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Former Le Mans winner Richard Bradley has suggested that Lando Norris could \u2018surprise\u2019 Max Verstappen should the two link up as team-mates at Red Bull. The 24-year-old Brit has been heavily linked with a switch to the Milton Keynes-based team for either the 2025 or 2026 seasons.<\/p>\n
Norris is currently contracted with McLaren until the end of 2025, although there is likely to be some interest in his services one year prior to the expiry of his current deal as Red Bull search for a replacement for Sergio Perez, who is expected to leave the team at the end of the 2024 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The reigning champions\u2019 interest in Norris became publicly known after Helmut Marko told Kleine Zeitung: \u201cHe has a contract with McLaren until 2025, but he is by far the strongest of the young drivers. His youthful nature would also suit him best to Red Bull. And it\u2019s no secret that Max and he are good friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many neutral fans are keen to see Norris go head-to-head with Verstappen at Red Bull after watching the Dutchman dominate Perez en route to his third consecutive World Championship, although there has been much debate about how such a battle would play out.<\/p>\n
Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive F1 news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> Horner issues warning to Red Bull staff in Mercedes and Ferrari prediction[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking about the possibility of a Norris and Verstappen partnership, Bradley told the On Track GP<\/em> podcast: \u201cWhen Lando started dominating Daniel [Ricciardo], he always just gets on with his business in a certain way. And I think that will be quite surprising for Max. I think Max can deal with anything right now, and he\u2019s proven that.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it will be a very different way to\u2026 I think under media scrutiny and stuff he\u2019s behaved very, very well in the past, and so he would just quietly go about his business and we\u2019ll just see. We\u2019ll definitely see some competition. Whether he could beat Max, that\u2019s another question, but they\u2019ll definitely be close.\u201d<\/p>\n More F1… <\/strong>
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