Wild prediction: 'Norris takes the world championship for Red Bull'

With just over a week to go before the resumption of the Formula 1 season at Spa-Francorchamps, and with it the heated title battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1 journalist and commentator Will Buxton looks ahead to the 2024 season. In the category of 'wild claims and predictions', the expert makes a very crazy contribution.

On the Official website of Formula 1 Buxton outlines his craziest predictions for the next five years in the premier class of motorsport. He starts at the stables of Red Bull, where according to him Lando Norris will prove himself as the ultimate teammate of Max Verstappen.

Buxton predicts, "At season’s end, Red Bull got the man they’d been eyeing since early 2021 and shocked the paddock by announcing they’d lured Lando Norris away from McLaren. Having paid an eye-watering sum to initiate a break clause in his contract, he gelled with the team immediately."

After a title win for Verstappen in 2023, Buxton sees that crown being taken over by Norris the following year. "Second in the constructors’ championship in 2023, Verstappen nevertheless takes the drivers’ crown. In 2024 it’s Norris who takes the world championship as Red Bull take back-to-back team wins", Buxton believes.