F1 world title fight: Lando Norris sends major warning to Max Verstappen

McLaren's Lando Norris has admitted he doesn't feel proud about overshadowing teammate Oscar Piastri's first win in Formula One after ignoring radio instructions to let the Aussie pass with 20 laps to go and instead letting him go with three left.

According to Sky Sports, Norris said: "The things that I could have done, the fact that I kind of clouded over Oscar's first race win in Formula 1 is something I've not felt too proud about."

For Norris, every race is imperative for his fight against Max Verstappen for the Formula One world championship, and it continues at the Belgium Grand Prix.

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Despite being 76 points behind Max Verstappen in the Formula One Drivers' Championship, Norris insists he will put up a fight against the reigning champion for the rest of the season.

Norris lost seven points to Verstappen after giving up his position in leading the race, but he insists he will take Verstappen to the wire in the final 11 races of the 2024 season.

According to The Guardian, Norris said: "It's still on. I know it's a big stretch. But I'm not going to say no to the challenge, and definitely, as a team, we won't."

"Psychologically I'm happy, I'm excited. I'm ready to battle and looking forward to the battles that we're going to have."

According to the F1 website, the British driver won the first Formula One race of his career at the Miami GP in May, and his McLaren team has continued to get stronger, finishing 1st and 2nd in Hungary.

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Max Verstappen and his Red Bull team have gone three races without a victory, giving Norris the confidence his team can go against the naysayers and score an unlikely championship victory.

Speaking after the race in Hungary, Norris said: "A lot of people are going to say that there's no chance, but we're going to keep fighting, and I'm going to give myself the best opportunity to do so."

He added: "Especially when you see Max today and Red Bull, not performing so well, making mistakes, crashing."

The pair will battle it out at the Belgium Grand Prix on the 28th of July in the final race before the annual summer break. Can Norris beat the formidable Verstappen and win the world title?

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