Verstappen 'knows he did wrong deep down' - Norris

McLaren's Lando Norris says rubric rival Max Verstappen "knows helium did wrong" successful their conflict successful past weekend's Mexico City Grand Prix.

The Red Bull operator was fixed 2 10-second penalties for his actions successful a conflict with his McLaren rival.

Norris said: "Max knows what helium has to do. He knows helium did wrong, heavy down helium does. And it's for him to change, not me.

"Max is 1 of the astir susceptible drivers connected the grid, if not the most. He knows what helium tin and can't bash and what the limits are."

Verstappen, who heads into this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix 47 points up of Norris with 4 races to go, says helium finds criticisms of his antiaircraft driving "annoying" and pays nary attraction to them.

This week, 1996 satellite champion Damon Hill accused Verstappen of "Dick Dastardly stuff".

The Dutchman said: "I don't perceive to those individuals. I conscionable bash my thing. I americium a three-time satellite champion. I deliberation I cognize what I'm doing."

He added: "Some radical are conscionable being precise annoying. I cognize who these radical are and I don't truly wage a batch of attraction to them. I person got this acold successful my career. Some radical are conscionable a spot biased."

Norris said: "I expect a cleaner conflict than what we had but it's not up to me."

Verstappen's racing tactics person travel nether the spotlight pursuing 2 incidents successful the past 2 races.

In the first, successful the United States Grand Prix, Norris was fixed a five-second punishment for overtaking disconnected the track.

That led to the F1 drivers discussing the incidental 5 days aboriginal successful Mexico, with galore making it wide to governing assemblage the FIA that they felt Norris should not person been penalised.

That is due to the fact that Verstappen's driving contributed to the incidental - the Dutchman, who was defending his presumption connected the inside, besides went disconnected track.

Then, successful the contention successful Mexico, Norris again went disconnected way trying to overtake Verstappen connected the outside, astatine Turn Four.

Although Verstappen stayed connected the track, helium was adjudged to person forced Norris disconnected the way and was fixed his archetypal penalty. Four corners later, Verstappen again forced Norris off, and regained the position, and was penalised for gaining an vantage by going disconnected the circuit.

Asked whether helium would bash thing antithetic from present on, helium said: "It's my 10th twelvemonth successful F1. I deliberation I cognize what I'm doing."

He added: "I person my opinions, I don't request to stock them."

And asked whether helium was blessed with the racing guidelines, Verstappen said: "It's not that straightforward intelligibly adjacent betwixt however galore seconds you get. Sometimes they enactment for you, sometimes they enactment against you.

"It is ne'er going to beryllium cleanable due to the fact that adjacent if you region rules, if you get into a conflict you privation much rules due to the fact that it's not wide what is allowed oregon not, past erstwhile you person excessively galore rules you privation little rules.

"Do I deliberation it's over-regulated? Probably yes. In wide the regularisation publication is lone getting bigger and bigger each twelvemonth and I don't deliberation that's ever the close way."

Verstappen said helium took proposal lone from "people who are nonsubjective and adjacent to me".

And helium besides made a veiled disapproval of the FIA portion pointing retired that, portion helium had been punished for swearing successful a quality league astatine the Singapore Grand Prix, nary enactment had been taken contempt Ferrari's Charles Leclerc doing the aforesaid successful Mexico.

He said: "People who are not conscionable determination to stir… I can't accidental the connection and seemingly it lone counts for me. After the contention idiosyncratic was swearing and I didn't perceive thing [about it]."

Verstappen is reported to beryllium getting a five-place grid punishment for Sunday's contention arsenic a effect of taking a caller engine, having already exceeded his caller allocation.

But helium was incapable to corroborate it, saying: "I haven't heard thing yet. I cognize I volition person to instrumentality 1 astatine immoderate point, truthful we'll see."

Red Bull person not responded to requests for remark connected the matter.