Lando Norris makes FIA demand as Max Verstappen and Red Bull dominate F1 again

In the 2024 season, Max Verstappen emerged victorious in the initial two races as Red Bull continued their dominance with Sergio Perez securing second place, creating a challenging situation for their competitors once again.

Lando Norris opposes the idea of FIA intervention to reduce Red Bull’s dominance in Formula 1, even though they have been consistently successful.

Max Verstappen and his team set numerous records last year en route to achieving the most impressive title victories ever witnessed in the sport. It appears that the trend will continue this season as Red Bull has once again started flawlessly.

Verstappen won the two races held so far by a comfortable margin, with Sergio Perez also starting strongly to finish second on both occasions. As the season progresses, they will be the heavy favourites heading into every single Grand Prix weekend.

It is a bleak scenario for their rivals who, despite their best effort on track and in their factories, have yet to significantly close the gap to F1’s irresistible force. But, despite complaints from fans over the lack of competition and some calls for Red Bull to be slowed down, McLaren star Norris believes it wouldn’t be right.

He said: “Of course watching, you wish there were more battles at the front. I can’t do anything about it. Max is doing a good job, Red Bull is doing a good job. You can’t discourage any of that.

“Is it as exciting as what everyone would like? Absolutely not. But it’s the same in any other sport. If someone’s doing a better job, they’re going to win. So even [in] football if one team is doing much better all the time you can just go, ‘Oh, it’s boring now, change something.

“In sport, if someone’s doing better they deserve it because they’ve been smarter and cleverer. It’s as simple as that, it’s all deserved and don’t take anything away from it.”

The impressive beginning of the season by Red Bull has been clouded by internal conflicts, putting the position of team principal Christian Horner in jeopardy.

However, despite these issues, the team’s performance on different tracks has not been affected, giving Horner satisfaction and boosting the team’s confidence for the future.

Horner stated that the cars had a great performance throughout the weekend and the drivers contributed to achieving a second one-two finish of the season so far.

He believes that the team is operating at a very high level, both at the track and back in Milton Keynes. The momentum from last year has been maintained, which is a testament to the hard work put in by everyone. The RB20 represented a significant step forward from the RB19 for us, and following a strong showing in Bahrain, it has once again performed impressively at a different circuit. When we face a new challenge in Melbourne, we will see how well we can do.

We have begun the season on a positive note, and the entire team is determined to maintain this level of performance throughout the lengthy season ahead.