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.

At the moment, both championships are not realistic.” Max Verstappen’s comment after a miserable Italian Grand Prix, where he’d struggled to sixth place, was delivered with no real anger. More a matter-of-fact frustration.

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen feels he would have won this years F1 title much earlier if he was in a McLaren; watch the Qatar GP Sprint weekend live on Sky Sports F1 from Friday, with the Sprint at 2pm on Saturday,

Max Verstappen won big in Las Vegas with his fourth title, but the fight for Formula 1’s biggest cash prize is hotting up this week in Qatar. The lucrative constructors’ championship is still wide open with McLaren,