Did Max Verstappen poke enjoyable at Lando Norris on social media after Singapore GP drama?

Max Verstappen seems to have poked enjoyable at Lando Norris on social media following the Singapore Grand Prix with an aptly timed photograph on his Instagram story. 

The pair’s friendship was put to the take a look at through the race weekend on the Marina Bay Street Circuit after the Dutchman hinted that Norris had hampered his closing flying lap in qualifying. 

“You can thank your mate for that. Hard luck,” Verstappen’s race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, mentioned over the staff radio after the driving force missed out on pole place to Mercedes’ George Russell. As Verstappen approached the ultimate chicane on his flying lap, he got here up within the soiled air of the McLaren driver, who was on a sluggish lap forward of him.

The four-time champion despatched a sly warning to Norris throughout his post-qualifying interview with David Coulthard. “That’s what happens when there’s a car in front of you just cruising two seconds in front. That’s noted, it will be remembered as well,” Verstappen mentioned.

“Not Oscar,” he added when requested to make clear which driver he was talking about. “So that was a little bit of a disgrace, in any other case I believe it might have been shut for pole. 

“It’s always very exciting here in qualifying. Of course, I’m disappointed to not be first, but for us this weekend so far has been really good. The car has been very competitive, so for us to be second again is very good.”

During the race, Norris gained two positions in the beginning to take third place from his McLaren team-mate, and whereas it regarded as if he would be capable of shut in on and overtake Verstappen for second, Norris was unable to make the transfer occur. 

Lando Norris, McLaren, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing

Photo by: Sam Bloxham / LAT Images by way of Getty Images

“I don’t think we have maybe the best or clearest picture, and that’s the only reason we couldn’t win today,” Norris mentioned through the post-race press convention. “But the tempo was, I believe, additionally the perfect on the market. It didn’t matter – I couldn’t get previous Max. He didn’t make any errors and it’s too troublesome to comply with right here.

“So a bit of a shame, but I did what I could. And even though I was feeling good with the car, and I felt like if I could get past Max, I’d be able to try and have a crack at catching George, and I think I would. It’s just too difficult to follow and too difficult to overtake.”

Seeming to poke enjoyable on the state of affairs, Verstappen later shared a photograph on his Instagram story of Norris behind him through the race.

Fans have been fast to select up on the potential reference. “He’s always got perfect timing with those posts,” one commented, whereas one other added: “Hahaha. That’s a message for Lando Norris alright.”

“This is what dirty air looks like,” another person wrote.

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– The Motorsport.com Team