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 plays down his losing battle with the Red Bull driver: “Nobody in F1 could have recovered from a deficit like the one I had.”

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.

Max Verstappen’s fourth consecutive championship triumph in 2024 has also put a spotlight on how it went wrong for his main rival Lando Norris.

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

Assessing the reasons why Lando Norris and McLarens challenge to win the Drivers Championship against Red Bulls Max Verstappen ultimately came up short; watch this weeks Qatar GP Sprint weekend live on Sky Sports F1,

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 will be crowned world champion for the fourth year in a row if he beats Norris in Las Vegas this weekend. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.

The dust has settled over the Las Vegas strip, and Formula 1 has crowned its 2024 World Champion—despite Lando Norris’ best efforts. But unfortunately for the McLaren driver, the season was in Max Verstappen‘s hands right from the very start.