stint of the 69-lap race.

He then concluded that the red flag thus benefitted the Dutchman to push forward on a fresher set of tires. Well, the first thing I would say is that I don’t think that that red [flag] stop was just luck or even a great strategy call. I think it was Max using the tyres in that first phase of the race better than any other driver on the track.

And I say that because of what we could see. What we could see was a recently resurfaced Interlagos on which it was very difficult in the wet to do any of the normal things. In other words, to go offline, to look for the grip.

Peter Windsor via his YouTube channelNorris now trails Verstappen by a huge margin of 62 points in the drivers’ championship. The former’s hopes of securing the title might have all but vanished as Formula 1 heads into the last three races of the campaign. RELATEDFernando Alonso urges Aston Martin to bring out A-game following ‘nightmarish’ outing at Brazilian GPMartin Brundle claims Lando Norris ‘will learn a lot’ from 2024 title challengeF1 Pundit Martin Brundle has urged Lando Norris to keep his head up in light of his recent performance at Interlagos.

The British driver has secured three wins and 12 podiums for McLaren so far this campaign. Martin Brundle and Lando Norris (via IMAGO)He’s had some amazing victories and not least in Zandvoort and Singapore where he just ran off and hid, a little bit like Max [on Sunday]. Sometimes you wonder if he lacks the killer instinct up against Max, who we know can be pretty brutal in combat.

But I think Lando will learn a lot from this season, and Max winning seven of the first 10 races pretty much put him out of reach really. Martin Brundle via SkySportsMartin Brundle has claimed that Norris lacks the killer instincts to win a race while dueling with someone like Max Verstappen. He then applauded the 24-year-old for performing brilliantly in races such as Zandvoort and Singapore this season.

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