Lando Norris says he would "love to race a bit more" with Lewis Hamilton during his F1 title defence in 2026.
Whilst Norris was able to secure his first world championship in 2025, Hamilton's debut year at Ferrari was, as he described, a "nightmare" as he struggled badly with the SF-25 machine.
He failed to score a grand prix podium in a season for the first time in his career, although it is hoped that the new generation of cars for 2026 will be more akin to Hamilton's driving style, with the ground effect breed at odds with his approach.
During a battle in 2021 in Austria, Hamilton described Norris as "such a great driver, Lando", but the two did not have a wheel-to-wheel battle in Norris's championship-winning year.
It is something Norris, the 11th British world champion, hopes he can have against the ninth in 2026.
"We've had a good number of battles already, I would love to race a bit more with Lewis," Norris told Sky Sports News.
"Obviously, Ferrari struggled a lot more this year than I think everyone was expecting.
"Lewis has proved himself to be probably the best of all time. Everyone knows if anyone can bounce back from difficult years, it's Mr Hamilton, and I would love to race against him more.
"It's always a privilege that I get to race against [people] who are the best in the world. You have got a good amount of those guys. You have Fernando [Alonso], Lewis, and Max [Verstappen].
"There are a lot of us who want to climb in the footsteps of these other guys. George and Oscar [Piastri] are two of those, and there are so many guys on the grid.
"Next year, everyone's got an opportunity, everyone's looking forward to it.
"People want to come to take my crown, and I want to try to retain it, and I look forward to that battle."
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