Lando Norris says Max Verstappen "should start doing comedy" after the Dutchman suggested he could have won the world title in Norris' McLaren.

The Red Bull driver's remarks are based on his belief that the McLaren was the faster car for much of the season.

"He can say whatever he wants. Of course I completely disagree, as I would," Norris said. "He's good, but yeah. It's not true.

"I know what Max is capable of doing and I like his confidence but I can say whatever. Not possible."

Verstappen said after last weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix, where he won the title, that he would have wrapped it up sooner if he were driving for McLaren, and that it would have been "pretty much the same" in a Ferrari.

Norris said that he had "maybe made too many mistakes" this year.

And he acknowledged that the McLaren had been faster for more than half the season.

But he pointed out that Verstappen had built a huge lead when the Red Bull was dominating early on, when Verstappen won four of the first five races at a time when the McLaren was considerably slower than the Red Bull.