Lando Norris believes his McLaren team were simply “not ready” to win an F1 drivers’ championship this year after Max Verstappen sealed the title in Las Vegas. Verstappen finished fifth, a spot above Norris, in Sin City and now has an unassailable lead in the drivers’ championship with two races left.

Lando Norris has admitted that his McLaren team were "not ready" to win this year's Formula One world title after Max Verstappen secured a fourth consecutive championship. The 25-year-old needed to out-score Verstappen by at least three points on Saturday night in order to keep his title hopes alive but after a far-from-convincing race,