In the round-up: Lando Norris downplays his friendship with championship rival Max Verstappen.
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Norris and Verstappen not “true” friends
Despite being well known to have competed together in simracing and having a largely good relationship off the track, Norris stresses that he is not as close with Verstappen as some may assume.
“Everybody thinks we are better mates than we are,” Norris told the Red Bulletin. “I have other people who are my real friends. My true friends.
“He’s a guy I get along with well off the track. That doesn’t change. I am good at keeping things separate. If someone treats me like s*** on track, it doesn’t mean I will treat them like s*** off the track. They are two different worlds.”
WEC announces 2025 entry list
The World Endurance Championship has announced 18 hypercar and 18 LMGT3 entries on its provisional entry list for the 2025 season.
Aston Martin will join the championship with its Valkyrie hypercar, while Lamborghini’s single car entry from this year’s championship with Iron Lynx will not compete. The two Aston Martins will race with numbers 007 and 009, despite Toyota retaining its number seven entry.
There will again be three Ferrari 499Ps in the field – two factory cars and one independently operated by AF Corse. The Jota team will switch to Cadillac for next year’s championship with their to entries.
Haas confirms Crone for F1A
Haas has announced that Courtney Crone, who raced as a wild card in the F1 Academy round in Miami, will represent the team in over a full season next year.
The 23-year-old finished 14th and 11th, both from 16th and last on the grid, in her two races in Miami. She will replace Chloe Chambers, who will reach the end of her second season in the series next month and will be ineligible to continue next year.
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Matt Caller: ”We never dreamed this could happen, even to the point we started working in the same team together. That in itself was a novelty. We were on Max’s car together, both on the back-end, I was rear-end mechanic and Jon was the gearbox man. Then fast forward to now and we are both number ones on our respective cars. I don’t think anyone could have written that.”
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