Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 234 2 226 3 165 4 147 5 119 6 103 7 63 8 46 9 37 10 23 <\/p>\n
The pair have been the class of the field in 2025, with the MCL39 proving the dominant package on the grid. Piastri has had the upper hand in the first half of the season, with five wins and four pole positions compared to Norris\u2019 four wins and three poles.<\/p>\n
McLaren have the \u2018luxury\u2019 of giving their drivers different setup options<\/a> with their upgrades in 2025. It has resulted in Piastri and Norris taking their own approach to the MCL39 and finding weaknesses in the process.<\/p>\n Norris was \u2018surprised\u2019 by the car\u2019s behaviour in qualifying<\/a>, which led to numerous mistakes in Q3. The Brit has been making progress to mitigate that issue, but his teammate may now have made a step forward as well.<\/p>\n Piastri admitted to The Race<\/a> that there are certain aspects of the MCL39\u2019s setup that he tries to \u2018avoid\u2019. The Aussie\u2019s \u2018biggest complaint\u2019 in 2025 is how the car can become unpredictable in terms of balance, but he may have learned how to fix the problem.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s definitely things from just the car set-up and balance point of view that I try to avoid,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd some things I struggle with more than others on how I like the car to behave. But they\u2019ve always been kind of rectifiable issues if we\u2019ve had them in a weekend.<\/p>\n CategoryLando NorrisOscar Piastri2025 points226234Grand Prix results66Grand Prix qualifying66Grand Prix wins45Grand Prix poles44Grand Prix podiums1010Best finish1st1stRetirements10Fastest laps54Grand Prix points finishes1011Sprint results11Sprint Qualifying02Sprint wins10Sprint poles00Sprint podiums12The 2025 F1 teammate head-to-head battle of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think from the car side of things, yes, there are things we have to be a bit careful of. The sometimes unpredictable nature of the car is not always the most pleasant. But we\u2019ve done a very good job of dialing that out. And that was essentially my biggest complaint at the start of the year.<\/p>\n \u201cYou always want a car to be more and more and more predictable. There\u2019s only a certain limit you can get to that, but that was kind of my biggest complaint originally.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is something we still have to be very careful of, but I think as the season\u2019s gone on, we\u2019ve kind of learned a lot more of how much of it is actually fixable and how to fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0McLaren driver Oscar Piastri\u2019s life outside F1 from height to girlfriend<\/a><\/p>\n Norris will not like Piastri\u2019s statements amid the progress he is making with the MCL39. He has closed the gap in the last two races, but he may have his work cut out as the Aussie fixes his biggest issue in 2025.<\/p>\n![\"McLaren](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2223602097-1024x706.jpg\")
Photo by Paul Bonser\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty ImagesOscar Piastri may have figured out how to fix his \u2018biggest complaint\u2019 at McLaren<\/p>\n![\"Lando](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2223241026-1024x743.jpg\")
Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim\/Anadolu via Getty ImagesLando Norris may have his work cut out against Oscar Piastri in the second half of 2025<\/p>\n