'We are favourites': McLaren are 'team to beat' in F1 title race, admits Lando Norris

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• British driver won Australian Grand Prix in season opener
• Norris wary of complacency: 'if you relax, you have failed'

Britain's Lando Norris believes he and his McLaren team are now favourites for the 2025 Formula One world championship after a strong victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, while Ferrari's team principal Frédéric Vasseur admitted his team had to up their game in working with Lewis Hamilton.

After what was a dramatic and incident-packed race in mixed wet and dry conditions, Norris took the flag for his first victory in Australia, the first time he has won the opening race of a season and the perfect start for the 25-year-old's title ambitions.