Oscar Piastri made it three F1 Grand Prix victories in a row in Miami whereas Lando Norris misplaced extra floor to his team-mate within the drivers’ title race regardless of profitable the Dash
Lando Norris stated he desires extra precision from his McLaren staff within the coming weeks. That is regardless of one other one-two end for the Woking-based outfit on the Miami Grand Prix as they additional cemented their standing as those to beat on this yr’s Components 1 title race.
McLaren now have a whopping 105-point lead over nearest rivals Mercedes after solely six rounds of the season. Norris gained the Dash in Miami however misplaced extra floor to team-mate Oscar Piastri who made it three Grand Prix victories in a row.
And the Brit is eager to maintain his McLaren colleagues on their toes as he hunts double title glory this yr. “Once you get to the highest, there is no time to calm down,” he stated.
“That is all due to the scrutiny of different individuals speaking and claiming issues and developing with weird stuff at instances. So it is extra about coping with the scrutiny. The staff needs to be much more exact with issues, not make errors or do any foolish little issues.
“For almost all, it is the identical guys and ladies all doing their job and making an attempt to get probably the most out of the automotive. It is extra the exterior stuff that adjustments, however that is out of your management. They’re doing an excellent job of coping with that and carrying on with what they have.”
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His “weird” remark referred to rivals’ feedback about McLaren for a lot of the season to this point. Norris has, on many events, known as out others for suggesting his staff has an unassailable efficiency benefit, regardless of profitable all however one of many Grands Prix held to this point in 2025.
Sunday’s Miami race was their most dominant efficiency to this point with third-placed George Russell greater than 37 seconds behind winner Piastri. Max Verstappen, who began on pole, put up a struggle within the early phases however could not hold the McLaren automobiles behind and was practically 40 seconds down the highway by the tip of the race.
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However Norris nonetheless insists extra enhancements are required. He stated: “I believe for almost all it has been a pure evolution. The staff has nonetheless improved so much, even since final yr, by way of how we work – the automotive has improved, the apparent issues have improved – however the best way the staff performs has improved fairly a superb quantity and that has to proceed.”
McLaren had little to complain about in Miami however Norris can have been disillusioned to have misplaced extra floor to Piastri. The Australian’s victory was the sixth of his F1 profession – bettering his team-mate’s document of 5 regardless of having began 82 Grands Prix fewer.
“I believe in the direction of the tip I began to get issues a bit extra again below management however there’s nonetheless positively some issues to work on from this afternoon,” Piastri stated of his win in Florida. “Very proud of the win, very proud of the factors however consistently bought to continue learning. Very blissful to be leaving Miami on prime.
“It is simply unimaginable, the arduous work that is gone in. I bear in mind two years in the past right here in Miami we have been genuinely the slowest staff. I believe we bought lapped twice. To now have gained the Grand Prix by over 35 seconds to 3rd is an unbelievable consequence and the arduous work of each single particular person – firstly the individuals right here on the monitor however everybody on the manufacturing unit as effectively.”
