Lando Norris has acknowledged that he believes he has "what it takes" to win the Formula One Drivers' Championship, following his battle with 2024 winner Max Verstappen this season. (More Motorsport News)
Norris was ultimately unable to close the gap to the Dutchman, who won his fourth successive title in the 2024 season. But after finishing second, the British driver fancies himself going into 2025.
"I fancied it already this year, but it was just a little too late," he said.
바카라I definitely have had things to improve on and to look back on and try [to] correct and to improve. Nevertheless, I think the thing I바카라ve learned, and I바카라ve gained the most this year is confidence in myself.
바카라Sounds very simple, [but] I바카라ve just always been quite the opposite kind of guy, and I always find [that] I need to go out to prove it to myself before I want to start believing anything. This year, yeah, I made some mistakes and I didn바카라t give a good enough fight to Max, but it was a good effort, and the one thing I바카라ve learned from [it is that] I have what it takes.
바카라That바카라s not an over-confident saying, that바카라s바카라 I know I made my mistakes, I know what I바카라m capable of doing, and I know if I can improve on these things it바카라s definitely possible, so I바카라m excited. As much as I want this season now to end, and I want to go have a holiday, I바카라m also really looking forward to next year.바카라
While Norris did not win the drivers' title in 2024, his points did help McLaren win the Constructors' Championship for the first time since 1998.
Regardless, the 25-year-old suggested that he learned more from his disappointments and difficult moments as he lost out to Verstappen than in the positive moments.
바카라Honestly, it's probably the harder moments which are the ones you learn the most [from], so it's kind of true what people say. But those harder times, my battles with Max, that kind of thing, certain other cases throughout the season.
바카라I've definitely stepped it up to a good level this season. I obviously lost out on a few things, and there were maybe three starts this year which lost me one or two positions at times. But they were positions quite often just to Max, or it was Budapest and one to Oscar [Piastri] and little things like that.
바카라But none of them, when I look back on them, made me feel like, 바카라well, I've not got what it takes바카라. Those moments only came when it was directly against Max. And it's Max 바카라 going up against Max in any state is always going to be tricky, and no one has a nice time racing Max.
바카라I think Mexico was a bit of a turning point when it was proved that not everything he does is perfect. I think if we all go back to Austin and go back to Turn 12, the majority of 바카라 [or] almost everyone on the grid 바카라 as drivers and also externally, disagreed with the fact I got the penalty. We either both should not have got one or we both should have got one."
