‘Next year will be my year’ - Lando Norris fires bold warning to Max Verstappen

Lﷺando Norris makes F1 title claim for 2025, writes L𝄹ewis Larkam in Abu Dhabi.

Lando Norris
Lando Norris

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris has fired an F1 title warning shot at Red Bull and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen by boldly proclaiming that “next year’s going to be my♏ year”.

The McLaren driver missed out on the 2024 drivers’ world title to Verstappen, but his fourth victory of the campaign at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix helped McLaren secure their first constructors’ c🧸hampionship in 26 years.

After being informed McLaren had won their first constructors’ crown since 1998 after leading Sunday’s race from start to finish, Norris confidently stated over team radio: “Next year’s going to my year🥃, too”.

Speaking during th🌼e parc ferme interviews, Norris added: “This [2025 title] is my goal. This is our goal as a team. We want to win the constructors’. We want to win the drivers’ next 🌌year.

“I made my mistakes this year, but I've learned a lot, and I've learned a lot from Max and m🌱💯y competitors around me.

“As much as 🐎🧸I'm happy now, I'm excited to get next year going.”

Norris ‘believes in myself more’

McLaren celebrate winning the constructors' title
McLaren celebrate winning the constructors' title

Norris feels he is now m🦋uch better positioned to challenge for a world championship after learning crucial lessons during his first experience of being in an F1 title fight this year.

“One thing I've lear🍬ned this year is probably to believe in mys💞elf a bit more,” Norris said.

“I've certainly not come𒁃 out on top as often as I would have liked in certain moments as a driver, you know, espec🔜ially in my fights against Max.

“As much as it hurts som෴etimes, I'm ꦚprobably happy about it now that I'm going to go into next season knowing that I can fight. And I know myself, and I know more and better than anyone what I need to improve on, where I'm not strong enough, where I'm strong enough.

“You know, I'm always open for criticism, things like that. But I'm the one who knows better than the others, right? So not in an arrogant way or a selfish way, but I know that I have to improve in a lot of areas and certain things. And I feel like I've already done that quite a lot in the last three, four, five races. I feel like I'v💜e delivered som💛e very strong results.

And the Briton is confident McLaren will head into next season as potential favourites after transꦡforming into the fastest team in F1 in 2024.

“Next year is hopefully a year where I ꦐcan go in and decide before the first race we're going to fight for a championship,” he added.

“We've not 𓂃ever thought of that. We've not even had the feeling of it from a team perspectiv🧔e and also for me as a driver. So hopefully the next year is that year. And we obviously have a lot of work to do. And Ferrari are going to be pushing a lot.

“But that's another year. For now, I'm just going to celebrate with my team tonight and celebrate what t🧸hey deserve.” 

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