Are McLaren backing Lando Norris to beat Max Verstappen in 2024 Formula One title race?
The F1 title race has been fuelled by drama this season. Lando Norris has relentlessly battled Max Verstappen as the chase at the top of the standings will not stop until the final race week where the world champion will be crowned. So is Lando trusted enough by McLaren, to get the job done?
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00:00Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko believes that a mentally weak Lando Norris would not
00:07be a match for Max Verstappen in the title fight.
00:11The two drivers currently sit 1-2 in the championship standings, batting it out for the top position.
00:17McLaren has surged this season and become a force at the front of the grid.
00:21At the same time, Red Bull has struggled, the performances have dipped.
00:25This advantage does look big enough with just six race weekends left, but there have
00:30been races in the second half of the season where Verstappen has had the fourth fastest
00:35car on the grid.
00:37Max Verstappen feels that the current championship battle that includes Lando Norris is different
00:42from what he had against Lewis Hamilton in 2021.
00:46He said,
00:47Of course 2021 was my first world championship, so that was a very different story already.
00:52I think I'm a bit more relaxed about it now and I'm confident that we can get it over
00:57the line.