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Lando Norris hopes for more battles with Lewis Hamilton after contrasting 2025 seasons

08:01, 15 Jan

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byKada Sarkozi

Lando Norris would like to have more battles with Lewis Hamilton in the future.

"I would love to race a bit more with Lewis."

- Lando Norris

The two British drivers had contrasting seasons in 2025. Norris was crowned champion for the first time in his career after finishing two points ahead of Max Verstappen in the drivers' standings.

On the other hand, Hamilton had a difficult debut year with Ferrari. Despite winning the Italian team's first ever Sprint early on at the Chinese Grand Prix, the seven-time world champion failed to record a single Grand Prix podium for the first time.

Speaking to Sky Sports, the McLaren driver explained that he hopes to battle the seven-time champion more often.

He said: "We've had a good amount of battles already. I would love to race a bit more with Lewis.

"Obviously, Ferrari struggled a lot more this year than I think everyone was expecting. Lewis has proved himself to be probably the best of all time. Everyone knows if anyone can bounce back from difficult years, it's Mr. Hamilton, and I would love to race against him more."

Norris celebrating his 2025 F1 title - Photo: Race Pictures

Norris explained that he had the privilege to race against some of the best ever, including Verstappen, Fernando Alonso and Hamilton.

"There's a lot of us that want to climb in the footsteps of these other guys. George [Russell] and Oscar [Piastri] are two of those and there's so many guys on the grid."

Looking ahead, Norris added: "Next year, everyone's got an opportunity. Everyone's looking forward to it. People want to come to take my crown, and I want to try to retain it. And I look forward to that battle."

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