F1 News: Norris admits his McLaren is faster than the Red Bull

Lando Norris is still confident that McLaren now has the fastest car in the 2024 Formula 1 field, and conceded he “should have” won in Canada and Spain. However, Max Verstappen is the better driver and beat him with inferior equipment.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

After the Spanish Grand Prix, and before going up on the podium, Lando Norris admitted to post-race interviewer David Coulthard that he got beat at the start and that cost him a chance to win over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen — and that he believes McLaren is fielding the quickest car in F1 right now.

The teacher schooling his pupils – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, leads Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, and Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15 during the Spanish GP at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday June 23, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images)

“Not could,” Norris said. “Should have done. I got a bad start, simple as that.”

The British driver noted that his McLaren was “incredible,” but that the race start truly left him on the back foot and that he simply wasn’t sure what he could have done better.

“I need to look back and review,” Norris said. “I don’t know what I did wrong, or if I was just slightly out. It was only a little bit to Max that I lost; it wasn’t like he was completely alongside. It’s more that George was suddenly outside and kind of had me over.”

A large part of Norris’ frustration in his poor start seems to come down to the fact that he feels the McLaren is now the best car in the field.

“I think we were for sure the quickest,” Norris reflected after the race.

He just got beat again by a more talented driver.