Lando Norris joked that Max Verstappen should go into comedy after the Red Bull driver claimed he would have won this year’s F1 world title sooner if he was driving in a McLaren. Verstappen sealed his fourth successive world championship in Las Vegas last weekend, with Norris now unable to catch him with two rounds remaining in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Max Verstappen has etched his name into the annals of Formula 1 history, capturing his fourth consecutive world championship at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix

His fourth title was hard-won. As title defenses go, 2025 is already shaping up to be an even greater test for Max Verstappen.

ANALYSIS: Verstappen joined an exclusive club in claiming his fourth world championship in Las Vegas but as Kieran Jackson explains, the indomitable Dutchman can cement his legendary status

Lando Norris has dismissed as “comedy” a reported claim by Max Verstappen that he could have secured the Formula 1 title earlier if he’d had the same McLaren car as Norris, his closest challenger

Lando Norris disagrees with Max Verstappen’s belief he would have won the Formula One world championship earlier had he been driving a McLaren, saying the Dutchman “should start doing comedy or something.

Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen is set to be replaced at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a Red Bull driver swap. The Dutchman can finally relax for the final two races of the season, after he claimed his fourth world title at the Las Vegas GP in what has been a difficult year for Red Bull.

Lando Norris has insisted he remains good friends with Max Verstappen, despite the duo clashing throughout the season as the Qatar Grand Prix looms. Verstappen recently secured his fourth F1 Drivers' Championship on the trot,