Lando Norris has refuted Max Verstappen’s claim he would’ve won the title “even earlier” in the McLaren, the Briton adamant Red Bull’s early-season advantage could not be overcome. Verstappen and Red Bull picked up where they left off last year with an emphatic 22-second victory at this year’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix where he led home a Red Bull 1-2.

Lando Norris believes his McLaren team were simply “not ready” to win an F1 drivers’ championship this year after Max Verstappen sealed the title in Las Vegas. Verstappen finished fifth, a spot above Norris, in Sin City and now has an unassailable lead in the drivers’ championship with two races left.

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Lando Norris rubbishes claims made by Max Verstappen that he would have won his fourth title sooner if he was driving a McLaren.

Who has the more enviable watch collection between four-time World Champion Max Verstappen vs the rising star of McLaren, Lando Norris?

McLaren Formula 1 star Lando Norris has admitted that his team faced a big weakness in challenging Max Verstappen for the 2024 drivers' championship.

Max Verstappen believes that he would have won the World Championship sooner than in Las Vegas, had he been driving a McLaren car all year - a theory that title rival Lando Norris strongly denies.

Asked to sum up his season in three words, Lando Norris thinks for a long time before settling on an answer. “Pretty damn good,” he says eventually. Then he has another think and downgrades the ‘good’ to ‘decent’.

Max Verstappen believes he could have become a champion earlier these season with a McLaren, he even told Zak Brown on Sky Sports following the Las Vegas GP. However, Lando Norris disagrees with that view.

Lando Norris says he now has the belief and ability to fight the "best driver in the world" Max Verstappen after racing the Dutchman for the first time in 2024. McLaren had another giant step forward this season which enabled Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri to take their first career wins,

While Lando Norris is no longer in contention for his first WDC, he's convinced that with Max Verstappen's early success in the 2024 campaign, a championship would've always been a Herculean task.