{"id":201135,"date":"2025-10-09T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/201135\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:32:07","slug":"lewis-hamiltons-five-word-advice-to-oscar-piastri-in-title-run-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/201135\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton\u2019s five-word advice to Oscar Piastri in title run-in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton has offered five key words of advice to McLaren\u2019s Oscar Piastri as the driver pursues his first World Championship: \u201cDon\u2019t give up any positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a particularly critical warning for a driver who has been tasked with ceding positions to teammate Lando Norris in an overarching interest to keep the team\u2019s operations fair.<\/p>\n

Hamilton warns Oscar Piastri: Don\u2019t give up any positions<\/p>\n

With the Singapore Grand Prix in the books, Formula 1 is reaching the pointy end of its 2025 season, and the championship battle between teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri<\/a> looks no closer to being decided in favor of one driver over the other.<\/p>\n

With seven wins to Norris\u2019 five, Piastri sits at 336 points, just 22 ahead of the British driver as we enter the final six events of the season.<\/p>\n

Now that the constructors\u2019 championship has been settled for the papaya team, many onlookers expect the gloves to come off as Piastri and Norris place their drivers\u2019 championship concerns ahead of the overall scope of the team.<\/p>\n

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If there\u2019s one driver on the grid this season who understands the intensity of an intra-team battle for a championship, it\u2019s Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, who spent several seasons at Mercedes squaring up with teammate Nico Rosberg in pursuit of glory.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, Hamilton was asked if he had any insight to share with Piastri on how to win a championship, perhaps some advice that he wished he would have had when he was younger.<\/p>\n

Laughing, Hamilton replied, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t pass anything on to him!\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he went on to point out that Piastri isn\u2019t somehow completely inexperienced in the battle for a title.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, you know, it\u2019s not that it\u2019s his first championship that he\u2019s fought for,\u201d Hamilton pointed out. \u201cHe\u2019s obviously competed in championships for many years. So there\u2019s not really much that I can say.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve not spoken to him, so I don\u2019t know what frame of mind he\u2019s in.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the seven-time champion did ultimately offer five critical words of advice to the young Australian: \u201cDon\u2019t give up any places. That\u2019s what I\u2019d say.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s critical advice at this stage in the championship, because Piastri has indeed given up places to his teammate \u2014 both intentionally and unintentionally.<\/p>\n

At the Italian Grand Prix, for example, Piastri was asked to cede the position he\u2019d gained over his teammate during the pit cycle when Norris suffered a slow stop. While the Australian driver questioned his team and pointed out that he believed they\u2019d agreed that slow stops were simply part of racing, he nevertheless moved over to return that position to Norris.<\/p>\n

Then, in Singapore, Norris bombed from fifth on the grid up to third, bumping into both Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri on the way. Again, Piastri pointed out that McLaren had stated that contact was never acceptable, yet conceded that position to Norris.<\/p>\n

While Piastri isn\u2019t underwater just yet in terms of championship points, Hamilton is correct: he cannot afford to give up any position if he wants to claim the 2025 title.<\/p>\n

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