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.

Lando Norris says it is “BS” to suggest his title hopes fell apart when McLaren had to change their controversial mini-DRS rear wing. McLaren’s low-drag rear wing made headlines in the wake of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as rear-camera footage from race winner Oscar Piastri’s MCL38 showed the upper element lifting down the straight to create a gap and thus shed drag as he held off Charles Leclerc.

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