Lando Norris has contended that Sergio Perez's struggles in Formula 1 have been more of a hindrance than a help

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.

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 has reflected on his qualifying in Qatar, also revealing why McLaren isn't as quick as they were in Saturday's sprint race. The McLaren driver found it a shock that Red Bull was so far behind the competition in the sprint andhade now turned it around to be on pole position.