Martin Brundle questions growing F1 trend: 'Difficult to believe'

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Martin Brundle has stated he finds it "difficult to believe" F1 drivers can be friends away from the race track. A number of F1 drivers are known to share a strong relationship away from the track before arriving at the track and battling for supremacy. Two such drivers who are known to be friends are Max Verstappen and Lando Norris - two protagonists in this year's title fight. The duo had several heated moments on the track during last year's campaign when Norris attempted to cut down Verstappen's advantage in the drivers' championship. But their personal relationship has seemingly remained unaffected - a scenario that Brundle has difficulty understanding due to his experience as an F1 driver. "I find it difficult to believe you can go out to dinner, have loads of fun and go on holiday together," he told Sky F1 . "And then, as we saw with Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in Austria last year having a race-ending shunt and then it all being fine and going out to dinner again." Brundle pointed to modern technology and its ability to allow the drivers to talk away from the track as a key reason behind the closer relationships compared to previous eras. "But things move on," he said. "With today's social media and communication, they clearly do communicate a lot more. "I just can't quite get my head around that one in particular."