It was absorbing to watch Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton sit together before the post-race press conference following the Red Bull star’s victory in the United States Grand Prix last Sunday. Lando Norris followed them in much later due to his TV interviews dragging on. There was initially an icy silence. Hamilton broke it eventually, asking about Verstappen’s post-Austin travel plans. The reply was polite enough, pleasant even, from a delighted winner. But there was a distinct lack of eye contact on either side.
Finally, Norris arrived. And as press
