Lando Norris has been told that he simply must focus on his own
driving to make Oscar Piastri crack again in the F1 title fight.
Piastri made a pair of uncharacteristic mistakes across the Baku
weekend, crashing in qualifying and then on the first lap of the
race – his first DNF since the 2023 United States GP, and leaving
Norris a huge chance to eat into his 31-point deficit. He could
not take that chance, instead finishing a lowly seventh after a
botched safety car restart following Piastri's crash, although he
was not helped by a slow McLaren pit-stop. Of the two drivers,
Piastri has been regarded as the cooler under pressure, with Norris
making several errors earlier in the season, coming with fierce
self-criticism of himself in the aftermath. Norris's seventh place
reduced Piastri's lead to 25 points, with seven rounds and 199
points remaining on the board, with the Briton being told that the
best way to make Piastri "crack" again is simply to beat him on
track and not play any 'mental games.' "I'm not sure about [Lando]
using it against [Oscar], because he can't control it," Brabham
told RacingNews365. "But it was a big shock for a lot of people to
see Oscar making mistakes like that, and I would imagine it will
give Lando hope that there is pressure building and that he's
cracked it. "Oscar has made mistakes now, it could be something
which was needed, so now he's adjusted, refocused and is going to
be stronger for the rest of the season. "Lando has really just got
to focus on himself and get the most out of it because that's the
only way he is going to be able to beat Oscar. "Then, if he is
doing a really good job, that puts more pressure on Oscar, and we
saw [in Azerbaijan] that he can crack, so it is interesting."
driving to make Oscar Piastri crack again in the F1 title fight.
Piastri made a pair of uncharacteristic mistakes across the Baku
weekend, crashing in qualifying and then on the first lap of the
race – his first DNF since the 2023 United States GP, and leaving
Norris a huge chance to eat into his 31-point deficit. He could
not take that chance, instead finishing a lowly seventh after a
botched safety car restart following Piastri's crash, although he
was not helped by a slow McLaren pit-stop. Of the two drivers,
Piastri has been regarded as the cooler under pressure, with Norris
making several errors earlier in the season, coming with fierce
self-criticism of himself in the aftermath. Norris's seventh place
reduced Piastri's lead to 25 points, with seven rounds and 199
points remaining on the board, with the Briton being told that the
best way to make Piastri "crack" again is simply to beat him on
track and not play any 'mental games.' "I'm not sure about [Lando]
using it against [Oscar], because he can't control it," Brabham
told RacingNews365. "But it was a big shock for a lot of people to
see Oscar making mistakes like that, and I would imagine it will
give Lando hope that there is pressure building and that he's
cracked it. "Oscar has made mistakes now, it could be something
which was needed, so now he's adjusted, refocused and is going to
be stronger for the rest of the season. "Lando has really just got
to focus on himself and get the most out of it because that's the
only way he is going to be able to beat Oscar. "Then, if he is
doing a really good job, that puts more pressure on Oscar, and we
saw [in Azerbaijan] that he can crack, so it is interesting."
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