Lando Norris: "Silly" to count out Max Verstappen from 2025 F1 title fight

McLaren’s Lando Norris is flying high after winning the Monaco Grand Prix, but says his team’s fight to claim both F1 titles for the first time since 1998 isn’t over yet

Lando Norris has said it would be “silly” to count out Max Verstappen from the Formula 1 world title fight despite McLaren’s current dominance this season.

Oscar Piastri leads the drivers’ championship by three points from Norris, and McLaren has more than double the points tally of its closest rival in the constructors’ standings, but the fight for the 2025 drivers title isn’t only between the McLaren team-mates, according to Norris

“I think mathematically, there's still like, probably, the whole grid can win the championship at the minute,” Norris said ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.

“So, if you think it's just out of me and Oscar, then I think you're a bit silly. I think there's plenty of opportunities.

“Max [Verstappen] can still win. I think Ferrari, I expect them to get better through the season.”

Norris has so far picked up two race wins in 2025, while Piastri has four victories to his name. Verstappen also won two races and now sits in third in the standings, 25 points off Piastri at the top.

However, the Red Bull racer has been open about the struggles his team is facing in 2025. The RB21 is a handful on some tracks, and while the Dutchman raced to victory in Japan and Imola, disappointing results in Bahrain and Monaco highlight the team’s struggles to get the 2025 machine under control.

Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing

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But these wobbles at Red Bull aren’t enough for Norris to count Verstappen out of the title fight just yet.

“We're racing Max every weekend,” the McLaren driver added. “He's been on the podium several times. He's won races. I mean, he beat us in Imola, fair and square because he was quicker. So, I don't know what possibly makes you think that it's only out of me and Oscar.”

While Norris remains aware of the threat posed by Verstappen and the battle he has on his hands against Piastri, he says that the championship fight isn’t changing the way he approaches every race weekend.