McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella argued that Lando Norris rose to Max Verstappen’s level in 2024 as soon as he was given a comparable F1 package.
I disagree. If that was the case he would have won wdc. Because for the vast majority of the season they had the better car, but botched it either due to teams failure or some own mistakes. Don’t get me wrong, Lando is very fast, but it takes more than just being fast to become wdc.
He is fast but lacks balls. He’s too afraid to be champ
But Max and RB are willing to do whatever it takes to win WDC. If McLaren doesn’t want to pick a number one driver early in the season and Norris doesn’t want to play dirty as Max (Austria was hard driving but Max in Mexico was dirty af) he won’t win WDC next season.
Every champion we have seen played dirty to some degree.