Watch: Max Verstappen Roasts Himself with Lando Norris During the Virtual GP
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During a Twitch chat ahead of the 2020 Virtual Monaco Grand Prix, Max Verstappen ended up roasting himself. The Dutchman asked Lando Norris if he was confident of getting a good result and tried to offer sage advice. He spoke about ‘cutting corners’ to improve time, while Norris chipped in about using the barriers.
Of course, Verstappen got flashbacks of trying that tactic in real life and it ended horribly for him. He said, ” I can tell you from my experience that it doesn’t really work in real life.”
Norris caught on and quipped that such a plan never works, especially after the Swimming Pool section. Naturally, the two had a good laugh about Verstappen’s previous misfortune at the iconic street circuit.
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What else did Max Verstappen say?
The Red Bull driver also made an interesting observation where the walls tend to move outwards with each lap. He attempted to justify the reason behind his crash in that particular corner, and Norris appeared to believe him. Admittedly, Verstappen’s words should be taken with a pinch of salt and he was possibly adamant that he didn’t make a mistake.
Interestingly, the last time a driver claimed that a wall moved was during the 1984 US Grand Prix. The driver was none other that the late great Ayrton Senna, who claimed that a concrete barrier moved. Obviously, many dismissed the claims, but engineer Pat Symonds decided to humour the Brazilian and check the wall.
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To his great surprise, the wall had actually moved by a few millimeters, and a smug Senna got vindicated. When Symonds spoke about that incident, he said, “That really opened my eyes. I knew the guy was good but that really told me how special. Not just the driving but this conviction, the analysis and then the conclusion: I cannot be wrong, so the wall must have moved. Everyone else would say, ‘Bollocks, how on earth did I do that? ‘But the conviction he had was just staggering. And he was right”.
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