Helmut Marko sarcastically says it was 'very sporting of the Mercedes team' after Lando Norris was told not to do Max Verstappen a 'favour' in qualifying at Portimao. The connection, McLaren is powered by Mercedes. Putting in the laps at the Algarve circuit in qualifying, Norris was ahead of Verstappen on the track when McLaren told the Brit not to 'do Verstappen a favour' by giving him a tow. Verstappen finished qualifying in third place, losing out to the Mercedes team-mates although it would have been a very different story had his first Q3 time not been deleted for exceeding track limits. Marko, though, was more annoyed with the message to Norris than he was with the gust of wind that...
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