McLaren driver Norris favourite for 2025 F1 crown, says Villeneuve

F1 racing without rivalry is bound to get boring, simply because of the nature of the sport where one driver or team keeps dominating.

- Sandip Sikdar

NEW DELHI: That is exactly what Max Verstappen did in his Red Bull in 2022 and 2023 after an epic title showdown with Lewis Hamilton in 2021. But 2024 received a fresh whiff of air with Britain's Lando Norris providing a stiff challenge to Verstappen, before the Dutchman eventually clinched his fourth drivers' title with McLaren clinching their first constructors' title since 1998.

This season, however, at least for the initial phase, it looks like it will go in the way of Norris after McLaren emerged as the fastest car at pre-season test in Bahrain last month with Red Bull suffering multiple issues at the Sakhir International Circuit.