McLaren's Lando Norris says he 'wasn’t ready' for a title fight with Max Verstappen this season.
The Briton needs to score at least three more points than Verstappen in this weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix to keep the drivers' championship alive.
"Max is one of the best drivers ever in F1. And to go up against that person who is so good takes a bit more than what I have done this season. But since the summer break it is close to what it should be."He had narrowed the gap from 84 points at the halfway point of the season to 47 before the Sao Paulo Grand Prix three weeks ago, but Verstappen extended his lead to 62
"It is the first time we've had a chance to fight at the front," Norris said. "We’ve not been able to do that for the past six years, this has been our and my first opportunity. "It doesn’t mean I’m complete and when you are competing against drivers like Max you have to be close to perfect. The main thing I can take away is I have faith I have what it takes to fight for a championship.""There have been plenty of of races where we didn’t do as good a job as we we could," he said. "Silverstone we could have had a one-two and we didn’t get it.
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