Last season with Norris in position to challenge Verstappen in the latter stages, McLaren did employ team orders on Piastri to favour the British driver but Stella reiterated the team would open the season once more on a level playing field, allowing them to race.
Lando Norris has made it clear he is ready to take the fight to Max Verstappen if the two drivers are once more competing for the Formula One world championship when the new season begins in March.
Norris, who was second behind Verstappen last season, taking four wins, was speaking at the unveiling of his McLaren team’s new challenger for 2025, the MCL39.
Last year McLaren challenged Verstappen and Red Bull after upgrades deployed at the Miami GP proved to be enormously effective and where Norris took his debut F1 win.
Norris, who is entering his seventh season in F1 this year, was nonetheless confident in the lessons learned from 2024 that he knew what it would take to challenge Verstappen.
