At last weekend's Qatar Grand Prix Piastri and Norris scored McLaren's second consecutive double podium of the season, finishing just five seconds down the road from Verstappen.
According to the new triple world champion, McLaren has not only announced itself as the most consistent threat to Red Bull's hegemony, but it also has the strongest driver pairing among the chasing pack.
"I do think that as a team they are probably the most consistent, compared to the others behind us," Verstappen said.
"I do think they have the best driver line-up out of all of them, so they are operating really well.
"It's going to be interesting to the end of the year, but also I think the start of next year to see where everyone is at."
Verstappen's 14th win of the campaign of the season at Losail wasn't nearly as dominant as most of his other victories so far.
Norris and Mercedes' George Russell, who finished fourth after contact with team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the start shuffled him to the back, both felt they had the pace to at least threaten the Dutchman for victory.
Source: Autosport