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Norris says he can combat “finest driver on the planet” Verstappen
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Norris says he can combat “finest driver on the planet” Verstappen

By Miles Cooper November 26, 2024
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Lando Norris says he now has the idea and talent to combat the “finest driver on the planet” Max Verstappen after racing the Dutchman for the primary time in 2024.

McLaren had one other big step ahead this season which has enabled Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri to take their first profession wins, and gave Norris an opportunity to combat Verstappen for the drivers’ championship.

That has additionally led to Norris’ first correct wheel-to-wheel battles with the Dutchman, with the pair coming to blows in Austria earlier than additional skirmishes in Austin and Mexico.

And whereas each Norris and McLaren fell in need of sustaining the Briton’s title bid, with Verstappen taking his fourth championship in Las Vegas, Norris feels he has realized an enormous quantity from his first marketing campaign on F1’s entrance traces.

“Much more positives and negatives, that is for certain,” he mirrored on 2024. “I really feel like I can combat for a championship and I am completely happy, and I can say that confidently. I’ve what it takes, and I do know that deep down I’ve what it takes.

“I’ve some issues to work on nonetheless, for certain, however I can combat in opposition to Max, and I will be completely happy to say that, as a result of I feel Max is one of the best driver on the planet, and doubtless top-of-the-line drivers that is ever been in Method 1.

“Many individuals would possibly disagree, however I am fairly assured once I say that, which is uncommon. So for me to place up a combat in opposition to him and to go wheel-to-wheel is one thing I like, I take pleasure in.

Norris says he can combat “finest driver on the planet” Verstappen

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38

Picture by: Jordan McKean – Motorsport Photos

“I am going to most likely look again on quite a bit in 20 years or 30 years that I fought such a driver. I am completely happy for him. He deserves the championship, however hopefully I can upset him extra subsequent 12 months.”

Norris acknowledged Verstappen had “no downsides” after holding on to his lead in what has usually not been the quickest automobile.

“He isn’t put a foot flawed, actually, the entire 12 months. In order that’s a energy of his, he has no downsides. He has no negatives.

“When he is had the quickest automobile, he dominated races. When he isn’t within the quickest automobile, he is nonetheless been simply behind us and nearly successful the races anyway. So, he isn’t had any unhealthy races the entire 12 months.

“I feel if we had a greater automobile in the beginning of the 12 months, we’d have been preventing him much more and he would have been much more below stress than he is ever been.

“As quickly as we did put him below stress, he made some errors, the crew made errors. However over the course of the season, there’s been only a few, and that is what makes him so good.”

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