MAX VERSTAPPEN and Lando Norris are going head-to-head within the F1 Drivers’ World Championship.
This weekend, the motorheads face off towards one another at the USA Grand Prix.
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Younger pretender Norris, 24, trails the present world champion by 52 factors with simply six rounds remaining.
The Bristol-born driver cannot afford any slips as he goals to shut the hole on the high.
Away from the monitor, the pair dwell glam lives you’ll anticipate from two of the world’s finest boy racers.
Verstappen, value a reported £165million, has splashed his money on a £5million automotive assortment and boasts a shocking companion in Brazilian magnificence, Kelly Piquet.
Whereas playboy Norris, the inheritor to a £205million fortune, enjoys a jet-set life and has dated a string of the world’s most stunning ladies.
SunSport compares the champ and the challenger’s existence.
Cash, cash, cash
One factor the 2 aren’t wanting is cash.
Since making his debut in F1 in 2015, Verstappen has established himself as the very best paid driver on the circuit.
In 2022, he signed a five-year cope with Purple Bull, described as one of the vital profitable within the historical past of the game.
Based on stories his contract is value £45million a yr, and is prone to improve if his successful streak continues.
Max additionally advantages from endorsement offers from manufacturers like G-Star RAW, Purple Bull and EA Sports activities.
The Dutch driver additionally has his personal MV merchandise firm, promoting caps, clothes and niknaks.
Again in 2022, Norris inked a longterm cope with McLaren that can maintain him with the staff until 2026.
It’s believed to be value round £15million-per-year, which places him behind Verstappen by a way.
Nonetheless, he was born into wealth because the second youngster of businessman Adam Norris, who boasts a £205million fortune.
He grew up in Glastonbury, Somerset along with his older brother Oliver and youthful sisters Flo and Cisca, and went to close by Millfield public faculty, the place boarding charges price greater than £40,000 a yr.
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Quick vehicles
F1 drivers are famend for his or her unimaginable automotive collections.
And Max Verstappen’s storage would go away some with envy.
After changing into the youngest ever racer to attain a podium end on the Spanish Grand Prix, aged simply 18, Max splashed out on a Porsche 911 GTS R3 value round £190,000.
His automotive assortment has been closely impressed by James Bond – he owns a 007-type Aston Martin DB11, a follow-up to the DB10, pushed within the film Spectre that price round £200,000.
Alongside a 2018 Vantage and a DBS Superleggerais, Verstappen additionally reportedly purchased an Aston Martin Valkyrie that carries a price ticket of £2.2million.
Astonishingly, numerous stories say that Norris does not personal a automotive.
As is without doubt one of the perks of the job, McLaren has loaned him a number of over time.
Chatting with Scott Mills and Chris Stark on their BBC Sounds podcast, nonetheless, he confessed he isn’t materialistic.
Lando mentioned: “I do not personal many issues. I’ve probably not handled myself.”
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Women’ males
Notoriously, F1 drivers are linked to the world’s most stunning ladies.
Verstappen is in a longterm romance with Brazilian mannequin Kelly Piquet.
They started courting in 2020, and have been inseparable since – reportedly dwelling in Monte Carlo collectively.
She is the daughter of Nelson Piquet, who received three world titles within the Eighties with Brabham.
Kelly was beforehand in a romance with former Russian F1 star Daniil Kvyat, who she shares a daughter with.
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Norris is presently single, after splitting with Portuguese supermodel Margarida Corceiro.
The break-up got here months after he joked he had “many girlfriends” throughout a lie detector check for a Sky Sports activities phase.
A supply informed The Solar: “”Lando and Margarida had a enjoyable time collectively and frolicked lots. But it surely wasn’t figuring out so that they cooled off. He’s free and single and simply needs to deal with his sport.”
Earlier than Margarida, he dated one other Portuguese magnificence Luisinha Oliveira.
Nonetheless, she suffered demise threats, forcing Lando to say: “Whether or not it’s about my private life, me and my girlfriend, particularly the quantity of hate pages devoted to Luisa now, it’s fairly horrific.
“They’re on Instagram and Twitter, they’re the primary ones.”
Jet set
Based on stories, Verstappen lives in a £13million condominium overlooking the Mediterranean sea.
Norris additionally moved to Monaco, admittedly for monetary causes, the place a lot of his F1 rivals name residence.
Verstappen shared glimpses of his residence in the course of the coronavirus pandemic, which he and Kelly additionally share with their two Bengal cats, Jimmy and Sass.
In his spare time he likes to take the water on a Purple Bull-branded jet ski, mentioned to be value round £16,000.
For all his travels all over the world, Max is alleged to have purchased a Falcon-900EX non-public jet from Sir Richard Branson, value £12million, which prices over £830,000 to keep up.
Norris additionally likes to fly privately, typically bringing alongside his DJ decks – his favorite pastime – alongside for the journey.
His want for pace can be fuelled by watersports like water-skiing.
Whereas each boast similarities of their lives, just one could be the subsequent world champion. So, who will it’s?
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