joked that ought to go into comedy after the driver claimed he would have gained this 12 months’s world title sooner if he was driving in a .
Verstappen sealed his fourth successive world championship in Las Vegas final weekend, with Norris now unable to catch him with two rounds remaining in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
But the Dutchman instructed sections of the media after the race in Vegas that he would have gained the 2024 title “even earlier” in a McLaren – and at “just about the identical” time in a Ferrari. Purple Bull are presently third within the constructors’ championship.
But Norris, when requested about Verstappen’s assertion, sharply rebuked: “He ought to begin doing comedy or one thing. He can say no matter he needs.
“After all, I utterly disagree, as I’d. He’s good, however, yeah, it’s not true.
“Purple Bull most likely would have gained the constructors’ if they’d two drivers nearly as good as Max, that’s for positive.
“That’s clear. That’s apparent. It reveals that as a workforce they’ve nonetheless most likely executed the most effective job. It’s powerful.
“Max has proved with everyone that he has gone up in opposition to, he has crushed. That’s powerful for any teammate. It’s got nothing to do with me. I don’t care. He can have any teammate he needs.”
Verstappen is a mammoth 251 factors forward of teammate Sergio Perez, whose future at Purple Bull is shrouded in uncertainty forward of the ultimate two races.
Norris is trying to seal second place within the drivers’ championship, with Charles Leclerc simply 21 factors behind in third. McLaren go into this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix with a 24-point lead over Ferrari.
