It is a difficult first chapter in their friendship, if it lasts. Norris after all indicated that it depends on Verstappen's attitude whether the friendship will survive. If he were to admit guilt, he would retain some respect for Verstappen.

But will Verstappen do that? Will he apologize? David Coulthard thinks he knows the answer to that: "Only when hell is freezing over."

"Max will always keep shouting 'this is hard racing'. This is the first time that Lando has to deal with wheel-to-wheel battles weekend after weekend. We remember how it went when Verstappen took on Lewis Hamilton . Max is simply one of the hardest racers. To beat him, you have to become his equal."