Lando Norris believes Lewis Hamilton's comments lamenting a perceived easier path to Formula 1 in the modern era was targeted at him, with the McLaren rookie firing back at the world champion by claiming that modern F1 cars are more difficult to handle than when Hamilton debuted.
Both Hamilton and Norris faced the media in a Thursday press conference ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, where the topic of improving the spectacle of F1 was raised.
While making a string of suggestions, Hamilton said: "You should be physically exhausted after a race. To the point it should be so exhausting like a marathon. Sometimes you do these races and you can get up - I could do two or three races in a row and Formula 1 shouldn't be like that.
"It's a man's sport and a lot of youngsters come in and it's quite easy for them to get straight into it."