Max Verstappen has been backed over his argument that there is a British bias in F1. The four-time world champion recently made the claim having regularly fallen the wrong side of FIA stewards this season, and was given another time penalty in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.

McLaren clinched the 2024 Constructors' Championship, ending the season with Lando Norris's victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Following the win, Norris issue

LUSAIL, Qatar — 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.”

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 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.

After a season of growing and winning, Norris and his team finally achieved perfection when it mattered most in Abu Dhabi.