Lando Norris admits he can’t blame fans who decide to turn their back on Formula One in the wake of Max Verstappen‘s incredible yet increasingly predictable dominance in the sport.

Triple world champion Verstappen has begun the 2024 season in the same emphatic fashion to which he finished the last, winning three of the opening four races. The only blot on Verstappen’s copybook came at the Australian Grand Prix where he was forced into an early retirement after his car was struck down by a reliability issue.

With those temporary troubles now history, Red Bull’s flying Dutchman has a golden opportunity to make it four wins from five after as he prepares to start Sunday morning’s Chinese Grand Prix on pole.

Victory in China for the championship leader would only strengthen Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff‘s claim that nobody could catch Verstappen this season. That assessment, though a fair one, paints a bleak picture for fans who were craving a close fight for the title.

‘Of course it is going be. There is no way you can say it won’t be,’ said Norris, who will start fourth on Sunday morning, when asked whether Verstappen’s continued success will be a turn-off for fans.

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Lando Norris says he understands if fans find F1 boring given Max Verstappen’s dominance

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Verstappen has won three of the opening four races as he continues to thrive in his Red Bull

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‘If you see the same driver winning every single time without a fight then of course it does start to become boring and that is obvious.

‘It is frustrating for people watching but that is the sport. It has always been like this. Now, we are seeing more dominance than ever so it is never going to be the best to watch and the only exciting races have been the ones that Max is not in.