Stella insists Norris "is mature enough" to beat Verstappen for the title

Norris currently has a 47-point gap to bridge with just four Grands Prix and two sprint races remaining. The British driver has a mountain to climb and needs some help from his teammate Oscar Piastri, and potentially Ferrari and/or Mercedes to ensure Verstappen finishes lower down the order. That gap could've been smaller if he had maximised previous weekends. For example, in Baku, Norris failed to escape Q1 with a mistake. His teammate had the pace to win that race.

In recent weeks, the tensions have lifted after two battles on track and penalties being handed out. Helmut Marko has also been vocal in his views about Norris struggling mentally, which Zak Brown shut down a week later.

How is Norris coping with the pressure?

Stella believes Norris is coping just fine. "I think Lando is coping with this situation of being in the fight for the championship in a way that we are enjoying, first of all, I would say. He's now a very mature driver. Fast, the racecraft keeps improving all the time. The attitude, the learning from every situation, which we can appreciate almost on a race by race timescale," Stella said.

"I think Lando is definitely now a mature driver to succeed in this kind of fight, which is a fight against one of the best drivers, I think, in the history of Formula 1. Titles, looking at the titles that Max has achieved, then I think this is universally recognised. So we just keep telling Lando all the time, like, keep doing what we are doing, let's keep improving all the time, let's become the best version of ourselves, race after race," he said.