“That was the worst two hours of my life, by far,” Brown joked. “I imply, Lando drove brilliantly, unlucky what occurred to Oscar initially, however the workforce was flawless. They executed the pit cease nice and I believe I used to be the one one who was able to have a coronary heart assault for 2 hours.
“That race, [Norris] carried us. To not make any errors, we had been apprehensive about Security Vehicles, I used to be apprehensive about every thing. However he drove flawlessly.
“Subsequent [we’ll] try to repeat the constructors’ and get the drivers’, I’ll let Oscar and Lando determine that one out.”
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Norris was clear on the radio on his in-lap that he’s gunning for the drivers’ title subsequent 12 months, having completed runner up in 2024. And with 4 victories to his workforce mate’s two, together with a number of years’ value of further expertise, he may discover himself favorite heading into the ultimate 12 months of the present rules.
“He’s going to offer all of it he’s obtained and given the momentum he’s on, it’s laborious to guess towards him,” completed Brown, because the fireworks went off on the finish of a memorable evening in Abu Dhabi.
