Max Verstappen<\/a>\u2019s extraordinary recent form that has seen the Red Bull driver cut Piastri\u2019s advantage down to 40 points.<\/p>\n\u201cI would say Lando, at the moment, is looking the strongest,\u201d Button said during Sky Sports F1\u2019s coverage of the United States Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe\u2019s got the confidence and I think it will come to him in terms of the car over the next few races.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say Lando [is the favourite for the championship], but Max is coming strong, isn\u2019t he?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Confidence\u2019 with Norris, ‘negativity’ with Piastri\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking earlier ahead of the United States Grand Prix, Button predicted that Norris would go into the remaining five races with a lot of confidence if he could beat Piastri in Austin.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe seems very positive in the last couple of races. Obviously, the incident in Singapore wasn\u2019t good; you never want to touch your team-mate in a racing scenario,\u201d Button explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe seems confident in himself and, from the word go, he\u2019s had three tenths on Oscar and it\u2019s continued throughout the whole of the weekend. If he\u2019s able to come out on top here, it\u2019s a lot of confidence going into the rest of the season, and it\u2019s more difficult then for Oscar as well.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou go in completely different directions, so the confidence is with Lando, and the negativity is more with Oscar, which we never thought would happen with Oscar! But it happens, we\u2019re all human. It\u2019s sport – mentally, this sport is so tough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norris and Piastri crashed out on the opening lap of the sprint race, but Norris got the better of his teammate in qualifying and finished second in the grand prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Piastri, who was out of sorts all weekend, could only take fifth behind the two Ferraris.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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