In the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, McLaren driver Lando Norris started from pole position, setting high expectations for a strong finish, especially with his main rival, Max Verstappen, starting from seventeenth place.

However, his race took a downward turn almost immediately as he lost the lead into the first corner to George Russell and struggled to regain his momentum, while also getting unlucky with the red flag timing.

By the end, Norris crossed the line in sixth place, marking his worst finish of the season, aside from a DNF in Austria. Meanwhile, Max Verstappen, delivered a stunning drive, rising through the field to claim his first victory since June’s Spanish Grand Prix.

On the latest episode of the Formula For Success podcast, Eddie Jordan explained that Lando Norris currently falls short of Max Verstappen, pointing to the Interlagos race as a clear example of the gap in skill and consistency between the two drivers.

“Lando hasn't quite got there yet,” he said.

“He hasn't got there on the start. He hasn't got there on the pole position run to the corner.

“He has the speed, beyond any doubt, he’s got the speed.

“But there's nothing in me that tells me I've seen in Lando something that I saw what Max could do on Sunday. Nothing! Nothing! I’m sorry, it’s just not there.

“Lando has to look at himself long and hard this winter in the mirror and say to himself, ‘If I'm going to be a great world champion, I have a lot to learn here and I need to start replaying those videos about what it really is like to be hard, tough and victorious’.

“And I'm sorry [but] at this moment in time, he hasn't got it.

“He hasn’t translated those [opportunities] into race wins. He dicked around on the podium. He’s dicked around on the start line. Honestly, how many races should he have won this year?”

His co-host, David Coulthard, disagreed with Jordan’s opinion and said that Norris has what it takes to be a champion.

“I think Lando has it. I think Lando will deliver it,” he stated.

“What we were witnessing in Max is - and Lando has said it himself in a previous interview - that Max is the benchmark in F1 right now.

“Max schooled them all on Sunday, but it was 10 races since Max had won a grand prix, his longest since an 11-race streak in 2020.

“It was a bit of a barren period there for Max. But what a way to come back and say to everybody, I'm not giving up this world championship without that kind of fight.”